The Daily & The Race Car. You Choose . . . . .

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Uphill: Evo X, Downhill: NSX

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R32 or R34? For Me, R32, All Day Every Day

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R32, Every Time

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The Glory Days Of Japanese Sports Cars All In 1 Picture

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They See Me Rollin' - GTR Edition

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A Wild Beast, Just Chillen' Out In Public

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They See Me Rollin' - GTR Edition

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They See Me Rollin' - Skyline GTR R34 Edition

Endless BNR34 N1-based racer from Super Taikyu

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I Would For This Particular Model

Would you pay £185k for an R34 GT-R?

[T]his is no ordinary R34. It’s special twice over, being a V-Spec II Nür R-tune. What does that jumble of letters mean? Well the V-Spec II was a more focused version of the GT-R that had upgraded brakes, suspension and four-wheel drive system, and the Nür was a an even rarer limited production model featuring a stronger competition-derived engine and named after, you guessed it, the Nürburgring.

Nissan built 718 track-oriented V Spec II Nürs and a further 285 Nürs to M-specification, which used more supple suspension better suited to road use. They’re now hugely collectable and worth north of £125k.

Now the R-tune bit. Good as the R34 was out of the box, some people wanted more and Nissan’s motorsport arm Nismo was happy to give it to them. There were all sorts of upgrade parts available to buy individually, or you could send your car to Nismo for one of two full conversions.

One was the street-biased S-tune package, and the other was the R-tune. Numbers are vague, but it’s estimated that Nismo carried out around 25-30 R-tune conversions. Nismo would convert any type of R34 GT-R, not just Nürs, so when you consider that this particular car here is both a Nür and an R-tune you can see why it’s so valuable.

The R-tune upgrade included everything from suspension to aero mods. But the heart of the conversion, which added around £27k to the cost of the car, was the R1 engine. Unlike the earlier Nismo R400's 2.8 motor, this engine retained the stock 2.6-litre capacity but was built around the stronger N1 block (also shared with the Nür) and featured upgraded cams and turbos.

Standard R34’s were rated at 280hp but made more like 330hp. The R1 engine put out 450.

Among R34s only the Z-tune cars, which were bought back and upgraded by Nismo after R34 production had ended, are more desirable or expensive.

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What Camp Do You Support?

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Some Bad Boys Of the 90's From Japan

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This Is Great News

Nissan Is Restarting Official Production Of Skyline Spares 

No need to pinch yourself; we assure you this is real. Nissan is about to start making high-quality spare parts for a whole load of its classic fast cars, to help owners keep them on the road 

It’s time for die-hard JDM fans to get excited, because Nissan is launching a Heritage Parts Programme to supply genuine, Nissan-made OE-spec components for its classic performance cars.

The new venture, which will be part of the company’s motorsport division, Nismo, will open its accounts by making spares for the R32 Skyline GT-R, but other models will be covered as well as time goes on. We expect that to include the R33 and R34, plus the various generations of Fairlady Z, the best-known of which was otherwise known as the 300ZX.

The new scheme should bring a halt to the problem of classic Nissans being repaired with sub-standard parts that could ultimately cause more damage and lead the cars to be scrapped. Nissan wants to keep these old machines on the road, and will supply the parts to make it possible.

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I Can Attest That This Is True

What It's Like To Drive An R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R 

“All the cool things people say about these cars are true.”

“This is the can’t-have-it car,” as Matt Farah put it on his most recent The Smoking Tire video.

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They See Me Rollin' - Skyline GTR Edition

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They See Me Rollin' - Skyline GT-R Edition

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A Rare Godzilla Is Up For Sale

The famouse Amuse Carbon R34

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It's Still Alive & Kickin'

The Legendary Nissan Skyline GT-R Cop Car Is Still Out There Nailing Criminals

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Their Pricing Is Insane

R34 GT-R Prices Are Officially Out Of Control

¥17,340,000, or the equivalent of approximately US$170,000. It might be more than double what a BNR34 Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nür sold for new back in 2002, but it’s how much was being asked for this car in the ‘For Sale’ section of the recent R’s Meeting at Fuji Speedway.

Fourteen years and 100 per cent growth; if you’re an investment banker you will probably shrug at a return like that, but for a car it’s not bad at all. Actually, for a model that’s not even an ultra-rare or extremely expensive exotic, it’s impressively good. Mind you, the Nissan in question only has a smidgeon over 4,000km on its odometer, so you’d be lucky to find one better or closer to brand new condition.

That said though, even the ‘normal’ (non-Nür) V-spec IIs are experiencing a constant rise in value and showing no sign of stopping either, which makes me wonder: What will happen to these prices once the first 1999 R34 GT-R models hit that magic 25-year-old mark and can be legally imported into the US?

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They See Me Rollin' - Nissan Edition

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