What Did R33 Gst-t's M-spec Cost Brand New?

[fEkuaR]

Hey guys can anyone tell me what the r33 gtst M-Spec cost when it was brand new?

[IOWNU]

Hey mate.

A Series 1, manual, turbo verison cost about 281.1 ten thousand yen.

If you're after a series 2, or auto info, check out this site, has pretty much prices/specs for all Skylines.

http://imports.motortraders.net/imports/se...n&model=Skyline

Peace.

[fEkuaR]

Thanks for the response but what does this convert to in Aus dollars around 33 grand?

Edited December 27, 2005 by fEkuaR

[IOWNU]

Yup, at todays exchange rate though.

If you want to know how much it was worth "at the time" it was released then you'd need the exchange rate from back then.

[fEkuaR]

Thats a reasonable amount less then i had expected however it is alot to pay for a car 12 years ago.

[Daniel_]

To get a more accurate price of a new car if bought in australia you can use the ratio between an aust deliever car and a jap spec one. Like a 200sx.

I did this with an r34 and they come out at between $50-70k australian.

You've got to remember that difference in car price between japan and australian isn't only related to the exchange rate, there's also the difference in car market to consider.

[chaos]

friend on here was reading an old school HPI mag, said the 33 gtst's were around $40-$50k brand new and 33 GTR were close to $80k

[FAST-GT-R]

R33 GT-R 180K new from nissan dealer when first date released.

[AlexCim]

The exchange rates in Jan 1997 were

0.777USD to 1 AUD

117YEN to 1 USD

So, that is 0.777x117 YEN to the AUD = 91 yen to the dollar, making it very VERY similar to todays rates.

So the GTST Type M was 2.9 million yen (http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/nissan/skyline/1997_2/) which at the exchange rate of the time was ~33k AUD

However, must make it clear that 33k back then (yes, only 8 years ago) was probably a lot more money then it is today, so 33k for todays standards might be cheap, but in 1997 33k could have been tight. Also, have to think how japans economy was going, as if nissan would overprice a car if it isnt going to sell.

[AlexCim]

http://www.forecasts.org/ was the source for exchange rates