The latest GT-R was released in Japan in December 2007. Read more for Youtube video...

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The price is approx. 7.7 million Yen cost price at Nissan Dealers in Japan. It will take SEVS workshops some time to obtain approval to comply this model, but as a guide, the FOB price on a new GT-R would be approx. 8.2 million Yen once Japanese registration and deregistration (required by Japanese law prior to exporting new cars), plus taxes etc. are taken into account. This would equate to about $126,000 complied, including Luxury Car Tax, depending of course on the prevailing exchange rate.

Assuming Nissan do not import this model in Full Volume for sale in Aust., allow a good year or two following release in Japan before the first of these machines hits Australian shores thanks to the red tape of SEVS. So if you want one you will have to wait until about 2009.

Note that there is already a ruling under SEVS allowing this model to be imported as a "new car".

The ruling can be seen here: SEVS Ruling for R35 GTR (new cars)

However, to make this possible, at least one registered workshop under SEVS must first set up to comply this model. The definition of "new car" means that it cannot have been used for transportation, so anything beyond reasonable delivery kms is not suitable. Given this fact and that new R35 GTR's will only be available for so long, in our opinion it is unlikely to be financially viable for workshops to set up to comply new R35 GTR's in the short term, UNLESS Nissan openly declares that it will NOT apply for Full Volume import to Australia. Of course, they will never do this as they want to discourage imports !

Note that under the SEVS regulations, a new model is not eligible to add to the SEVS list as a "secondhand vehicle" until 18 months has passed following its release to the general market in another country. So Nissan has a period of 18 months from December 2007 to consider what it will do for Australia before the R35 GTR can be added to the SEVS approved list. There is then a lag of at least 6 months before an application by a registered workshop will be successful to the point where Import Approvals can be obtained. So really it would be 2010 before secondhand R35 GTR's could be seen in Australia under SEVS (if Nissan does not bring them here). By this time, the first released examples will be a couple of years old and depending on exchange rates, the price should have dropped to under $100,000.


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