Does Australia Have The Largest Amount Of Skylines Outside Of Japan?

[predator]

Was wondering this today.

Surely Australia must have the most amount of Skylines out of any country other than Japan? It's hard not to go an hour or two without seeing one driving around, and there must be thousands on the roads these days.

With the aversion to older cars on the Japanese roads, is it possible Australia has the most amount of road-registered skylines driving around in the entire world?

Food for thought!

[gfunkk]

id probably agree

only problem is you see a lot of skylines in australia that would look better stock (untasteful mods)

[funkymonkey]

yes.

according to the RAWS books from 2008 Australia complied roughly 36 skylines a month. that's a new skyline on the street a day... kinda. That's not including 15yr bombs, the 100 R32's sold locally, private imports and race imports.

[sneakey pete]

It'd be interesting to see how many are still driving around Japan. I mean they really don't like older cars so much, i could see them culling off a lot of the r32 gts-t's and such.

Edited March 27, 2009 by sneakey pete

[Silvia GTR]

I doubt there would be any R32 Gtst's on the road in Japan

Edited March 28, 2009 by Silvia GTR

[mickey]

the UK love their skylines too and I think are the only ones apart from Australia that got 'factory' delivered GTR's. I would think they would have quite a few road registered ones running around.

Given the relative rarity of the skylines it would be interesting to see which countries have what numbers.

[cul202]

After being in the UK for a few years where you'd see 1 a week its a bit different being back here where there are several a day on streets I drive. Our Skyline scene is large, I tell thee

[RBwhatever]

You hardly see many skylines in japan. Nowhere near as many as you would see here. You see them every now and again (R32-R34) though. They're not impossible to find, there's just not many of them.

[cul202]

autotrader.co.uk - 200 Skylines

carsales.com.au - 1500 Skylines

Admittedly we have the older Oz 30's & 31's but the UK also has several times the number of cars for sale

[eeiko321]

well could be possible

the car market in USA is alot larger than it is in australia. i wouldnt be suprised if they have more....

remember.......australia only has 21,000,000 in population. compared to USA's 320,000,000.

another country that has a high number of imports is New Zealand...

apparently they never had the SEVS rule... where you could openly import any type of vehicle....even if there are local models.....

which in turn i recall, financially damaging their own economy and domestic car market.

[sneakey pete]

The US also drives on the wrong side of the road, So skylines are relatively unknown over there.

[Mr. Keets]

The US will end up with more 35's. As far as the older models go definitely not. Motorex imported and was responsible for compliance of 32s, 33s and some 34s with the US DOT. The whole venture imploded with beatings, stolen cars and uncomplied vehicles on the streets...would probably make a good movie

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I would say so, but seeing the Skyline scene in UK, it looks quite big there too.

[predator]

the car market in USA is alot larger than it is in australia. i wouldnt be suprised if they have more.... remember.......australia only has 21,000,000 in population. compared to USA's 320,000,000.

Don't think they were that easy to import in the US, so don't think too many made it there. As above, the guys that were doing it were crims.

another country that has a high number of imports is New Zealand...

apparently they never had the SEVS rule... where you could openly import any type of vehicle....even if there are local models.....

which in turn i recall, financially damaging their own economy and domestic car market.

NZ would have had quite a few, but at the end of the day, their population is only about 1/5 of the size of us, and they also were able to import a lot of other cars too.

So looking like it could be true Was wondering if there was maybe some country that imported them in large numbers that I hadn't thought of outside of NZ/UK.

[eeiko321]

Don't think they were that easy to import in the US, so don't think too many made it there. As above, the guys that were doing it were crims.

NZ would have had quite a few, but at the end of the day, their population is only about 1/5 of the size of us, and they also were able to import a lot of other cars too.

So looking like it could be true Was wondering if there was maybe some country that imported them in large numbers that I hadn't thought of outside of NZ/UK.

well im not sure about USA... just because you dont see things over there, doesnt mean there isnt any.

but apparently Skylines are hard to Comply in Canada, so im pretty sure there arent as many.

well i dont think its a advantage of us having the most.....too common loses its appeal.

[sneakey pete]

Easier to get parts. In a way.

Heck, if it is true that Australia has the largest amount of gts-t's in the world, then its going to be the easiest place in the world to get aftermarket replacement parts.

[eeiko321]

Heck, if it is true that Australia has the largest amount of gts-t's in the world, then its going to be the easiest place in the world to get aftermarket replacement parts.

thats where your wrong......

think about who created the car first...........or where it was originated......

it certainly wasnt made by Holden or Ford...

either way, the part was never manufactured here.......it was imported by frieght

[funkymonkey]

another country that has a high number of imports is New Zealand...

apparently they never had the SEVS rule... where you could openly import any type of vehicle....even if there are local models.....

which in turn i recall, financially damaging their own economy and domestic car market.

NZ has a cutoff on the age of the car you can import though, think it was 10 years. Also they have no domestic car market... hence the free for all import laws. Lots of small nations without national manufacturers are similar (eg: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Cyprus, Hong Kong etc).

think about who created the car first...........or where it was originated......

it certainly wasnt made by Holden or Ford...

either way, the part was never manufactured here.......it was imported by frieght

Think he means spares off wrecks that the cars that are already here will inevitably become.

[eeiko321]

NZ has a cutoff on the age of the car you can import though, think it was 10 years. Also they have no domestic car market... hence the free for all import laws. Lots of small nations without national manufacturers are similar (eg: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Cyprus, Hong Kong etc).

Think he means spares off wrecks that the cars that are already here will inevitably become.

what i meant by domestic market is the Local Dealerships.like Honda, Toyota, Nissan etc....

where people could buy imports of the same models for heaps cheaper.

so SEVS rule does have its advatages

[Spunky Munky]

Not too sure ab out facts and figures, but I think your comment is valid as there are so many Skylines. I do not go a day without at least seeing one somewhere each day if not more.

Therefore it is really hard to make your car look different. I really praise those that have.