The next Skyline took Nissan only 26 months to develop, a pace the company says it reached by studying how Chinese rivals workDevelopment times at Nissan have been slashed from 50 to 37 months. Nissan has had a rough time over the past couple of years, but it could be turning things around. One of its most ambitious aims has been to slash the development times of new models, taking inspiration from what its Chinese rivals have done. Read: Nissan Built The Next Skyline In Half The Time By Copying ChinaDoing this hasn’t been easy. According to Auto News, Yamaguchi says that in the past, planning and development times would be dragged out as the brand looked to achieve perfection in all areas.