Nissan GT-R Wagon Makes Debut at Nagoya Auto Trend 2009
The Japanese have a bit of a history of building hot wagons. Whether it’s the R33 GT-R wagon hand built by Option and Trial or the official “unofficial GT-R wagon” the Autech Stagea RS260 famous for it’s GT-R drivetrain and the subsequent R34 GT-R Masa Motorsports front end fascia swaps adapted to it later on.
Of course times change and we move on. The RB26DETT is out of production and so the Autech Stagea has become somewhat less of a buff over the stock M35 Stagea car so what can you do to fix that?
As shown here the answer was staring you in the face the whole time, this R35 front end swap on a M35 Stagea was on show at Nagoya Auto Trend this weekend. The swap seems to continue to the sides and the rear quarters are also slightly flared to keep with the theme. Overall looks to be a real solid job.
Powering these is usually the VQ35DE NA V6 3.5 litre engine in either RWD or AWD configuration so this one could easily be hiding a stroked VQ with a twin-turbo kit.
If you can’t picture what the M35 Stagea looked like before this check after the jump for a photo…
Link: Nagoya AutoTrend Website (warning, j-pop soundtrack)
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HAHAHA good work……that looks amazing
I was waiting for this
Looks superb. Now I want a VR38 in it.
That’s brilliant-such a flawless conversion. It would make the perfect daily driver!!
looks like a volvo estate
Good idea but i will to sell my if i see it in the somebody drive it in the street
very nice blog and all post is very cool
If only there wasn’t a World Financial Crisis in place. It would be SO awesome if Nissan actually made an R35 produciton Stagea… Mmmm, STAGEA! I so very nearly bought the last one as a grey import… the replacement panel and part costs was all that scared me off.
I agree. I would love to see a GT-R Estate but it would never be allowed to happen.
The Autech RS260 + Masa Motorsports kit was always a car I wanted to get one day after seeing them haul ass at track days. I stuck to the GT-Rs in the end though.
Either way they are money pits but the GT-R has a higher resale value despite the rarity of the Stagea.
So locally in Oz, the only option for wagon fun on a budget is a Liberty. Sustainable maintenance costs… but far from GT-R performance.
There’s also an import Legnum VR4 Wagon by Mitsubishi. Twin turbo and fairly solid.
Ultra Ugly XDDDD
What kind of wheels are on this vehicle?
cool wagon i would buy one if will be in production,great idea
Very beautiful wagon.The best sport turned into a beatiful wagon..
i thing it is good for a soccer mom on the GO a lot of the time you know what i mean she needs to go fast