The R35 has decoupled into two markets: sub-15k-mile late cars and NISMOs are ripping (+35.5% year-on-year, last-12-month median $114,500), while modified, accident-flagged, high-mileage early cars still trade in the $50–80k mud.
Across 158 completed BaT auctions the median sold price is $80,055 and the mean $108,156 — a 28% gap that tells you everything about the shape of this market. The 25th percentile sits at $64,125 and the 75th at $129,250, with the full range running $44,259 to $320,999. That is not one market; it is a $50–80k used-performance-car market for 2009–2015 cars and a $150–320k collector market for low-mileage 2016+ NISMOs, T-Specs and final-year Premiums, with very little in between.
The trend is sharply up at the top. Median by year was flat for half a decade ($78,500 in 2021, $80,000 in 2022, $81,000 in 2023, $88,500 in 2024, $80,516 in 2025) and then jumped to $114,500 across 14 sales in 2026. Trailing-twelve-month median is $114,500 versus $84,508 the prior twelve months, +35.5%. The step change is composition as much as inflation: 2026 brought 59-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Nismo at $268,000, 1,300-Mile 2021 Nissan GT-R NISMO at $305,000, 2023 Nissan GT-R NISMO at $320,999 and 981-Mile 2023 Nissan GT-R Premium at $170,000. Meanwhile the floor barely moved: 4.1L Stroker-Powered 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium Pike's Peak Racer went for $65,000, Modified 2012 Nissan GT-R Premium for $60,000, and 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium for $70,000 at 46,000 miles.
Sell-through is 69.6% (110 of 158) and the failures cluster in one place: owners of ultra-low-mileage cars who priced against dealer ask rather than auction comps. 150-Mile 2020 Nissan GT-R Premium stalled at $161,000 RNM; 743-Mile 2020 Nissan GT-R 50th Anniversary Edition at $157,500 RNM; 131-Mile 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo at $170,000 RNM (the consignor publicly said "minimum 200K"); 2,500-Mile 2021 Nissan GT-R Premium at $128,500 RNM despite a $121,040 window sticker. AEarlM put the discipline plainly on the 2020: "If a car bids to $161k on the biggest car auction site, I don't think you can say it's a $200k car."
Mileage only prices the car below roughly 15,000 miles. Inside the 39-car mileage subset, every example under 4,000 miles cleared $130,000 and most cleared $170,000; above 20,000 miles the curve flattens into noise dominated by spec and originality. 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium sold $104,000 with 76,000 miles because it was one-owner, stock and fully documented, while 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium with 25,000 miles managed only $60,500 with a service-record gap and no TSB clips. Modified cars are the clearest discount: Modified 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium, a Switzer/AMS-lineage build, sold for $80,516 after the seller admitted paying "well over 120k" two years earlier, and Modified 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium with $230,000 of invoices and HKS GT1000 turbos brought $88,500.
59-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Nismo sold $268,000 and 1,800-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Nismo $153,000, against 9k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium at $127,000 and 12k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium at $95,500. At the top, 2023 Nissan GT-R NISMO made $320,999 and 2024 Nissan GT-R NISMO $314,000 and $311,000 — versus 981-Mile 2023 Nissan GT-R Premium at $170,000. kettrade1 on 4,800-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R NISMO: "there are less than 350 of those [NISMOs] in the US over the entire period from 2015 through 2024."
In the mileage subset, 250 mi -> $314,000, 542 mi -> $311,000, 981 mi -> $170,000, 1,300 mi -> $137,000 (2023 Premium), 3,000 mi -> $320,999. Compare 4,500 mi Modified 2023 Nissan GT-R Premium at $130,000 — same model year, but modified. On the older end, 9k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium made $127,000 while 26k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium made $86,000.
2017 Nissan GT-R Premium sold $104,000 at 76,000 miles purely on the strength of nine years of one-owner Zimbrick Nissan records and never being tuned or tracked; omi205 commented "These cars are almost always abused and when that happens, you dont want them." 14k-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium, stock and ceramic-coated, made $125,000. By contrast Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium with an 850hp RDE build made $102,900 at only 30,000 miles.
2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec sold $178,000 (373 mi) and $170,069 (100 mi); 29-Mile 2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec $179,000; 12k-Mile 2020 Nissan GT-R Track Edition $176,000; 233-Mile 2021 Nissan GT-R NISMO Special Edition $209,999. yma10 framed the driver: "regulatory sunset adds scarcity value."
Modified 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium (Switzer/AMS Alpha 12) sold $80,516 after the seller posted "I bought it well over 120k 2 years ago"; rmp5s reacted "THAT sold for EIGHTY!?!?…we're going to DESTROY the value of these things." Modified 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium with documented $230k of HKS GT1000 work brought $88,500. Modified 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo went RNM at $121,212 after failing at $126,500 on Cars and Bids, with TylerS725 noting "Biggest issue for me personally was the emissions being removed."
2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition (two accidents, 2014 rear and 2020 left front) went RNM at $50,777; hpizking commented "these '14s are near/six figure cars nowadays if reasonable miles and good history. I have a '14 TE with 30k miles and I wouldn't let it go for twice this number." Widebody 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium, fully wrapped so paint could not be assessed, went RNM at $46,500. 2016 Nissan GT-R 45th Anniversary Gold Edition failed at $61,000 after a commenter surfaced a TikTok of the car being flooded.
7k-Kilometer 2017 Nissan GT-R Track Edition (4,500 miles, Ontario) went RNM at $128,000; 50-Kilometer 2024 Nissan GT-R (31 miles, Canadian) went RNM at $141,000 with tariff and Registered Importer costs on top; 2014 Nissan GT-R Premium went RNM at $57,500 with Grrumpy50 noting "The discount to selling a Canadian car on BaT continues to grind onwards." On 1,300-Mile 2021 Nissan GT-R NISMO, dealer nexusautobrokers said "being an imported US car from Puerto Rico hurt her bigly" even at $305,000.
The colour medians (Jet Black $108,000 n=6, Pearl White $102,900 n=5, Super Silver $74,200 n=7) mostly track which model years wore those colours, not colour value. What is legible is that Midnight Purple T-Specs cleared $178,000 and $179,000 (2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec, 29-Mile 2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec) and 14k-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium in Blaze Metallic made $125,000. Super Silver carries a specific liability: on 2023 Nissan GT-R NISMO, aayo85 wrote "super silver is a very soft paint…will rock chip easy!" and nexusautobrokers added "the near impossible task of paint matching."
| Colour | Median | Cars |
|---|---|---|
| Jet Black | $108,000 | 6 |
| Pearl White | $102,900 | 5 |
| Super Silver | $74,200 | 7 |
On 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium, iSmokeMyMeat asked "Has this car had the TSB Clips installed? These CBA transmissions are notorious for failing" — the seller had no documentation. On 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium (the $60,500 car) the seller confirmed "Nothing done to trans and no clips have been installed." On 2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition, youngsher asked whether "the bell housing has been replaced or upgraded…as this was a common weak point for these years" and got no answer. On 24k-Mile 2012 Nissan GT-R Premium, torville55 — an original '09 owner — described two warranty transmission failures "between 1st and 2nd gear" before the redesign.
Check: Confirm TCM software revision (LC2/LC5), ask for documentation that the TSB clips were installed, get the bell housing inspected for cracks, and demand transmission/diff fluid receipts. On 2009–2011 cars treat a replaced or Shepherd/Ivey-rebuilt gearbox as an asset, not a red flag.
On 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium, nexusautobrokers wrote: "09-11 GT-Rs Nissan recommended Transmission/Diff services every 18K miles or so and if not driven at least once every 36 months…Transmission pressure sensors can go bad if fluids are not changed." LastCall23 added "The vehicle is 15 years old the transmission and differential fluids should've been changed already regardless of miles." The seller confirmed none had been done — the car made only $60,500 at 25,000 miles.
Check: Nissan's interval is roughly every 18k miles or 36 months regardless of use. Get dated invoices. A 15-year-old, 25k-mile car with no fluid history is a deferred-maintenance bill, not a time capsule.
On 40-Mile 2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition the seller admitted "It has not received any service/fluids/tires since delivered new"; cujo159 replied "tires that shouldn't see parking lot use, suspect seals that may be dry rotted, engine oil that likely has water in it…I wouldn't be surprised if there was rust inside the cylinder walls" — it went RNM at $106,000. On 2k-Mile 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium, persimmons said "I'm a little scared of lurking issues from the car sitting for so long" and jagpoon added "Heard you gotta re-do all the seals"; the seller aggressively denied both and the car went RNM at $95,035. On 131-Mile 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo, djt wrote about "deterioration of gaskets that rarely see fluid, bushings and gears that sat for long periods."
Check: Ask when engine oil, brake fluid, coolant, and trans/diff fluid were last changed — by date, not mileage. Check tire DOT codes. Borescope the cylinders on anything that sat more than five years unstarted. Budget for a full fluid-and-rubber commissioning on any sub-1,000-mile car.
On 12k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium the seller admitted "the tuning shop's phone is no longer in service…Not many records are left on the car"; Vremacs-BAT shot back "That's kind of important information if we're considering purchasing the vehicle." It still sold for $95,500. On 24k-Mile 2015 Nissan GT-R Premium a 2019 Nissan service record showed the COBB intake and tune "prevented factory CONSULT diagnostic equipment from fully communicating with vehicle systems," and the car also needed an ECU upgrade in 2024 "due to map loss issues" — RNM at $90,500. On No Reserve: 2015 Nissan GT-R Black Edition, Vremacs-BAT asked for a code scan: "It's only fair to let us know what codes are showing up before final bids." The seller never provided one.
Check: Get the tuner's name and a current dyno sheet, have the ECU read for stored codes and launch-counter data before bidding, and insist the car can be returned to a stock map so a Nissan dealer can run CONSULT.
On Modified 2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition (850whp/640tq), rmp5s wrote "AMS usually try to keep torque under 650 on stock engine and trans internals…I just wouldn't push the car hard until the trans and, especially, bottom end are built"; the seller countered that "the launch counter is at zero." On Modified 2023 Nissan GT-R Premium the seller said the trans "is tw regulated to 650 so there's no need," and nexusautobrokers corroborated the 650wtq ceiling. On Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium, bryzf1 asked for "compression, leakdown, dyno sheets, or engine health logs" on an 850hp car and got none.
Check: Read the launch counter. Ask what torque ceiling the tune is set to — the consensus number in these threads is 650 lb-ft at the wheels. Confirm whether the clutch packs, baskets and gearset were touched, and whether the seller has ever launched it.
No Reserve: Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium: "The car cannot pass a California emissions test in its current configuration," with the dealer quoting $1,200–$1,800 to reverse it. Modified 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium (the $88,500 HKS car): "it cannot be sold to an in-state private party buyer." Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium (the $102,900 car) likewise "cannot pass a California smog test." On Modified 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium, 93FDguy asked whether the original cats were included and the seller never answered.
Check: Confirm whether the original cats and downpipes come with the car, and get a written price to restore compliance. In CA this is a hard stop on a private-party sale.
On 7k-Kilometer 2017 Nissan GT-R Track Edition the seller declined readings: "The vehicle does have full body PPF. Not only will the reading be thicker. It will also not be as even. I can assure no panel has been repainted" — RNM at $128,000. On No Reserve: Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium, Puppymonkeybaby wrote "My non trusting experience tells me there has been body work done and the satin / wraps are masking those repairs." On 2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition, Carfax listed the car as purple from 2021–2025 while the car presented as Super Silver.
Check: Insist on paint depth readings on any panel not under film, get pre-wrap photographs, and read the Carfax colour field — a mismatch there is a tell.
On 2023 Nissan GT-R NISMO, aayo85: "super silver is a very soft paint should self-adhere for light scratches but needs to be PPF will rock chip easy!" nexusautobrokers: "Worst part about super silver is the near impossible task of paint matching." THE-ONE warned "The rock chips on this car are going to hurt it big." On 4,800-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R NISMO, commenter 2006m5 volunteered "i have a bunch of rock chips and less miles then yours."
Check: On any Super Silver car, inspect the nose and A-pillars under strong light and check whether PPF was applied over existing chips — which is what happened on the $320,999 car.
On 14k-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium, stone_zilla had to request driver's-side photos that were absent from the listing, then noted "For the miles the seat bolstering is rough. Nonetheless, repairable." 24k-Mile 2015 Nissan GT-R Premium disclosed a "tear in the driver seat bottom bolster"; Modified 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium noted "a tear in the side of the driver's seat"; 2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition noted "The driver's seat outer bolster shows wear."
Check: Get driver's-side seat and sill photos before bidding — sellers routinely photograph only the passenger side. Budget a few hundred dollars for bolster repair.
5k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R 45th Anniversary Gold Edition still wore 2015-date-code Dunlops at ten years old; 1,800-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Nismo likewise had 2015 codes; 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium had 2015–2017 tires at 25,000 miles. On 26k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium the TPMS showed a permanent 'flat tire' message, which nexusautobrokers explained as a latched fault clearable with CONSULT or ECUTEK. On Widebody 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium, Robert8198 noted the temperature-gauge backlight was out — "A common problem with the early models."
Check: Read DOT date codes in the photos. On 2009–2012 cars, confirm the dash temperature-gauge backlight works and that no phantom 'flat tire' message is latched.
On 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium, yma10 questioned the rotors; the seller checked with the dealer and confirmed they were NOT OEM — fitted in October 2022 because factory rotors were on backorder, with softer-than-OEM pads. Seller AEarlM responded "I value my integrity over a few thousand dollars…if that specific question had not been asked, I would have kicked you back what the cost is to get it back to original rotors."
Check: Ask specifically whether rotors and pads are Nissan parts. On 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium the owner himself believed they were OEM until he called the dealer.
On Modified 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo, commenter GTR-NISMO wrote "Track wise the NISMO has a stopping problem not a power problem! The $$$ needed to be put in stopping the NISMO not in adding to the horsepower." That car went RNM at $121,212 having also failed at $126,500 on Cars and Bids. Treat this as one informed opinion rather than a documented defect pattern.
Check: If a NISMO has been tuned past 700hp, ask what was done to the brakes and whether the carbon-ceramic rotors have been heat-cycled on track.
Driver-grade: $55,000–$75,000 buys a 2009–2015 Premium or Black Edition with 45,000–90,000 miles, usually modified and often with a Carfax entry — 2010 Nissan GT-R Premium at $70,000 with 46,000 miles and No Reserve: 2015 Nissan GT-R Black Edition at $65,500 with 68,000 miles are the template. At this level assume a transmission contingency of $8,000–15,000 unless the paperwork rules it out.
Strong stock example: $85,000–$130,000. A documented, unmodified 2012–2017 Premium with 12,000–30,000 miles now sits in the high $80s to mid $120s — 26k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium at $86,000, 12k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium at $95,500, 9k-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Premium at $127,000, 14k-Mile 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium at $125,000. Well-executed modified cars land in the same band rather than above it (Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium at $102,900, No Reserve: Modified 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium at $130,000), which is the argument for buying stock and modifying yourself.
Best-in-class: $150,000–$200,000 for a sub-2,000-mile late-model Premium or a Track Edition (981-Mile 2023 Nissan GT-R Premium $170,000; 12k-Mile 2020 Nissan GT-R Track Edition $176,000; 29-Mile 2024 Nissan GT-R T-Spec $179,000). NISMO is its own tier: budget $150,000–$170,000 for a 2016–2017 NISMO with a few thousand miles, $210,000–$270,000 for a special edition or a sub-100-mile 2016, and $300,000–$320,000 for a delivery-mileage 2021–2024 NISMO. Note that the market has repeatedly refused to pay $200k for low-mileage non-NISMO cars — four separate reserve-not-met results between $128,500 and $170,000 make that boundary clear.

Highest sale in the dataset and roughly $60k above the nearest 2023 NISMO comp. THE-ONE noted in-thread that "The last 2023 Nismo on BAT sold for $258k with only 88 miles" — this one had 3,000 miles, a chipped hood and lifting PPF. Three bidders including a broker fought from $255k upward and multiple commenters questioned whether the bidding was organic. Treat $321k as a ceiling created by a specific contest, not a benchmark.

$268,000 for a nine-year-old 2016 NISMO is nearly $100k above other low-mileage 2016 NISMO results (1,800-Mile 2016 Nissan GT-R Nismo made $153,000 two years earlier). A 59-mile odometer, one owner and an untouched $12,900 titanium exhaust created a genuine one-of-none. CapitalFFun, one of the two bidders who drove it there, admitted "I sold one of these for $115k in 2018 on a trade in, I'm an idiot!"

The cleanest illustration of the modified-car discount. A comprehensive AMS Alpha 12 build with Stage 5 ShepTrans gearbox and DSS 1600whp axles sold for $80,516 after the seller stated "I bought it well over 120k 2 years ago." Unexplained parachute invoices, a repainted fender, catless exhaust and swirl-marked paint requiring mid-auction correction all pushed against it.

Over $230,000 of documented HKS GT1000, Carrillo, Dodson and carbon-ceramic hardware, one owner, ~8,283 miles — and it made $88,500. Killed by a Carfax mileage inconsistency, a duplicate California title and the fact that it cannot be sold to an in-state private party for emissions reasons. VGK's "Thats incredible value for what this is" is the buyer's side of the same coin.

$104,000 at 76,000 miles is far above the mileage curve — the next-highest result over 70k miles is $63,500. Nine years of single-owner Zimbrick Nissan records, never tuned or tracked, plus a seller who volunteered that the replacement rotors were non-OEM once asked. Documentation and honesty were worth roughly $35k here.

A Pikes Peak TA1 car with a 4.1L stroker, ShepTrans/Dodson gearbox, cage, fuel cell and 600–800hp depending on the dyno, sold for $65,000 on a bill of sale with no title and no cats. FSIGARAGE: "How does this sell for $65k when engine and transmission costs alone are higher!?!?!?!?" Purpose-built race R35s have no meaningful bid support on this platform.

A 150-mile 2020 Premium failed to sell at $161,000 because it was a Nissan training-facility car that was never in-service dated — so no factory warranty, no window sticker, no third-party mileage verification, and an unanswered question from catdog2 about whether trainees had taken it apart. Delivery mileage without provenance is worth materially less.

Reserve not met at $170,000 on a delivery-mileage launch-year NISMO. The consignor's own dealer wrote afterwards "the 2015 NISMO aint the one to steal. minimum 200K" — but two owners, a decade of static storage and no PPI meant bidders stopped $30k short. A useful marker for where the ultra-low-mileage 2015/16 NISMO bid actually sits outside the outlier 59-mile car.
If you want to drive one, buy a stock, single-owner 2014–2017 Premium or Black Edition with 12,000–30,000 miles, complete dealer records and documented trans/diff services, at $90,000–$125,000. That is the sweet spot: post-redesign gearbox, no tuning liabilities, and a documented +35.5% year-on-year tailwind under it. If you want a collectible, only NISMO and the final-year limited cars have shown genuine price authority, and you should expect to pay $210,000–$320,000 with the understanding that you are buying a static asset that will need real commissioning money before it is safe to use. What you should not do is pay stock money for a heavily modified car: this record shows $230k builds clearing $88,500 and $120k purchases reselling at $80,516. And avoid the un-serviced 'time capsule' — the market has now twice refused to pay up for cars whose owners proudly never changed the fluids.
These are patterns, not findings. A public auction record cannot show intent, and everything below has ordinary explanations — specialists and dealers bid on many cars of one model, enthusiasts run up cars they end up losing, and new accounts are usually just new. Read them as places to look closely, not as accusations.
Common for a dealer or marque specialist who follows one seller's inventory. It is also the shape worth checking, so here are the listings:
Common for a dealer or marque specialist who follows one seller's inventory. It is also the shape worth checking, so here are the listings:
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 65% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — CapitalFFun placed 11 of 29 bids (38%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 63% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — Edwangco placed 5 of 16 bids (31%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 6 of 6 bids in the final 15 minutes (100%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (MC007, Churan8459, ozarkman2000). The typical auction for this model runs 48%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 7 of 7 bids in the final 15 minutes (100%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (sta11ion, LAGKDB, ck3isMe). The typical auction for this model runs 48%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 7 of 7 bids in the final 15 minutes (100%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (Imran36, jbarkerdallas1, Ricktroy, al.stabile). The typical auction for this model runs 48%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — Samhabibi placed 11 of 28 bids (39%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 73% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 74% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.



























































