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[Nightcrawler]

Very exciting news .... I am starting saving as of tomorrow

From Geoff at Prestige Motorsport:

The new GT-R has been ruled eligible for import under SEVS.

Allow a good 6 to 12 months before compliance is actually available through a registered workshop. So it may be 2009 before the first of these are seen on Australian roads.

For a new example allow from about $120,000 complied. Secondhand examples are likely to be in the $100,000 complied price range over the next year or two, depending on the exchange rate at the time.

An as new R35GTR for under $100k by this time next year? I can't stop drooling

[KISIN]

That is very exciting news !

Wonder what 34 GTR prices will be like in 2009 as a consequence...

[Krishy]

ummm....i am officially starting to save as of now.....

[heslo]

Whoever gets one, shotgun first ride

[Lil_Bobby_260]

So the R35 is a go.... That was fast.

Wish the 2004-onwards M35 was in the same boat.

[typevu]

Whoever gets one, shotgun first ride

In that case... shot gun second ride

[funkymonkey]

My god Geoff's a cock juggling thunderflamin mongrel... maybe he should read the SAU threads on the subject before hypemongering. The SEVS listing is for NEW R35's... which means the car has to be sold as a NEW car by a local reseller. Its not a used import approval, which is what RAW's deal with when importing cars like R34's, V35's etc.

An R35 should cost about $120,000 PLUS compliance cost from my calculations (keeping in mind the luxury car tax you have to pay on it). Now as with any car that has limited number of compliancers (eg ferrari's and masserati's) the compliance cost isn'tgonna be $2500 like an R33 Skyline... think much bigger numbers.

No USED R35's are allowed for import under the current approvals. Used imports will only be allowed if Nissan fail to sell an R35 locally within 18 months of it being available for sale anywhere else in the world.

[SLED]

My god Geoff's a cock juggling thunderflamin mongrel... maybe he should read the SAU threads on the subject before hypemongering. The SEVS listing is for NEW R35's... which means the car has to be sold as a NEW car by a local reseller. Its not a used import approval, which is what RAW's deal with when importing cars like R34's, V35's etc.

An R35 should cost about $120,000 PLUS compliance cost from my calculations (keeping in mind the luxury car tax you have to pay on it). Now as with any car that has limited number of compliancers (eg ferrari's and masserati's) the compliance cost isn'tgonna be $2500 like an R33 Skyline... think much bigger numbers.

No USED R35's are allowed for import under the current approvals. Used imports will only be allowed if Nissan fail to sell an R35 locally within 18 months of it being available for sale anywhere else in the world.

CORRECT. It's like trying to import a WRX or something similar that already has approval for volume sales in this country. Unless your'e importing something different to what we already sell here and unless it already has approval for importation (ie compliancing etc), you'll have buckleys bringing 1 over unless you've owned it over there for a certain period of time. I've heard figures more around the $160K mark for a new Aussie R35 sold from a Nissan dealer in this country so based on that figure, good luck trying to pick up a new one for under $150. If you want to wait and buy a second hand one in this country for the right price, you might be waiting for a few more years after their release here.....have a look at Porsche second hand prices, I'm sure these things will follow a similar pricing pattern.

[Tangles]

why would you want half a house (value) tied up in 4wheels??

I cant understand it.

prestige??? Ummm NO.

pfffft, would much rather a R34 GTR for 45-50k plus 10-20k mods, still less than half the cost of a R35

hell, Id take a 30k rs260 over an r34 anyways

mmmm 50k mod'd rs260 stagea. meh. house is more important

sorry for my negativity

I dont see the point in motor vehicles over, say, 70k

anyone remember the s2000 honda??? lol 40k overpriced

hell even holden calais are 20k overpriced

[Nightcrawler]

Nah I am not sure that is right funkymonkey. For example the FD RX7 was sold here new, yet you can import any year that it wasn't sold here. There was no 18 month gap. Same with WRXs and Evos. Unless the system has changed, but I am under the impression that as long as they weren't sold here in that year, you can import a vehicle from that year. Where does it was this 18 month thing?

[funkymonkey]

Nah I am not sure that is right funkymonkey. For example the FD RX7 was sold here new, yet you can import any year that it wasn't sold here. There was no 18 month gap. Same with WRXs and Evos. Unless the system has changed, but I am under the impression that as long as they weren't sold here in that year, you can import a vehicle from that year. Where does it was this 18 month thing?

RX-7's are issued approvals under USED car import allowances. And of them only 09/1999 to 12/2002 models. The reason they are allowed is:

Regulation 24(4)(b)(ii)(A) and 24(4)©(ii). Model of vehicle is not been supplied in MA Category to the Australian market in Full Volume and meets 2 out of 4 criteria.

Eligibility starts 09/1999 due to the vehicle being previously supplied to the Australian market in Full Volume by Mazda under CPA 8801.

Eligibility concludes 12/2002 due to cessation of this model.

from http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/sevs/032-02.htm

i.e mazda never sold them as a full volume model, so parallel imports are OK as long as they don't coincide with local manufacture supplied periods.

Nissan on the other hand has hinted that they will be supplying the GT-R in full volume to Australia, and they've proven that they're willing to go to great lengths to stamp out the competition from parallel importers by their actions in the UK.

Here's the approval for NEW R35 GT-R's:

http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/sevs/477-00.htm

[Nightcrawler]

Nissan will NEVER bring in the R35 as a full volume model. 1. They cannot produce enough to even meet Japanese demand (something like 2,000 units were pre-sold where they had budgeted selling 20 per month), and 2. there are not enough people here will buy them. They will bring in a couple hundred in 2009 if we are lucky, and then all 2007/2008 produced Jap cars will come under SEVS. That's my guess anyhow. Fingers crossed.