At $16,737, Would You Own Radwood In This 2000 Nissan Silvia Varietta?

Today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Silvia is built for cruising, not, for illustration truthful galore others, for drifting. One of only 1,143 built by Nissan subsidiary Autech, this is simply a JDM car that's now aged capable to spot nan world. Let's determine if we tin spot paying its asking price.

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We looked astatine a 1966 Sunbeam Alpine Mark V yesterday, and almost each of america liked what we saw. Similar successful intent and specification to nan modern MGB, our Alpine besides came pinch an MGB-like value tag of only $10,000. Seeing arsenic it was acold rarer than a B, earned itself immoderate kudos successful nan comments and a coagulated 78% Nice Price triumph successful nan voting.

One mobility lingering complete yesterday's Alpine was whether aliases not it had immoderate top, arsenic nary was shown aliases described successful nan ad. While today's 2000 Nissan Silvia Varietta is besides a convertible, its apical is unquestionably there, and, successful fact, is shown successful some up and down positions successful nan ad.

Sold only successful nan Japanese location market, nan Varietta is astir arsenic uncommon arsenic they come, having been sold for only 4 exemplary years (1999 — 2002) pinch only 1143 reaching owners during that short run. A 2+2 hardtop convertible, nan Varietta is simply a type of nan S15 Silvia, sold done Nissan dealers successful Japan, but was built by Nissan subsidiary Autech for nan marque. Autech was merged pinch Nismo, Nissan's motorsports division, successful 2022, truthful nan sanction is now relegated to nan history books.

Regardless, by nan clip nan S15 version of nan Silvia was introduced successful 1999, Nissan had decided that nan exemplary was excessively bully for nan North American market, choosing not to export it successful spot of nan S14 exemplary known present arsenic nan 240SX.

The Variettas were each a spot under-specced successful comparison to nan North American 240SX, arsenic nan exemplary was saddled pinch nan people aspirated 2.0-liter SR20DE four-cylinder alternatively than nan American car's larger 2.4-liter four. With 162 horsepower and 142 pound-feet of torque, it's still beautiful competitive, though.

This Silvia's statement piece, however, is that origami roof. Like astir folding hardtops, it breaks successful half and descends nether nan footwear lid, which tin unfastened successful some nan beforehand and nan rear. When open, nan car has bully proportions, but it's a different communicative erstwhile nan apical is closed. Then, nan agelong chemoreceptor and agelong tail styling can, from definite angles, lend nan car a benignant of El Camino look.

This 1 is painted successful Brilliant Blue. That was 1 of conscionable 4 colour choices connected nan exemplary (the others being red, white, and silver), and according to records, it is 1 of only 567 painted successful nan hue.

Overall, nan car appears to beryllium successful very bully condition, pinch nary evident dings aliases dents and nary evident roadworthy rot. The five-spoke mill alloys do show immoderate grounds of age, but it's thing excessively bad. With conscionable 71,717 miles connected nan clock, nan car hasn't really had overmuch of an opportunity to get into dutch connected nan road, truthful that quality does look to jive.

There's a spot much deterioration and tear evident successful nan cabin, although, again, that's mostly nits being picked. The astir egregious of that is nan leather failing connected nan steering wheel, driver's seat, and displacement footwear for nan five-speed stick. On nan positive side, everything other seems successful place, and location are immoderate absorbing quirks, including a double DIN Japanese Kenwood stereo and what looks to beryllium a flash paper scholar mounted nether nan dash down nan ignition switch.

The car is offered by a trader that appears to specialize successful JDM imports. That trader is located successful Canada, but offers nan car successful either Canadian dollars aliases American. At 25 years old, this Silvia is now eligible to beryllium brought into nan States, wherever it tin legally frustrate drivers pinch its right-hand drive.

It's described successful nan advertisement arsenic being each original, and nan trading trader claims nan car to person been elaborate and to person passed its "stringent 100 constituent inspection." No mention is made of nan title status, truthful prospective buyers should inquire astir that.

Any imaginable will besides want to beryllium concerned pinch nan car's $16,737 asking price. That's nan dealer's connection successful American dollars. For Canadians, it's $22,990, meaning for once, it's amended to beryllium American. Despite that, this Silvia should beryllium a deed nary matter wherever it goes. Hardly known extracurricular of Japan and wrong nan hardcore S-chassis instrumentality club, this typical Silvia would apt beryllium a prima astatine immoderate Cars and Coffee aliases JDM car show. Is it, however, worthy $16,737 to do so?

What do you say? Is that a adjacent value for this uncommon car? Or does that not, actually, flip your lid?

You decide!

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