Look what went under the hammer today in Japan...

[funkymonkey]

This awesome looking R32 GTS-T coupe was up at auction today and sold for 440,000 yen car cost - that would have been around $11,000 landed in Australia (not including compliance n rego), not a bad price at all considering the cost of the parts included.

Recognise it??

Here is a high resolution image for anyone else that likes it as much as we do .. http://www.j-spec.com.au/list/3441/5.jpg

Its a shame the 15 year rule has ended, as this car is a 1989 model GTSt built by Do-Luck japan as a demo car for its bodykit, still wearing its signature brownyblack paint. Interesting also to note how prices have changed in Japan after Australians cut back on importing 15 year old cars, as this car would have easily gone for over 15k a few months ago.

[B-Man]

Could it have been brought in under SEVS/RAWS ?

[funkymonkey]

Car's auction report said Accident repaired, so not eligible under SEVS, but even if it was, it would have been too modified to bring in.

[B-Man]

Bugger

Damn that 15 YO rule decision

[INASNT]

So now even a 15+ year old car has to be imported stock??

[Beer Baron]

wow, what a shame. B-man, I would think it would be a tall order to try and comply it as a SEVS/RAWS car. shame.

[slow13dude]

Somebody go live in Japan for 12 months and bring it back!

[**JaR**]

thats seriously sex on wheels, and i dont even like the 32's that much lol

[sammus]

very nice

11k?

cries

[funkymonkey]

yeah, that's including processing the car to get it onto a ship, dereg, degas, import taxes, duties, and J-Spec's $1000 fee. Compliance would have been around $800-$1200 depending on the workshop you took it to and rego would have been around $600 in melbourne (bloody extortion rates we gotta pay to VicRoads).

All up maybe around $13000 for a drive off the boat and into Autosalon car. The car itself cost 440,000 Yen which is about $5500. Whoever bought it is one lucky biatch.

[predator]

$600 in melbourne (bloody extortion rates we gotta pay to VicRoads).

What you talking about? $600 is cheap compared to NSW and QLD!

Nice, but is it any nicer than any other R32 with a vertex kit? Does it have any performance gear? or just a bodykit??

[funkymonkey]

if the parts haven't been removed fromt he demo car, it should have the following do-luck parts:

triple core radiator, intercooler, half roll cage, leather seats (front and back) and trim, underbody stiffening bars, rear floor bar, front and back sway bars, cluster, push button start, not to mention the 290,000 Yen original bodykit and the 280,000 Yen set of rims, and whatever else they decided to throw in. Looks like they left most of of the goodies on the car.

Look at it this way, if you were to go into DoLuck and say "I'll buy your bodykit and rims for 440,000 Yen" and they said, sure have a free car with it, would you say no?

I wouldn't expect it to have many go-fast bits, but it sure as hell would be a LOT better than a regular R32 with a vertex kit.

[Jimbo2000]

hey shan :wavey: maybe you can help us out

just out of curiosity how much would it be to import an r32.....

gtst ot gts, dont care

manual or auto, dont care

coupe

most likely combo i'd be after would be auto, non turbo, bog standard

could be the most average piece of crap. i've heard ones like this especially auto's and non turbos sell for next to nothing

[funkymonkey]

jimbo its not that easy any more as they all have to come in under SEVS, or we have to find one with a supplier that's already got an import approval ready to go.

under SEVS they have to meet the power to weight ratio, so that means only GTSt's, GTS4's and GTR's, not the cheaper GXi's, GTE's, and GTS's. However, we've seen perfectly fine (boring looking) R32 GTSt's that have had no major accident history, which are eligible for SEVS go at auctions for as little as 50 to 150,000 yen, which should be around 6k landed, and by the time you comply and rego em you'll be looking at about 10k.

As for the ones that sell for nothing, we bought an R32 GTE (RB20E) 4 door auto a few months ago for 100 Yen off yahoo auctions, brought it in as a 15 year old car, cost the owner about 5k landed n complied still.

[Jimbo2000]

hmmm fair enough.. too expensive, wanted a shopping trolly 32 for around 2-3k... ahh well

enough thread hi-jacking.. sorry

back on topic

[predator]

Looks like its got some good bits other than just the kit (and rims). Pity you can't import it now, even for just part use?

[INASNT]

What you talking about? $600 is cheap compared to NSW and QLD!  

Nice, but is it any nicer than any other R32 with a vertex kit? Does it have any performance gear? or just a bodykit??

Try $1000 shan in vic once you add stamp duty and new number plates

[funkymonkey]

You can import for parts, but the new laws regarding parts cars says that it has to be a fully bare chassis, or a chassis cut in half. Stipping a car down to parts in japan, packing and sending via container will be pretty expensive.

[predator]

boy, that sucks the big one..

I can see why, to stop rebirths and the like, but it still sucks the big one!