January 8th, 2014

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

One thing not to forget is where the pricing comes from. You can't say "When R34s arrive R32 prices will drop". Maybe for R32s imported years before, yes maybe the Canadian resale value will fall.
But pricing originates in Japan. R34 prices have not fallen too much over the past 5 years, and they are maintaining a steady strong resale value. Of course you can find an R34 for $25K, but it's not a good condition R34. Good, lower km, well taken care of R34s cost around $40K now, they did 3 or 4 years ago, and probably won't fall in price over the next few years either.
Pricing for the R34 will be dependant on resale value in Japan, not Canada.
And I'm sure importers will not be adding extra markup on them as it's still the same job for them.

[RBdreamer]

I really like my R32 and have invested far too much into my overall project to consider replacing it with an R34 when they are available. If anything, I woud invest the money into a R324 conversion, although a proper one like mwracing did, not simply a Bee*r kit.

[NismoS-tune]

Prices for the R34 will eventually drop, just like the rest of them. IIRC, when the BNR32 first hit our shores, they were selling at around 30k for decent examples.

My decent example was bought in 2004 and had minor issues over then following 5 years. 22k was the total cost. I do believe the R34s will stay high in cost as they are much more sought after. Like a 2Jz supra I guess.

[NismoS-tune]

One thing not to forget is where the pricing comes from. You can't say "When R34s arrive R32 prices will drop". Maybe for R32s imported years before, yes maybe the Canadian resale value will fall.
But pricing originates in Japan. R34 prices have not fallen too much over the past 5 years, and they are maintaining a steady strong resale value. Of course you can find an R34 for $25K, but it's not a good condition R34. Good, lower km, well taken care of R34s cost around $40K now, they did 3 or 4 years ago, and probably won't fall in price over the next few years either.
Pricing for the R34 will be dependant on resale value in Japan, not Canada.
And I'm sure importers will not be adding extra markup on them as it's still the same job for them.

Daryl is the kind of guy, if not THE guy, that will find that car for me (if he agrees to it lol)

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

Daryl is the kind of guy, if not THE guy, that will find that car for me (if he agrees to it lol)

Haha, i will agree to it, but may need to hang on to if for a few months for "testing"

[Shadao]

i think the prices of the r32's will actually go up slightly when the r34's become available...

WHY? you ask

because when the r34's become legal here the r32's become legal in the usa...

if i am able to sell my gtr32 for enough money and am able to get an gtr34 ill be all over it... but most likely i would keep my r32... maybe in 4yrs i will have 50k+ to spend on an r34... if that were to happen id daily drive year round my r32 and keep my r34 for good weather and weekends... but who knows its hard to say what will happen 4yrs from now... HELL the world is supposed to end in 2012 right

[Oakville]

i think the prices of the r32's will actually go up slightly when the r34's become available...

WHY? you ask

because when the r34's become legal here the r32's become legal in the usa...

if i am able to sell my gtr32 for enough money and am able to get an gtr34 ill be all over it... but most likely i would keep my r32... maybe in 4yrs i will have 50k+ to spend on an r34... if that were to happen id daily drive year round my r32 and keep my r34 for good weather and weekends... but who knows its hard to say what will happen 4yrs from now... HELL the world is supposed to end in 2012 right

Hes got it! I completely forgot about US legality. Legal cars in the states go for 40-50k USD now, I can imagine that going down quite a bit, but still, look at how much the first R32s cost that came to Canada. Looks like I better scoop up my '89 soon

[EMAGDNIM]

I'm rather interested in seeing what the prices for R34's will be like once they are legal. I'm going to guess and say that they'd be around the high $30K, mid $40K mark. I'm currently waiting (and collecting parts) for S15 Silvias to be legal so I was toying with the idea of picking up a R32 or R33 during the wait. I could also hold out for a R34 but then I'd have no money for mods

Even if I do, the wait will be LONG!

[starboy869]

the prices of the r32 won't go up that much. Remember there would be a huge influx of r32 now legal for import.

[Shadao]

the prices of the r32 won't go up that much. Remember there would be a huge influx of r32 now legal for import.

prices wil most certainly go up id say at least 5k... people who are looking to sell there r32 at the time of the r34 being legal will most likely sell to the usa... a 15k gtr32 now will be a 20k gtr32 in 4yrs, prolly coudlnt get that in the canadian market but the usa market will be buying every last one of them... which will make the prices even higher... its all supply and demand..

it will be easier and cheaper to get one from canada than from japan for the usa, but that doesnt mean the prices will be low for them...

i was wandering around ebay not long ago and there was an gtr32 state legal for 50k and people were bidding...

[Nismo BKK]

We must remember that over 40,000 units of the r32 gtr was produced and to compare to only 11,000 units of the r34 gtr, you can see the scarcity makes it more sought after.

[Shadao]

while the overall numbers were ALOT higher the gtr32's are now world wide in where they reside... id say there are prolly only a few thousand left in japan that would be worth selling to the usa... and there are only a couple hundred in canada worth selling... also to keep in mind that the gtr32's were produced 20yrs before the gtr34's so time will have gobbled a few gtr32's up into dust...

there are certainly more gtr32's still around than gtr34's at least on the open market who knows whats hidden away in some garage

[nelsonmxmarc]

prolly only a few thousand left in japan that would be worth selling to the usa

Spot on. Our market has been flooded with imports of 32's for 6 years, and now 33's (IN CANADA - discount UK, AUS etc). I'm sure nearly 90% of 32's have been exported, save some exporters riding on the knowledge that American markets will soon be open to high priced GTRs and GTS'. But the numbers can't be that high. Then we need to account for population. The population in the US is nearly 10x that of our Canadian population. Discounting the economy, people WILL be willing to spend the money to have a 32 sitting in their driveway. The smartest thing the Americans can do at this point is buy Canadian in 2014. Why? Because these cars have been maintained and running for up to 10 years ALREADY, meaning they're in far superior shape to their japanese junkyard counterpart - not to mention they save on importation fees and hassles, only thing left to deal with is the border / taxes / the works. So in reality, we get the luck of the draw. Japanese markets name the price, and we benefit by selling our built machines to people willing to pay top dollar down south.

Except me.... Cause' ill never see a 34 in Montreal. Damn you Ontario.. so close... lol

[EMAGDNIM]

Except me.... Cause' ill never see a 34 in Montreal. Damn you Ontario.. so close... lol

There is one or two running around MTL last I had heard a few (1-2) years ago...It was on a MTL racing thread.

[C-unit]

Prices for the R34 will eventually drop, just like the rest of them. IIRC, when the BNR32 first hit our shores, they were selling at around 30k for decent examples.

You are such a genius!