Equipment
4.4 liter/200hp V8, automatic, wheel covers, narrow whitewalls, wing mirrors, bucket seats, console, column shift, power windows.
Condition
Dull old paint and brightwork but nothing is bad. Very good interior that almost looks new. Light road wear underneath. Showing 47,103 km, which is believable. Rarely seen example of Nissan's flagship model. Like a Japanese Cadillac.
Market commentary
Some JDM cars are cool simply because we don't see them very often on this side of the Pacific and some are doubly cool because of their level of performance that we were denied here in the U.S. for so many years. This car is neither particularly attractive nor particularly fast, which partly explains this price that was well below RM's seemingly reasonable estimate. Even so, it's a prestige model very rarely seen in this country, and that arguably makes it a pretty good value. A similar JDM flagship - a 1988 Toyota Century (Lot 266) - sold for even cheaper at $4,950. Auctions America got $13,200 for a similar Nissan President at Ft. Lauderdale earlier this year, so this result cannot have been unexpected.