Oh Lord, this GT-R NISMO 400R could sell for over $1m

Given just 44 out of a planned 100 were actually built, it’s hardly surprising NISMO 400Rs rarely come up for sale. And when they do, hoo boy you best be ready to part with some serious cash.

In fact, to secure this particular Gran Turismo icon at Broad Arrow’s upcoming Amelia Auction you’ll probably have to part with… one million dollars.

Yep, the estimate for this 1996 Skyline is between $900,000 and a cool $1.1m. Does only have 10,100 miles on its clock though. And it’s a 400R.

To get to this point, Nissan Motorsports took an R33 GT-R V-Spec and turned the dial right up to 11. The RB26 was tuned by REINIK (who had built the engines for the Calsonic-liveried R32 GT-Rs) and was enlarged to 2.8-litres before being fitted with twin N1 turbochargers. There were forged internals, a 9,000rpm redline, a titanium exhaust and a carbon propshaft, with power upped to 400bhp. Yep, it broke the 276bhp 'gentleman's agreement'.

With four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, Bilstein suspension, uprated brakes, a widebody kit and a carbon-Kevlar bonnet, it went way beyond the V-Spec it was based on. The 0-60mph sprint was dispatched in around four seconds, and it’d hit a top speed of 186mph. Oh, and it had actual dials in the glovebox. Worth a million quid just for that, we reckon.