I was simply quoting what " Richiep" wrote about the Japanese trend of installing GT-R badges on non GT-R C10 models as possibly being a catalyst to this practice elsewhere outside Japan.
In my experience, the scene in Japan is usually very scrupulous about what is 'The Real Thing' and what is not. In any case, most people who know their onions can tell a 'lookey likey' from The Real Thing at 20 paces. The presumption there is that a C10-series Skyline will usually
not be a GT-R unless proved otherwise, and that not all that glisters is gold. It seems like a sensible mindset to me.
That's not usually the case outside Japan. There often seems to be confusion about what is what, and the use of the term 'Hako' has almost got to the stage where people think 'Hako' = GTR. I've never heard anyone in Japan use the abbreviated 'Hako' in place of 'Hakosuka'.
I was at the Goodwood Festival of Speed when the GTR Shop's KGC10 was part of the Nissan display stand wearing a sign that described it as a KPGC10 GT-R. Even during the short time I was walking around the stand I could hear people mistaking the car for The Real Thing, and taking selfies with what they were telling each other was "The First GTR". Bittersweet.
Here's an example of the legacy: