Just wondering,

since this is a skyline forum i only had one question.

Would you be willing to pay $70,000 for a NEW, Skyline, imported from Japan and registerd Legal in U.S.A. without any Mods on the vehicle.

Take into consideration that its NEW, very low miles, and already ready to go.

post some replies and lemme know.

For an R34, no. For a R34 GT-R, yes!

And, if it's new, there are no miles on it! lol

Just wondering,

since this is a skyline forum i only had one question.

Would you be willing to pay $70,000 for a NEW, Skyline, imported from Japan and registerd Legal in U.S.A. without any Mods on the vehicle.

Take into consideration that its NEW, very low miles, and already ready to go.

post some replies and lemme know.


Well since there haven't been any skylines made since 2002 that would be a rare find indeed.

Now since I have no idea what the taxes and tarrifs are on Japanese imports into the states are NEW, IE Camry etc, it is hard to give you an exact figure of what the GTR would have sold new there in the States for. I can tell you it sold new in New Zealand for $120,000 NZD which is roughly $65,000 USD but bare in mind we don't have the import tarrifs and tax rate on cars as you would have currently or even back then in the states. I would imagine if the Skyline were sold new from the get go in the states the GTR's would be around the $90,000 mark maybe even higher.

So let me as you this then. Since it is considered an extremely RARE car in the states, given what the GTR is and capable of doesn't it stand to reason to pay more for something like that?

It would be like owning a C5 Corvette here in New Zealand. If you could afford to bring one in and comply it, currently based on what I have seen the selling price, plus our GST tax, plus the right hand conversion (since it is less than 20 yrs old), transport here, and compliance costs. It would set you back no less than $170,000 NZD or about $110,500 USD at the current currency conversion rate. So you can see you are not the only ones getting ripped off.

It would be like owning a C5 Corvette here in New Zealand. If you could afford to bring one in and comply it, currently based on what I have seen the selling price, plus our GST tax, plus the right hand conversion (since it is less than 20 yrs old), transport here, and compliance costs. It would set you back no less than $170,000 NZD or about $110,500 USD at the current currency conversion rate. So you can see you are not the only ones getting ripped off.

:bigthumb:

But Vince... The grass is always greener on the other side of the pond ;)

hmm skylines stopped production in 2002? i thought the r34's stopped august of this year... O_O anyways



can you gives me the lowdown of the start production and end production dates of the r31, r32, r33, r34?


thanks ;D

Don't know about the R31...

R32 - 1989-1994
R33 - 1995-1998
R34 - 1999-2002

Keep in mind that this is for the GTRs only. Don't know much about the non GTRs...

If you buy a R34 GTR in Japan, and try to bring it to States, your going to be up the creek without a paddle, since you cannot legalize them anymore.

Thats right, there will be no more R34s legalized in the States as of Today.

why not??

motorex no longer has the legal rights to legalize the r34, that's why...
there's been mention of this in multiple magazines, as well as online here... read around... it's here

Im very interested if you could post a link of a source of where yall are getting this information about Motorex no longer having legalization rights of r34's anymore. Is this only for the r34 or all model skylines? Again, a source would very much be appreciated.

Its true.

Its posted at www.freshalloy.com

why is it that people come here and ask for these sources?
you were told that it's been online, as well as in magazines...
why don't you look for the information yourself?
i understand that the backup of the facts is nice, but there is so much question asking, and if you just went to some of the other forums, specifically nissan forums, you could find the information yourself.

I bet that guy never posts again:)

Like fly said, do a search.

If you want to hear it from the horses mouth, call MotoRex. Its not like there busy :evillol:

did you notice that the guy who started the thread only has 1 post?

Thats why I said that :lol2:

I don't mind digging up info for people, but at least try to do some research.

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB4&Number=67626032&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

Damn, I am a sucker

The reason sources are request is that Google doesn't yield anything at all about it. A search yielded nothing anywhere about the topic. You've given a link to a forum, which is not a source I reference to for anything. The forum thread you linked doesn't even say anything about them losing their rights. It mentions that they are releasing them in 2004, blah blah, but nothing about losing their importation rights.

I'll just get in touch with Motorex and find out what's up. While I don't doubt YOU, I do doubt information that I've never heard anywhere else and can't find anykind of reputable link to. As far as being in magazines, and such goes, I wouldn't know since I rarely read magazines, or specifically import magazines.

If you can find a reputable source, such as a direct quote from Motorex on a magazine's website, that would be great. But a link to another forum's discussion on the topic isn't really credible.

Motorex losing their import rights would be big enough news that it would be easy to find in a search, and would be prominently displayed on their website since it is very important information for their prospective clients. That is of course, assuming it didn't happen last week or so recently that it hasn't become "public knowledge."

Does that clear it up for you?

When I read that post, I get it. Most of the guys on here will as well.

Who said MotoRex lost their importing rights? I never did. They are still importers and exporters.

Skylines are really nothing for them, they make there money doing other things besides GTRs :uhoh:

I'll just get in touch with Motorex and find out what's up.

wow, there's an idea.

hmm..
guess i aint gettin responses i needed
dont worry about Importing them here, I didnt ask for ur opinions on bringing them, i asked you, WOULD U PURCHASE IT. YES OR NO
Kinda simple question that got a lil carried away.

I don't need MotoRex.
f*ck MotoRex.

I just wanted to know if it will sell for that price.
The rest will be handeld.

thanx for the decent responses sorry for the delay..

Well then my answer would be, NO! But, I am sure somebody else would.

We were not talking about importing it, we were just talking about getting the car legal. Sorry mate.

you're not going to get the answers you want, b/c of this...

I don't need MotoRex.
f*ck MotoRex.

and how would the car be legal in the states then?

As I read it, he just wants to make a Buck.

x act lee.

SkylineUSA..
if it was just a buck i wouldnt be askin

flylwsi..
lol, just needed a question to be answered, not asked.

thanx again for the replys