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Trade Me Motors has revealed its list of the ten most popular listings of 2020. Some may not be that surprising, but there are some strange ones.
Leading the bunch with 226,000 page views was Jonah Lomu’s SPL Nissan Patrol, which features 20 speakers, including eight 12-inch subwoofers and three amplifiers, a fully custom interior, and a special paint job. He’s on Trademe now for $ 49,990 but had an independent valuation of $ 67,500 last year. According to the listing, it is capable of 160 decibels, enough to burst your eardrums.
Shown below is an Auckland icon – a highly customized Toyota Coaster bus used for Kelly Tarlton’s transportation duties. Yes, the one with the shark coming out of the roof. It garnered 195,804 views before selling last year for $ 31.5k through Turners.
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Jonah Lomu’s Nissan Patrol, New Zealand’s loudest car, was the most viewed listing on Trade Me Motors last year.
Third place was a 1993 Toyota Supra RZ, which sold for $ 75k (though that shouldn’t surprise you), while fourth place was the DIY Tesla Cybertruck we wrote about earlier.
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It’s actually a repurposed Toyota Vitz (better known here as the Yaris) from 2000, canceled and left to die. The seller, Merv, instead saw an opportunity for some good Kiwi ingenuity, creating a pretty good resemblance to Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck made of aluminum.
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Kelly Tarlton’s iconic ‘Shark Bus’ was also extremely popular in 2020.
Behind the ‘Cybertruck’ was a UFO spaceship, yes, strange, right? I wish it would fly … However, it has quite an interesting story behind it: it is one of 12 built in New Zealand, of which around eight or nine survive today. You may know it as the Future ‘New Brighton’ and have even seen it installed in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens or in Cathedral Square.
He has probably had the most views of all the Futures in New Zealand, making him a celebrity. Interestingly, it doesn’t actually perform as well as a tiny house, despite being a pioneer in the housing genre. Fortunately, the now former owner confirmed that Futuro will stay in New Zealand with the new buyer.
The next real car is a 1973 Toyota Land Cruiser, the first on the list to drop below 100,000 page views (alone, at 99,862). It started out as a $ 1 reserve and ended up selling for $ 42k.
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It’s not a car, not even technically a form of transportation, but the Future UFO home attracted a lot of attention.
It is closely followed by a suitable barn find, a 1969 Holden Monaro GTS in desperate need of some loving. It’s complete, with a two-speed automatic transmission and a 5.0-liter V8 that still lurks under the skin. Someone ended up paying $ 58,000 for the old woman; hopefully we’ll see it emerge in a few years looking like new.
If you want something a little different other than a Toyota Vitz with added aluminum, check this out. It’s a 1997 Mitsubishi Diamante but it can travel back in time.
Made for a charity rally in early 2020, the car features the iconic time travel kit of Return to the future, flux capacitor included. It even has a current WoF.
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This Mitsubishi Diamante comes with a current fitness warranty and a flux capacitor.
The last two positions in the top 10 list are for a genuine Rena Monrovia lifeboat, the boat that ran aground on Astrolabe Reef in October 2011, and a 2020 Nissan GT-R Premium. The lifeboat sold for $ 9800 while the GT-R sold for $ 182,995.
“We are always amazed at the wonders Kiwis have hidden in their garages and last year they did not disappoint,” said Ruby Topzand, a Trade Me spokeswoman.
“In 2020 it was vehicles with an interesting backstory and good Kiwi creativity that attracted Trade Me members. Jonah Lomu’s star power was somewhat of a theme last year when Jonah’s former Mansion in Maupuia ranked # 1 in our most viewed properties of 2020. “
