First 2022 Nissan GT-R T-Spec fitted with final compliance label

The first of Nissan's final Australian-delivered GT-Rs has taken a unique piece of local automotive history – being fitted with the carmaker's last ever physical compliance plate.

After arriving in Australia last month, the first car from the last batch of GT-Rs to land locally is the final Nissan vehicle to be fitted with a compliance plate – signalling the end of a practice which has lasted for over 30 years in the local industry.

First introduced in 1989, compliance plates have been fitted to all imported vehicles by the manufacturer, showing they comply with Australian Design Rules (ADRs) – a process which is becoming digitised before the end of 2021.

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Nissan has recently imported its final Australian-bound examples of the GT-R after it was announced the flagship model would no longer comply with new ADR regulations, winding up the R35's local lifecycle which has lasted for over a decade.

Sending the GT-R off in style with the recently-released T-Spec and Nismo SV, Nissan Australia Managing Director Adam Paterson said there's synchronicity in the final compliance plate being fitted to the last version of the R35.

“It’s often said that it’s best to save your best until last, and that’s certainly the case here,” said Paterson.

“The GT-R is Nissan’s most celebrated vehicle, and while this isn’t goodbye forever, the T-Spec and Nismo SV models do act as the closing of this chapter of the GT-R story in Australia.

“The fact that the last version of this generation of Nissan’s performance icon will also be the last to wear a label that’s been part of the fabric of Australian automotive history for more than 30 years is entirely fitting.”

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This particular T-Spec had its compliance plate applied at PrixCar in Altona, Victoria, and is set to head to its first owner shortly.

The final batch of GT-Rs which were shipped to Australia included a handful of examples finished in Nissan's iconic millennium jade and midnight purple colours, both of which are exclusive to the final-run T-Spec and Nismo SV.

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