Today’s great price or no dice Silvia is built for cruising, not, like so many others, for drifting. One of the only 1,143 built by Nissan daughter Autech, this is a JDM car that is now old enough to see the world. Let us decide if we can see the asking price pay.
For car people, the name Alpine can evoke a number of different images. For audiophiles there is the respected Japanese car maker. Then there is the French specialist autobuilder who has just won the European Car of the Year Award with its electric A290. Finally, there is the Sunbeam Alpine for the classic car enthusiasts that came in three or four different forms.
Yesterday we looked at a Sunbeam Alpine Mark V from 1966, and almost all of us loved what we saw. Similar in design and specification for contemporary MGB, our Alpine also came up with an MGB-like price tag of just $ 10,000. Since it was much rarer than a B, he earned a few a compliment in the reactions and a solid 78% great price win at the mood.
Open and say, AUTech
A question that continued to exist about yesterday’s Alps was whether it had a top, as nobody was shown or described in the advertisement. While it is today 2000 Nissan Silvia Varietta Is also a convertible, the top is without a doubt and is in fact shown in both on and down positions in the advertisement.
Only sold on the Japanese home market, the Varietta is about as rare as they come, because they have only been sold four model years (1999 – 2002), with only 1143 owners reaching during that short term. A 2+2 hardtop convertible, the Varietta is a version of the S15 Silvia, sold through Nissan dealers in Japan, but was built by Nissan -subsidiary Autech for the brand. Autech was merged with Nismo in 2022, Nissan’s Motorsports Division, so the name is now exiled to the history books.
Anyway, by the time that the S15 edition of the Silvia was introduced in 1999, Nissan had decided that the model was too good for the Noord -American market, and chose not to export it instead of the S14 model known here as the 240SX.
The Varietbag were all a bit specified compared to the Noord-American 240SX, because the model was saddled with the naturally washed out 2.0-liter SR20DE four-cylinder instead of the larger 2.4-liter four of the American car. With 162 hp and 142 pound-foot torque, however, it is still quite competitive.
Turn your lid over
However, the party piece of this Silvia is that origami roof. Like most folding hardtops, it breaks in two and descends under the boot lid, which can open both at the front and the back. When open, the car has nice proportions, but it is a different story when the top is closed. Then the long nose and long tail styling can give the car a kind of el camino look from certain angles.
This is painted in brilliant blue. That was one of the only four color choices on the model (the others are red, white and silver), and according to Records it is one of the only 567 painted in the shade.
In general, the car seems to be in very good condition, without clear dents or dents and no clear rotten. The five -spoke factory alloys show some evidence of age, but it is nothing too bad. With only 71,717 miles on the clock, the car did not really have much opportunity to get on the road in Dutch, so that appearance seems to be too Jive.
Oh Canada
There is a little more wear clear in the cabin, although that, again, that nits are usually picked. The most Egregious of that is the leather that fails on the wheel, the driver’s seat and the sliding boot for the stick with five gears. On the positive side, everything else seems to be in place, and there are some interesting oddities, including a double Din -Japanse Kenwood -stereo and what a flash card reader seems to have been mounted under the dashboard behind the ignition switch.
The car is offered by a dealer who seems to specialize in JDM import. That dealer is located in Canada, but offers the car in Canadian dollars or American. At the age of 25, this Silvia is now eligible to be brought to the United States, where directors can legally frustrate with his right hand.
It is described in the advertisement as all original, and the sales dealer claims that the car is detailed and has passed its “stringent 100 -point inspection”. No report is made of the title status, so potential buyers must inform about this.
A Silvia for a song?
Each prospect will also want to be concerned with the asking price of $ 16,737 of the car. That is the dealer’s offer in American dollars. For Canadians it is $ 22,990, which means that it is better to be American for once. Nevertheless, this Silvia should prove a hit, regardless of where it is going. Hardly known outside of Japan and within the Hardcore S-Chassis Fanclub, this special Silvia would probably prove a star to cars and coffee or JDM car show. However, is it worth $ 16,737 to do this?
What do you say? Is that a fair price for this rare car? Or does that not really turn your lid around?
You definitely!
Nice price or no dice:
Classic.com From Kelowna, British Columbia, or go here as the advertisement disappears.
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