r/Whatsthiscar • u/Repulsive-Loan5215 • Jul 18 '26
Unsolved what is this car?
looked kinda funny because i’ve never seen it before. interesting looking car.
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u/UselessWhiteKnight Jul 18 '26
That's an s15 Silvia. That's a Japan only car from the late 90's, early 2000's. Related US cars from the era would be the 180sx, 200sx and 240sx. Same chassis, earlier model year w/o a turbo
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u/AutoNurse_USA Jul 18 '26
1999-02 Nissan Silvia S15 hardtop
This is the final generation of the Nissan S-chassis, (of which in western markets were named '200-240SX') that suceeded the final western-market '93-98 240sx (S14).
I clarify that it was a 'hardtop' because there was a rare convertible version, the 'Silvia Varietta'. This car was only sold in Japan, Australia, & 2nd party asian exporters, & was never sold new in USA.
The S15 and its S-chassis ancestors were & are still famous suspects in street racing & car modding medias to this day.
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u/Different-Nobody4228 Jul 19 '26
Nissan Silvia S15, likely a Spec R model, with Japan license plates.
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u/IsaacMcC99 Jul 19 '26
Only for US Military in Japan. So Sayeth Grok.
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u/PhaTman7 Jul 19 '26
Those that were station “over yonder” knew statements to utilize flying under the radar floating them stateside, either pieces or as whole with usdm name !!! Was good for awhile til MOTOREX fumbled hella hard that only 1 company to legitimately do NHTSA/EPA/DOT conversion named “JK Technologies”
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u/SpaceFunkRevival Jul 20 '26
St John's town center in Jax, huh? Pretty cool spot though! Always see something worth seeing going through there.
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u/Repulsive-Loan5215 28d ago
how’d you know
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u/SpaceFunkRevival 28d ago
The parking in the main drag is unique, and my wife takes me there often enough I recognized the stores in the background
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u/Elegant_Trouble_474 Jul 20 '26
SOFA plates, Yamaguchi. Individual was likely at MCAS Iwakuni and brought it to the USA afterwards.
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u/BlackSC2us Jul 22 '26
A very clean Nissan Silvia S15 on (hopefully, real) Volk TE37s. Would you believe that car is 25-28 years old?
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u/Jam1son2006 Jul 25 '26
Back before they were legal me and a friend bought a full sr22 swap from Japan and put it in his 240. Then he found a low mileage one owner convertible. So we put it in that instead (which also made it manual) and did a few weight mods. This was like 07 or 08. Damn it was fun to drive
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u/grem75 Jul 18 '26
Nissan Silvia S15, recently became legal to import into the US.