Nissan Skyline driven by Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 4 is up for auction

A NISSAN Skyline driven by Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 4 is up for auction – and is set to go for an eye-watering record price.

The Japanese racer is described as “one of the most famous modern-day movie cars” and was used to film all the close-up scenes with the late Walker at the wheel.

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Walker, who starred in a number of the Fast & Furious movies, died in November 2013 at the age of 40 following a collision in his Porsche Carrera GT.

Although no pre-sale estimate is available for the vehicle before the sale, the auction house Bonhams anticipates the Skyline will sell for more than £1 million, This is Money reports.

The Nissan Skyline was customised by Daryl Alison of Kaizo Industries to Paul Walker’s personal specification.

Special features for the Nissan include a custom roll cage, a dashboard-mounted PC and custom OMP racing bucket seats which remain in Walker’s seat position to this day.

Underneath the bonnet sits a 2.6-litre twin-turbocharged petrol engine which was given a Turbonetics intercooler to improve performance.

On the outside, the GT-R was given Volk Racing RE30 wheels and an upgraded Nismo NE-1 exhaust.

At Walker’s request, the car was also de-stickered, with many of the car’s vinyls and decals removed, leaving the Bayside Blue Skyline exterior colour unspoilt.

The GT-R was heavily featured in the Fast & Furious 4 movie, which premiered in 2009, with scenes seeing it tear through the streets of Los Angeles.

However, some of the action sequences were conducted with one of six “stunt” Skyline cars, with a body of one car mounted onto an off-road dune buggy to enable it to conduct extreme jumps.

The film star GT-R is being offered following a long-term museum display and comes accompanied by a copy of the Universal Pictures rental contract.

Bonhams says that an estimate is available “on request”.

The auction will go live on Friday, April 28, before closing a week later on Friday, May 5, while the GT-R can be viewed at Motorworld in Munich until April 26.

Also – a classic Mini tucked away in a dusty garage for 33 years has been sold for an eye-watering amount at auction.

Plus, a rare 70-year-old deluxe ‘shooting brake’ car has emerged for sale, with an estimated value of £40,000.

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