Win a Custom 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 + $60,000 Cash

What you're looking at

The R34 is the last and most technically loaded Skyline GT-R — the one Nissan built from 1999 to 2002 before the nameplate went dormant. Under the hood is the legendary RB26 — the 2.6-liter straight-six Nissan famously under-rated at 276 hp under Japan's old gentleman's agreement — feeding all four wheels through the ATTESA E-TS Pro system and a Getrag six-speed manual. This is no longer the factory twin-turbo car, though, and that is the single most important thing on the spec sheet. 80Eighty's build list runs to a 24U N1-spec block, HKS 87mm pistons, a Tomei-balanced crank, an HKS VCam system and, decisively, an HKS T04Z turbine kit — a single-turbo conversion that throws away the stock sequential pair for one much larger turbo. That trade is the classic RB26 bargain: less low-rpm response and a longer wait for boost, far more of it once the thing is awake. The operator rates the result at 600 hp on 88,868 miles. Whether it is a base or V-Spec car still is not published, and that moves the number a lot on an R34.

Why it matters

For two decades this was forbidden fruit in the States: right-hand drive, never federalized, blocked by the 25-year import rule. 1999 cars only cleared that bar in 2024, which is precisely why clean R34 GT-Rs have been detonating at auction — pristine low-mile examples have crossed $300k, and the record U.S.-legal car changed hands north of $320,000. It's the Fast & Furious poster car, the Gran Turismo hero, the JDM holy grail — and now a legal, titled thing you could actually park in an American garage. The $60,000 riding shotgun is the smart part of the prize: a $257k win comes with a five-figure federal tax bill, and this softens it.

The fine print worth knowing

'Custom' cuts both ways — tasteful, documented mods can make a car, while heavy or reversible changes can turn off the purist money that pays R34 record prices. Until you see the odometer and the mod list, treat the ~$197k car value (the $257k package minus the $60k cash) as a mid-market estimate. Entry runs through 80Eighty's shop, with bundles starting around $50, and there's a genuine free route: a hand-printed 3x5 mail-in to Dream Car Giveaway #91, PO Box 33, Riverton, UT 84065, which earns the same scaled entries as a purchase, so the no-buy path isn't a token gesture. The sweepstakes is run by American Sweepstakes & Promotion Co., a real third-party administrator, and 80Eighty keeps a long public winners list and claims $14M+ awarded. Entries close 9/13/26; open to the U.S. and Canada, 18+, void in Puerto Rico and U.S. territories.