Has the US market had an impact?
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Only the 89's can be sent out there since they're 25 years old! The japs are probably getting in first since everyone knows the weather sucks in the UK.
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But if the cars get more expensive in Japan then you'd expect already imported versions in the uk to increase in value
Doubt many will go UK to US.
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loads in OZ mate, but they seem slightly more expensive than ours at the moment and seem to have been that way for a while now!
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It will eventually increase I think... US will have more demand that is for sure! UK prices have slightly increased too since people from USA are able to import fron the dealers based here in the UK. For example Harlow jap autos export worldwide
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Most 32 GTR's I've seen are pretty mint, i suppose some of the reasoning could be due to the exchange rates?
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Didn't Matty32 say that NewEra started buying early cars circa this age in preperation for the new market opening up to them in terms of importing GTR's there legally? And had some cars already purchased waiting to go through
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It's ambiguous; the written law contradicts itself. It ends up being dependent on the individual US Customs agent that is processing the paperwork; some will say year only, some will say year+month.
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I cannot comment onUS law but certainly my low chassis number car was built in August.
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we have sold x2 R32 GTR for USA ;-)
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what number is your one chris,how do you tell, mine is 004353
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A guy brought by, what he claims, is the first legally imported 89 R32, to our shop today.
Paid $18,000 US for it and it's an almost stock car. Had an exhaust and Apexi intake filters. I believe it came out of Canada.
There is a lot of talk, and as one of the few shops around that works on Skylines, several people have come by asking about when they can import one.
Seems most that I've heard of are coming out of Canada, which scares me as the few Canadian cars I've seen have been plagued with rust.
I still believe the quality cars will command a price, but there will be lots of POS' floating around which will give people false hope. Rust free, good condition, low mile cars will be well over $30,000. People seem to be ready and willing to pay for a good car. Parts are too difficult to find or obtain here, so the better car is worth the extra money.
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Paid $18,000 US for it and it's an almost stock car. Had an exhaust and Apexi intake filters. I believe it came out of Canada.
There is a lot of talk, and as one of the few shops around that works on Skylines, several people have come by asking about when they can import one.
Seems most that I've heard of are coming out of Canada, which scares me as the few Canadian cars I've seen have been plagued with rust.
I still believe the quality cars will command a price, but there will be lots of POS' floating around which will give people false hope. Rust free, good condition, low mile cars will be well over $30,000. People seem to be ready and willing to pay for a good car. Parts are too difficult to find or obtain here, so the better car is worth the extra money.
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