The inescapably cool “Godzilla” nickname so closely associated with modern-day Skylines is owed to the sheer dominance of the R32-generation model in Group A competition. For the R33 successor, Nissan opted to take on the grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, the GT-R would find itself comprehensively outgunned in 1995 by the arrival of the McLaren F1 GTR, finishing at a subdued 10th overall.
Nevertheless, Nissan saw fit to celebrate its French endurance-racing foray by allowing the NISMO (Nissan Motorsports International) tuning arm to thoroughly rework the R33 GT-R. The result was the 400R.
Ranking as one of the most collectible Skylines from a lineage dating back to the 1950s, the 400R offered here was first registered in Japan in September 1996. While the car’s complete history is not definitively known, it is believed that the Nissan was registered in Hong Kong from approximately 2012. Accompanying paperwork indicates that it was purchased by a new owner in the Gunma Prefecture in October 2021. They retained possession for a little over three years, prior to the car leaving its homeland to be exported and registered in the United States.
Showing 7,093 kilometers (about 4,408 miles) on the odometer at the time of cataloging, this NISMO 400R would make for a standout addition to any collection. Adding to the lore enveloping the Skyline bloodline, here is a car sure to draw an appreciative crowd at any event it attends.
(Introductory description courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.)
