- A lifted Nissan GT-R has struggled to find a buyer for years.
- Unique upgrades hint at something wilder than most expect.
- The price is higher than what you’d see on typical examples.
The Nissan GT-R has never exactly flown under the radar. Still, this particular off-road conversion pushes its extroversion to a level that even die-hard fans might find hard to rationalize.
Someone with access to an R35 evidently looked at Porsche’s 911 Dakar or the Lamborghini Sterrato, decided the GT-R deserved its own rugged detour, and committed fully to the idea.
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The base car is a 2010 Nissan GT-R, though you’d be forgiven for thinking it just rolled off a movie set. With its radical upgrades, the build looks more like a desert chase prop than a former Nurburgring contender.
Mad Max or Just Mad?
The sports car now wears bolt-on fender extensions, roof rails, and a set of auxiliary LEDs mounted both on the front bumper and across the roof. The most eye-catching change is the suspension, which has been lifted by 120 mm (4.72 inches) using modified springs that give it a towering new stance.
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The GT-R rides on its stock seven spoke alloy wheels, but they’re now wrapped in chunkier all-terrain tires. A full-size spare is strapped to the roof, adding to the off-roader look. Combined with the GT-R’s standard Attesa ET-S all-wheel-drive system and its newly boosted clearance, these changes should let it tackle gravel and dirt with ease.
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Performance hasn’t taken a back seat. Under the hood is a tuned version of the familiar twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6, now pushing out 600 horsepower, the same output as the most powerful Nismo variant.
According to the listing, the car has only clocked 54,237 km (33,700 miles) since new, which is relatively low mileage for a 15-year-old vehicle.
So What’s the Problem?
The unique off-road experiment is currently listed for €99,500 ($117,000) by Dutch dealer Prins. That figure places it above the going rate for a stock GT-R of the same vintage, even in well-kept condition. While the odometer and overall presentation are solid, the asking price may be part of the reason this one-off build hasn’t found a new owner.
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Longtime Carscoops readers may recall seeing this very GT-R on the market back in 2020, wearing a camouflage-style wrap that has since been removed. Over the past five years, it’s covered only 7,700 km (4,800 miles), though it’s reportedly been listed on and off during that time. On many forums, some have noted its recurring appearances in Dutch listings.
Indeed, according to Dutch pricing tracker Auto Uncle, the same GT-R was previously offered by another dealer for more than 1,000 days, or just shy of three years. The current listing has been live for 137 days, or about four and a half months.
So while the car may be unique, it turns out that uniqueness doesn’t always guarantee demand. A standard GT-R from the same period would have changed hands several times over by now.