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Valuation · Nissan · N14 · 1990-94

Nissan Pulsar GTi-R

2.0L turbo inline four (SR20DET) · 172 kW / 275 Nm · 5sp manual · AWD
BUYRated within the under $30k band · 9 of 46 at this money
Model value
$28,000
Must gain each year to break even
+13.7%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
50/100
Scored against the under $30k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$28,000
$27,202 lowhigh $58,615
Modelled estimate
No recorded Australian sale stands behind this figure. Treat the level as indicative and the structure as the analysis.

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Should make, typical example
$28,000
At about 150,000 km. Enter an asking price to compare.

Odometer only. Colour, options, history, condition and the photographs move it further, and that is what the report reads.

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Price history

Today $28,000 · modelled median at five years $40,317
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $33,419 to $49,942
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($27,202 to $58,615). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

Strong within its price band. Scores 50/100, ranking 9 of 46 in the under $30k band. Scarcity is the strongest input, liquidity the weakest.
Running it costs about $4,470 a year (16.0% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $2,411 a year.
The model's five year median is $40,317, a +44.0% move, with the tenth percentile at $27,202.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin2 recorded sales
Off its peak
at peak
Value band
wide
No external evidence. A modelled estimate whose structure is more useful than its level.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$2,411 a year all in, +44.0% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$28,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
2 rows on record
$31k$27k$23k
2026
the value this record published, year by yearnow $28ksold
Every row, with its price and note (2) ↓
Library value against the sold record
2 sales · median $28,700
Value $28,000
$26,900$30,500
Apr 2026Collecting Cars$30,500Sold
SOLD. 2 Apr 2026, Brighton Le Sands NSW. ODOMETER NOT PUBLISHED - the listing states TBC, so this row cannot enter a distance fit. 1993 Japanese import, black, resprayed in the original colour. Heavily built and dyno-proven at 240kW and 359Nm AT THE WHEELS in August 2025: Garrett GTX2860, MoTeC ECU tuned by Advance Motor Mechanics, NPC clutch and flywheel, 600cc injectors, 600LPH pump, BC coilovers, Powertune digital dash, replacement gearbox. Brakes noted as needing replacement soon, front seats imperfect, LA3 turbo modification plate dated February 2009
May 2025Collecting Cars$26,900Sold
SOLD. 5 May 2025, Piara Waters WA, 94,132km indicated, not warranted. 1992 Japan to Hong Kong to Australia, complied 2022, third owner five years, Blueish Grey, largely unmodified at a standard 169kW. Upper surfaces repainted in the original colour, door cards retrimmed, BC coilovers and a boost controller the only meaningful changes. Documented maintenance from 2020 with five dated entries, cam belt 2020, Japanese owner’s manual, two keys, Hong Kong registration document
2 completed Australian sales of 2 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the under $30k band median
46 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
40/100+5
Scarcity25% of total
89/100+48
Demand durability20% of total
64/100+8
Liquidity15% of total
0/100-59
Risk resilience10% of total
34/100-3
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 50/100. Medians are computed live from the 46 cars currently in the under $30k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
40/100
Baseline80 pts
− 16.0% of value a year to run-40 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)40 pts
Scarcity25% weight
89/100
Baseline65 pts
+ Only around 700 estimated AU imports, genuinely scarce+16 pts
+ Homologation-special status, WRC-derived engineering+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)89 pts
Demand durability20% weight
64/100
Baseline48 pts
+ Cult status among Nissan/JDM turbo AWD enthusiasts+16 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)64 pts
Liquidity15% weight
0/100
Baseline8 pts
− Extremely thin market, 60 days on market-12 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)0 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
34/100
Baseline42 pts
− SR20DET robust but AWD driveline parts scarce and pricey-8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)34 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 4,412 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$4,470a year
Share of value per year
16.0%
Scheduled servicing$85019%
Tyres, annualised$72016%
Registration and CTP$80018%
Insurance$1,35030%
Sinking fund (failure table)$75017%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$29,120
Running costs × 5 years$22,350
Median exit, net of selling cost$39,417
All-in annualised over 5 years$2,411/yr
Share of value per year8.6%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
13.7%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+7.6%a year
The projection falls 6.1 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$28,000
Stamp duty$1,120
Running costs x 5 years$22,350
Selling cost at exit, 3.2% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$53,179
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine2.0L turbo inline four (SR20DET)
Power / torque172 kW / 275 Nm
0-100 km/h5.4 s
Transmission5sp manual
DriveAWD
Kerb weight1,240 kg
Built worldwide15,000
Delivered to Australia700
Effective AU survivors260
Australian sales / year25
Typical days on market60 days
Launch price$33,990

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
White+2%
Red+3%
Blue+1%
Options
Unmodified SR20DET, standard turbo+8%
Original interior and wheels intact+4%
Published odometer with a service trail behind it+7%
Compliance and import papers complete+5%
Original paint, never resprayed+5%
Professional build documented with receipts and a dyno sheet+6%
Odometer sensitivity±2.3% per 10,000 km vs 150,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$40,317
+44.0% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $28,000.
Even odds it lands between $33,419 and $49,942.
$27,202 lowhigh $58,615
The shaded range is even money and 49% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 99% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$12,317 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $22,350.
Duty and expected selling costs: $2,020.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $12,055, or $2,411 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

A genuine homologation special with an estimated 700 imports to Australia and near-tripled values since 2016. Cult status among JDM AWD turbo enthusiasts keeps demand ahead of the very limited supply.

The case against

The market is extremely thin at 60 days on market, meaning a sale can take real patience even at a fair price. AWD driveline parts are scarce and often sourced from Japan at a premium over the two-wheel-drive SR20 cars.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1AWD driveline parts scarcity
Risk 2Rust in rear arches and sills
Risk 3Odometer/history verification difficult on old imports
Driveline/transfer case service$1,600
Rust repair (arches/sills)$1,500
Turbo rebuild$2,200

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueThin · 2 recorded sales
Carried value
$28,000
Historical price
2016 · $8,5002026 · $28,000
Thin
No external evidence. A modelled estimate whose structure is more useful than its level.
Two Australian results and only one of them has an odometer, so the distance term cannot be measured here

$30,500 at Brighton Le Sands, New South Wales in April 2026, where the listing states the reading as TBC and publishes no figure at all, and $26,900 at Piara Waters, Western Australia in May 2025 at 94,132 kilometres indicated. kmPct stays at 2.3 as an assumption carried from the SR20DET cars around it, and this record does NOT claim to have measured it.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (3 more)
What the two do measure is what a build is worth on this platform

The dearer car is the built one: a Garrett GTX2860, a MoTeC ECU, an NPC clutch and 240kW at the wheels on a dated dyno sheet, against a largely standard 169kW car with a documented service trail. Thirteen per cent more money for the modified car - and the standard one is the one with a published odometer, a compliance history and five dated service entries.

This is the third set in a row to say the same thing

The S14 at Pakenham carried a Grade R Japanese auction report and heavy modification and made the most money of six. The MX-5 NA retro-mod at Pymble is the most expensive NA in this library's record. Here the built car beats the documented one. On cheap Japanese platforms where the standard car is not itself collectable, this market pays for the build. It does not do that on the Celica GT-Four, where the most original car in the set is the dearest, and it does not do it on a Type R.

The sample is two cars

Everything above is a direction, not a level, and the value of $28,000 sits between them by construction rather than by measurement. SOURCING: both read from the Collecting Cars lot pages themselves.

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This model, today$28,000
Half of sales are further out than$3,130
The report$249
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