When will nissan gtr r34 be legal in the us. The first cars named skyline gt r were produced. Any car sold in the us has to meet a long list of federal compliance specs from minimum safety requirements to emissions. In fact it is technically illegal to own the car in the us.
Because it is right hand drive and has not passed the federal emission and crash tests necessary for it be offered for sale and licensed to drive. The us regulations for importing vehicles in the usa makes it so that 999 of vehicles must be 25 years old before they are eligible. Simply put you have to wait until 2024 to import an r34.
Values have increased gradually since 2015 posting an average gain of 30 percent as supply has adapted to meet demand. No r32 r33 or r34 gt rs where sold new in the us. The other 1 are a few exceptions which this blog post is not meant to cover but the r34 does not fall into any of the exception categories.
This motorex us legal nissan skyline gt r is available to the discerning buyer. The short answer is no but like all laws there are loopholes. More pictures from 3 4 day at race service.
Nissan skyline r34 gt rs are currently a hot commodity especially in the united states where we cant quite get our hands on them yetcollectors are scrambling to import and hoard limited edition. Essentially all of the nissan gt rs from the r32 to the r34 are illegal in the united states however the older gt rs can be imported under the 25 year rule. The nissan skyline gt r r34 also known as the infiniti g25t is not available for sale in the united states.
Eventually that car ended up back in the continental us and toprank importers purchased that motorex legal r34 nissan skyline gt r. Gt r nissan sukairain gt r is a sports car based on the nissan skyline range. With just 6 or 7 mods applied to this pristine 1999 nissan skyline gt r v spec in highly sought after midnight purple ii limited edition trim and almost immediately youre thinking.
The nissan skyline gt r japanese. With demand growing for the r33 and supplies dwindling for the r32 values for the r32 gt r have held up. When the car is 25 years old or older it will be easier to import but not necessarily have a green light.