This GT-R Nür fetched over $350,000 at auction

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
15 Jan 2018
1 min read

How much is this JDM unicorn worth to you?

Back in 2002 the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II Nür Edition was an amazing vehicle capable of slaying some of the best supercars from Europe at the time.

While the Nismo-built N1 and Z-tune models are faster, rarer, and arguably more collectable, the chance to buy a R34 Nür with only 10km from new saw at least two punters willing to shell out over $365,000 ($290,000 USD) to snare the white monster.

The auction happened during the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon tuning show on January 12, and it has set social media on fire as to whether a car with only 10km is worth three-times (300%) more than a similar car with around 100,000km.

As one of the hottest cars of the JDM Turbo Era R34 GT-Rs have been skyrocketing in prices of late and we are looking at the building of a shift in the collector car market from '50s and '60s classics to '80s and '90s rides.

What's your tip for the next most collectible '80s or '90s car? Tell us what you think in the comments.

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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