Motor Australia — January 2018

New v Used

Performance treasure hunt

by SCOTT NEWMAN

The unique car you want is now easier to fi nd

a storming all-wheel drive two-plus-two

powered by a torque-rich, but rev-happy

small-capacity twin-turbo V6 engine.

Hmm, sounds familiar. For those of you who like the

soundofthatrecipebutwouldpreferitnicelyagedwitha

hefty dash of wasabi, let us point you towards the Nissan

R34 Skyline GT-R.

The ultimate iteration of Godzilla, the R34 was the daddy,

packed with the final developments of the venerable

RB26DETT engine and ATTESA driveline, which provided

the traction benefits of all-wheel drive with the oversteer-

on-demand tendencies of rear-wheel drive and needed an

experienced hand to extract the best from it.

You can find clean R34 GT-Rs for around $80,000, so

why would you spend almost $100,000 on top of that (RS5

Audi RS5

Coupe

Nissan R34 GT-R

V-Spec II Nür

NEW$156,000

unsurprisingly, for Nurburgring.

Nissan was on the Green Hell bandwagon earlier than just

about everyone. A sub-8min lap might now be the preserve

of SUVs, but in 1996, when Dirk Schoysman wrestled an R33

GT-R around in 7min59sec, it was the stuff of legends. Of

course, there was plenty of conjecture about just how stock

that R33 was, just in case you thought ’Ring arguments were

something new.

The R34 Nür scored all the V-Spec II enhancements,

including stiffer suspension, a carbon bonnet, larger brakes

and weight reduction along with the ‘N1’ engine built for

endurance racing, which featured larger, steel-wheeled

turbos. However, despite this, Nissan continued to claim

just 206kW. Only 718 V-Spec II Nürs were built.

2894cc V6, DOHC, 24v, twin-turbo ENGINE 2568cc inline-6, DOHC, 24v, twin-turbo

331kW @ 5700-6700rpm POWER 206kW@6800rpm

600Nm @ 1900-5000rpm TORQUE 397Nm @ 4400rpm

1655kg WEIGHT 1560kg

3.9sec (claimed) 0-100KM/H 5.2sec (claimed)

$156,000 PRICE $175,000

vs

Coupe Conundrum

(^2002) R34 GT-R Nür
53,632km, stock, one of 718
BIG MONEY for a GT-R, but the Nür will be a very sought-
after car in years to come. Finding a standard GT-R is equally
challenging, but this car is stock, has lived in Australia since
2008 and is now offered by Melbourne’s The Healey Factory.
The R34
Nür was
the daddy,
the
ultimate
iteration
of Godzilla
NOW $175,000
Here’s one
we found
on Trade
Unique
Cars
Two sexy twin-turbo six-pots from opposite sides of the globe
USED
$175,000
ters–Nür. The Nür was the
veryfinal factoryR34 GT-R and those three letters stand,
ii l f N b i
y
122 january 2018 motormag.com.au