A genuine Nissan Skyline GT-R NISMO 400R is heading to auction with a seven-figure estimate – and it may well get it.
Just 44 examples were built from a planned run of 100, making this one of the rarest and most coveted GT-Rs ever produced.
This 1996 car, showing only 10,100 miles, will cross the block at Broad Arrow Amelia Auction with a guide price of $900,000 to $1.1 million.
For collectors chasing peak Gran Turismo-era performance, that figure reflects both scarcity and significance.
The 400R started life as an R33 GT-R V-Spec before Nissan’s motorsport arm transformed it into something far more serious.
Its RB26 engine was reworked by REINIK – the firm behind the Calsonic-liveried R32 race motors – and enlarged to 2.8 litres.
Twin N1 turbochargers, forged internals and a titanium exhaust pushed output to a claimed 400bhp, decisively sidestepping Japan’s 276bhp ‘gentleman’s agreement’.
A 9,000rpm redline, carbon propshaft and strengthened drivetrain completed the overhaul.
Performance was properly supercar-baiting for the mid-1990s: 0–60mph in around four seconds and a 186mph top speed.
Four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering remained, joined by Bilstein suspension, uprated brakes, a wider track and a carbon-Kevlar bonnet.
Even the glovebox housed additional instrumentation – a wonderfully analogue flourish in an era before configurable screens.
With UK values of standard R33 GT-Rs already climbing, a $1m NISMO 400R underlines just how far the market for rare Japanese performance icons has evolved.
