Autech Japan built roughly 1,700 answers to a question Nissan's mainline never asked: what if the Skyline GT-R had a wagon body? The Stagea 260RS — factory-fitted RB26DETT twin-turbo, ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive, Brembo brakes carried over from the R33 GT-R — earned its "GT-R wagon" nickname honestly. Motor Fan has featured one that pushes the nickname to its logical conclusion, wearing the face of an R34 GT-R.
The car was built by Garage Yahata in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, and the conversion involves considerably more than swapping a bumper.
How Garage Yahata grafted an R34 GT-R front end
A C34 Stagea and an R34 Skyline do not share front sheetmetal, so giving the wagon the GT-R's face means building the transition, not just bolting on parts. Motor Fan lists the recipe: fenders from MASA Motorsports, a Nismo Z-tune front bumper, and a hood of Garage Yahata's own design to join the wagon's cowl to the Skyline's nose line.
The paint seals the reference. The car wears Millennium Jade — the gray-green shade closely associated with the limited-production R34 GT-R Nür models, the last of the line. On a long-roof body above a Z-tune bumper, the color reads as a deliberate footnote: this is not a Stagea pretending to be a GT-R so much as a Stagea completing the thought Autech started in 1997.
The Stagea 260RS already had the real drivetrain
This is the part casual readers miss about the 260RS: the engine needs no transplant. Autech installed the genuine RB26DETT at the factory, which is the defining feature of the roughly 1,700 cars built — about 1,000 early and 700 late examples, per Motor Fan — and what separates the 260RS from the era's other fast wagons.
Garage Yahata's work here was renewal rather than conversion: a full engine overhaul, a switch to twin Trust T517Z turbochargers in place of the originals, and Apexi Power FC engine management. Motor Fan quotes no output figure, so the car's current output is simply unknown — what is confirmed is a freshly rebuilt RB26 running modern-spec twin turbos under standalone management.
When the 260RS becomes an import option
For overseas readers, the 260RS sits in an interesting spot. Production started in 1997, so the earliest cars began crossing the US federal 25-year threshold in 2022 — counted from each car's individual manufacture date, the same basis as our import calendar — with later examples qualifying month by month, and state registration requirements varying on top. The 260RS also offers a different route into RB26-powered Nissan ownership, one that does not run through the increasingly crowded R34 GT-R market.
Cars like this one make the case plainly. A factory-installed RB26DETT, ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive, R33 GT-R-derived Brembo brakes and a wagon roof — now finished, if you commission the right shop in Aichi, with the R34 face to match.