It’s pretty hard to walk around Tokyo without seeing some stunning JDM machinery, but a lot of it fits the same bill. I hate to admit it but even the R35 GTR’s became pretty boring after a while. Now a 370Z is rarer in Japan still, and a Nismo edition is even rarer. Now take that car to Autech to fiddle with the engine and you have one VERY rare car indeed…

When Nissan’s own tuning arm wants to build a race-winning motor, they goto specialty tuning house Autech. With credits including the JGTC (SuperGT) R34 GTR racemotors, Autech is certainly the only kind of tuner you want fiddling with your shiny new Nissan F/R sports car’s engine. The owner if this 370Z decided his Nismo 370Z wasn’t Nismo enough, and after leaving his car in the capable hands of the builders. Autech Nismo cars are actually sold through select Nissan dealers directly in Japan, but this owner decided good enough wasn’t quite enough. After heading back for MORE from Autech he wound up with a 370Z with some apparently serious head-work making an estimated 390-400 horsepower at the crank. That should be more than adequate to exploit the 370 chassis in a sideways manner! I love the power folding mirrors on these cars. Oh, and the rest is pretty nice too…

Beyond building and tuning the motor not much was done to the pristine Nismo – suspension, wheels, brakes all remain, uhm, “stock”. If you call top-shelf Nismo and Yamaha (yes, Yamaha shocks) parts stock!

You have to love that flat wide strut tower bar and how the engine cover accommodates it.

When you spend the money, you better let everybody know exactly what you’re running. Believe it or not the Autech tuned Nismo 370Z’s sell through Nissan dealers for around $150,000 USD. That’s not a typo, that’s what the cost works out to after the exchange rate! Gulp.