Shinjuku Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 When can the uk market expect to start seeing imports from japan. I guess the strong yen will not favour uk buyers but it will be interesting to see what they sell for. Anyone got box thoughts on likely import prices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 They are cheap enough in the UK ATM, and prices falling, why bother with Jap imports IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris AME Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 While the yen is so strong imports will be too expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I can't see them importing these to be honest when you can walk in to a dealer or look second hand and get a cracking deal, supply far outstrips demands as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinjuku Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 I'd have thought that if they can be imported for less than the equivalent UK car people will do it. That's economics right? When will they hit the "three years old" point in Japan? I agree the strong Yen is an important factor though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 They were released in 2009, not sure what time of year though. Once they hit 3yrs old in Japan they will become more attractive over here as they will be a lot cheaper on the JDM market. Right now its just not worth it as they are selling them relatively cheaply over here for slightly used instances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 They were released in 2009, not sure what time of year though. They were released here in April/May 2009, so imagine would be a similar time of the year over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 They were released in 2009, not sure what time of year though. They were released here in April/May 2009, so imagine would be a similar time of the year over there. So assumung Japan got them at the same time, we might start seeing some at JDM auctions soon. I seem to remember they have a very strict MOT type test at 3yrs when a lot of people just let their cars go rather than have the test. So we might see imports starting to make an appearance depending on their value over in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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