rider Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Anyone who monitors the Japanese auction and estimate prices will have seen the recent big jump in prices for clean and unmolested TT6's now running at £40k for low milers. I have contacted a few importers with a view to potentially importing a TT6 and been told that would require a budget of minimum £25k which is to far over current UK market values to make it a financially attractive proposition to import. I'm thinking of switching my car search to a R35 GT-R as they can be had for £40k+ in the UK and will almost certainly also be a vehicle with enduring appeal. I was advising people at the NEC Classics show that unmolested TT6's will be fetching £35k - £45k within seven to ten years, it seems it could well be sooner. If anyone here owns or has owned a R35 GT-R please PM me as I'd really appreciate a chat with someone who knows the car inside out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 ok bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Jesus that's crazy ! Nice to see there still holding well and I guess modified Supras will still be going up too. R35 are stunning cars I must admit, wouldn't mind owning one myself what classed as low millage on Supras these days then ? think mine is 68k Few people have owned or still own a R35 on here. JamieP and Grahamc are the two people at the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'd buy something else too but rate a r34 gtr over a r35. Stunning r34s and holding their value better. And they are rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Here's some of the prefacelift cars that have went through auction over the last few months before Xmas. I seen this somewhere else and thought it was pretty interesting! There's some supra's that are a grade R which means crash damaged/repaired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 R35 undoubtedly is a great car. But I think they don't have the same appeal as a r34 or supra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) what classed as low millage on Supras these days then ? think mine is 68k £25k+ would be for a TT6 around 100k km so around the same as your one. There are some real low use cars listing at the moment or recent past with one under 30k km but that was auction start price over £40k FOB Japan. Edited January 3, 2017 by rider (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibby Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Wats going to happen to the valve s when the new supra arrive s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 In 10 years time supras will be worth 200k we will all sell our cars to rich collectors who will show them off like prize vintage Lamborghini. We will all be mortgage free and driving round in the new gtr which by then will be worth 5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Here's some of the prefacelift cars that have went through auction over the last few months before Xmas. I seen this somewhere else and thought it was pretty interesting! There's some supra's that are a grade R which means crash damaged/repaired http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170103/f06e21fa96d4fb53bea6e4a98076a157.jpg http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170103/661e3a0bf53bd0c1778eebaaa13c967f.jpg http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170103/3f0e057af5ddfdf387a301c14495ccbc.jpg http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170103/5269d8bff928e689876d4a9cc7dc8ab5.jpg Am I missing something here? The average sale price of a Supra on those auctions is below ¥1M. According to my currency converter ¥1M is equal to around £7K. Whilst I appreciatended there may be the odd Supra that's a gem, the general prices seem to be pretty normal? Happy to be corrected here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Am I missing something here? The average sale price of a Supra on those auctions is below ¥1M. According to my currency converter ¥1M is equal to around £7K. Whilst I appreciatended there may be the odd Supra that's a gem, the general prices seem to be pretty normal? Happy to be corrected here. Thats what I was looking at too, theres some on there for like £3k....? Albeit NA Auto's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamaSupra Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 All these high priced and extremely low mileage Supras... how many do you think are clocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Even the highest sold price, just under ¥2M is only about £14K. I'm definitely of the opinion a good number of the apparent low milage cars have been clocked to some extent. General vehicle condition would be the best measure of mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) Anything that says 'low', 'Genuine' or 'mileage' in any order on the advert reads suspicious to me. Unless it had a full service history and MOTs with the milage declared I would be taking it with a pinch of salt. Ive seen well known traders in this country have cars advertised as coming in from Japan in Grade A condition and on actually visiting finding that very car is in the bodyshop having a complete front end blow over! Edited January 4, 2017 by T2 MSW (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Ive owned an R35, as have a few people on here what do you want to know? There was a lovely stock gunmetal car on here last year for 16k and the guy struggled to sell it. But define 'unmolested'? This car is unmolested :- http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/TOYOTA/SUPRA/700050325430161125001/index.html Ive maintained for a couple of years now stock body on these cars is the way to go if you want to make money, how many now have crap cone filters, kits and huge Rotas on them? Tons. And people still try and get top bucks for them. The Supra market is a self appreciating one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 ok bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Even the highest sold price, just under ¥2M is only about £14K. I'm definitely of the opinion a good number of the apparent low milage cars have been clocked to some extent. General vehicle condition would be the best measure of mileage. The problem is (not really a problem ) is the Japanese tend to look after cars like these very well. Both my fresh imports looked effectively new underneath when I got them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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