Godzilla strikes again! Just yesterday, a beautifully mint R34 Nissan GT-R V-Spec with just 6,539 km on the clock went under the hammer, fetching a staggering 36,885,000 yen (RM1.38 million). That’s only the cost of the car, mind you. Shipping, taxes and import costs were not yet accounted for.
It’s understood that the purchaser was one Cars from Japan, an Australian JDM car specialist. While the company trades and maintains JDM cars, it was revealed that this immaculate example in Midnight Purple III will be kept as part of its private collection.
According to GTR-Registry, the sale was the third highest price ever paid for an R34 GT-R at a public auction. Earlier in July, a GT-R V-Spec II Nür was sold for an eye-watering 60,500,001 yen (RM2.26 million including taxes), and there’s also a Millenium Jade model going for RM2 million by Mutiara Motors, in case you’re interested.
The registry also revealed that only 199 units of the MY2000 GT-R models were finished in Midnight Purple III, more than half of which were the V-Spec trim. Power comes from a 2.6 litre RB26DETT twin-turbo inline-six engine, officially making 284 PS at 6,800 rpm and 397 Nm of torque at 4,400 rpm.
A six-speed close-ratio manual sends drive to all four wheels, propelling it from standstill to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds before maxing out at 249 km/h. The V-Spec’s ATTESA E-TS Pro AWD system featured an electronically-controlled limited-slip differential to improve traction, and it shipped with stiffer suspension compared to the regular GT-R.
Now, can the astronomically high prices of these R34s be justified in 2021, and can it really live up to the hype? Click here to see what Craig Lieberman, a GT-R enthusiast himself, has to say.
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Car making techniques have certainly improved vastly since then, can see big uneven panel gaps at the rear bumper to light clusters and at interior panels too. You don’t find these anymore not even on Protons/Perodua sold today.
This is what happens when some rich bloke buys a car.That is how a so called classic car skyrocket in price because there is always one rich guy who is willing to pay.And what’s worse is that these cars go straight to their collection while we mere mortals who loves to drive them are unable to buy.anyway there’s always model cars we can buy..
Once you own and drive 1 of these the grin on your face will get rid of the panel gap worries
JDM performance cars now price ridiculous after fast and furious, now mat saleh also go bid in Japan. Thats why price crazy. Just see youtube, western car enthusiasts now keep doing JDM car mod and their viewers are lots.