All you boys arguing... STOP IT! You all bought your cars for your own reasons and what you believe is true. Add to this your wallet size and personal taste and VOILA you have a SKYLINE.... yes, believe it or not they are all SKYLINES!
On topic though; if the R34 was not a better car then why would they release the "new" model? Think about it... every aspect of the car would have been improved (brakes, suspension, electronics, engine and yep you guessed it... the aestethics).
However saying that; once you start modding the cars who cares? They all end up doing one thing - GO FAST!