In many ways you are on the money with your comments with one glaring exception. It was boring as batshit for the blue oval and bowtie brigade but it was the birthplace of the fun we now have driving skylines.
Whoda thunk that lurking behind the unreliable bluebird of george fury and the piss poor chasis dynamics of the gibson 3b 30 lines lurked the superb piece of kit we know as the skyline of today.
And so f**king what if the liners want to say the gtr was banned, heck we ate enough crap from the bent eight brigade that its nice to have some stones to throw back at them even if it isnt true.
From a traditional point of view I agree with the decision to revert to the classic holden v ford battle on the mountain. It kept motor racing alive and growing in this country and even made it yuppy respectable to a degree. But, they can never take away those images of the red and white gtr's sweeping all before them in what was at the time the most advanced performance vehicle in the world in its class and beyond.
Jim Richards you thong wearing sheep molestor......YOU ROCK