Thursday, March 31, 2016

Cars Spotting In Brunei - Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR33) NISMO LeMans Edition


Yes throw back again to the early 2000s.  Spotted this rare beauty at SHHProshop in Gadong.  There are a few BNR GTR33 running around in Brunei that are officially imported by then T.C.Y Nissan but none of them will be able to beat this rare edition imported used from Japan.  

 I first knew about this car way back in 1999 when it was freshly imported to Brunei.  I actually when to the owner house to chit chat about it.  This car has since changed a few hands and surprising it's still alive and well.  It is currently looking for a new owner for a price of BND$59K++

From Wikipedia
"There were several limited editions of the BCNR33 produced by NISMO - Nissan's Motorsport division. The first, the LM version, was released in May 1996 to celebrate Nissan's participation in the 24-hours of Le Mans. The only body colour available for the R33 LM was Champion Blue. The car had a hood-splitter lip to direct air to the upper front aperture, and a carbon-fibre rear wing with Gurney flap. There were carbon-fibre inserts on the rear wing fins with a GT-R badge on the inserts. The "GT-R Skyline" logo under the checkered flag was placed on the C-pillars. Most of the LM's were based on the standard model but a few were based on the V-Spec. Nissan released just 98 of this model to the Japanese market and only 14 of these were V-Spec's. Nissan entered two R33 GT-R cars in the 1995 Le Mans 24 hour race where the number 22 car finished tenth overall. This was remarkable considering it was essentially running the same RB26 motor and going up against supercars of that era like the mighty Mclaren F1 GTR."

Limited Edition Factory fitted extras
  • Championship Blue (code BT2).
  • Carbon Fibre Rear Wing Blade.
  • N1 Front Brake Cooling Ducts.
  • N1 Bonnet Lip.
  • NISMO Wheels
  • Commemorative GT-R Decals on C-Pillars.
 Sorry about the blur pictures as these were taken using my then NOKIA phone. LOL




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