Today Nis­san Aus­tralia announced that the new Nis­san GT-​​R will make its Aus­tralian debut, with the JDM model on dis­play at this years Mel­bourne Motor Show. No infor­ma­tion on the Aus­tralian spec GT-​​R, or any vari­ants of the GT-​​R, is avail­able at this time.

 

Accord­ing to Pres­tige Motor­sport, the new R35 GT-​​R can now be imported legally under SEVS!

How­ever, com­pli­ance is as far as 12 months away (2009), and prices are expected to exceed AU$100,000 for the new Nis­san super­car. Regard­less, this is a big fist in the eye of Nis­san Aus­tralia, as enthu­si­asts will now be able to grab the new car directly from the JDM with­out Nis­san Australia’s interference!

[Source: Pres­tige Motor­sport]

The awe­some pho­tog­ra­phers over at CarAd­vice have cap­tured the sec­ond GT-​​R to land in Aus­tralia, belong­ing to an unknown (and well-​​to-​​do) enthu­si­ast. Rumoured to cost around AU $150,000 (A very hefty pre­mium even on the US $69K price-​​tag for the GT-​​R in the USA) the GT-​​R can­not be road reg­is­tered in Aus­tralia, cour­tesy of Nis­san Australia.

Nis­san Aus­tralia execs, we are glar­ing at you right now. Fix this débâ­cle and let us import them, or bring them here!

We thought that Nis­san was in the ‘con­sid­er­ing’ stage where Targa Tas­ma­nia was con­cerned, some­thing that they noto­ri­ously never get past.

Appar­ently, we’re wrong accord­ing to the JDM car lovers over a JPCN. Nis­san is actu­ally bring­ing their new weapon to the event, and we couldn’t be hap­pier. In an event dom­i­nated by var­i­ous flavours of Porsche weapons, the new GT-​​R (may we remind you this is a car that used Porsches as a bench­mark for GT-​​R devel­op­ment?) will be a wel­come run­ner in the event and a big pub­lic­ity move for Nissan.

The GT-​​R will be piloted by Tony Alford and will be painted in pink, of all colours, a nod towards Alford’s major spon­sor, Donut King. Though we heartily wish that nod was more a wink (say, a pink steer­ing wheel?) it will be fan­tas­tic to see the GT-​​R finally land Down Under at the Targa next year.

Next stop, a tri­umphant return to Bathurst for some much deserved Ford and Holden� bashing!

[Source: JPCN ]

We’ve been asked a few ques­tions on exactly who imports cars in Aus­tralia, specif­i­cally Japan­ese cars.

Well there are quite a few, and if you’re in Aus­tralia you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to decent ser­vice, price and model avail­abil­ity. Here we have a short and sweet list of some we hear have done very well by their customers.

1. Pres­tige Motorsport
2. J-​​Spec
3. Iron Chef
4. Pre­ferred Autos

Had a good or bad expe­ri­ence import­ing cars? Feel free to share in the forums