Thread: Northwest Auto Salon Details Very Rare RHD Nissan Skyline R34 GTR Vspec

The Nissan Skyline GTR is arguably the most iconic Japanese performance car of all time. Unfortunately for Americans, it was never imported to the United States by Nissan. That doesn't mean that a few didn't make it here though. When I say a few, I really do mean only a hand full of examples of this car have ever made it to US shores. The exact number of R34 GTRs in America is unknown however do to a majority of them being brought in though grey market dealers and registered as kit cars. In the late 90s, early 2000s, a company called Motorex began legally importing some into the country for a hefty fee. Soon after that the government reevaluated their decision to let these cars in the country and revoked Motorex's ability to do so. To make a long story short, it was a huge fiasco and the US government essentially banned Nissan Skylines from ever being brought in again (If you want to read more info about this debacle, read this article 'MotoRex and the North American Skyline Fiasco" - the Skyline GT-R wiki). The government even went as far as to crush some cars that were still in the legalization process! The very few cars that had made it into the country before Motorex was shut down though were grandfathered into the new law and remain completely legal. That is why these Japanese supercars are so rare in this country and command such a high price (at least 3 to 5 times what they currently change hands for in Japan). This R34 is just one of the few examples left in the US and it was an honor to have it at the shop.























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Im stoked were finally getting around to posting these writeups which I wish I had time for years ago when we actually detailed these cars!

amazing car! really something I wish they had brought over, or figured how to bring over correctly

not so much in to the mounting of that gauge thow....

Originally Posted by pip

amazing car! really something I wish they had brought over, or figured how to bring over correctly

not so much in to the mounting of that gauge thow....

It preserves the original condition of dash and A pillar (not to mention you couldn't see an a pillar mounted gauge due to the cage.

im in love

where can i find rollbar padding like that?

cool car...........

i dont think it was the gov re thinking their decision to allow the cars. it was motorex not performing the mods they were supposed to. I had my skyline imported by them and it had basically none of the required mods except for the km/h to mph speedo conversion. it even had jap (no DOT) tires on it. I was able to register it just fine so i really didnt give a crap but obviously something got them in trouble with DOT. oh well the R34 is such a great car. thanks for the pics!

such an amazing car. Doesn't the import law state that there is a 15 or 20 year wait (from the production year) before performance cars can be imported from japan or something like that? If so, we can still import these in our lifetimes, just later on.

Coop you must have been in love!
I know I love me some R3* GTR