2001 Nissan Silvia Spec-R (S15) — Light Blue Metallic

Registered in September 2001, this Spec-R has now passed the 25-year line that US importers watch, and it arrives with the details buyers ask us about first: right-hand drive, a factory manual, and a stated repair history. Repair history present. That line is worth reading before anything else on the spec sheet, and we'd rather say it up front than bury it under the chassis code.

The odometer reads 185,226 km. High for an S15, and honest. The SR20DET, a 2.0-litre turbo four, sits up front and drives the rear wheels through the manual gearbox, which is the combination the Spec-R badge was built around. Two doors, gasoline, 2000cc on the registration document.

The paint is Light Blue Metallic, a shade that photographs well and shows swirl marks just as readily, so the panels tell you more in daylight than under showroom lights. Everything listed here is what the seller declared. Nothing has been added to it.

• Month/Year: 09.2001
• Mileage: 185,226 km
• Transmission: Manual (MT)
• Drivetrain: FR
• Engine: SR20DET — 2.0L Turbo
• Displacement: 2000cc
• Steering: Right Hand Drive
• Doors: 2
• Fuel: Gasoline
• Chassis Code: S15