Hi Guys
Had a nice chat with one of the admin guys of here today.
In response to the above comments, the price is what it is, we don't have much control over the price.
3 years ago we was getting 244Yen to £1GBP
Today we are getting 119Yen to £1GBP
This is a massive change and is costing a fortune, that's why there's no importers left. 4 years back we would have 4 EK9's, 4 DC5's, 4 DC2's, not to mention a pack of Skylines & EVO's, have a look at the stock list, we have MPV's now!
Prices in Japan are keeping pretty strong also.
I know what price an EK9 is, £5000 to £6000.
Our car is not overpriced, it's the price for a EK9 direct from Japan, If you want a fresh one with no rust.
An EVO 6 you can buy in the UK for £4500 (granted not a great one) for a fresh one from Japan, we would need a budget of £10,000. Unless you start scraping the 200,000km accident damaged stuff which we keep well away from.
It's not about keeping prices high or selling the car for an "insane amount of money" like dougal said. We are actually making very little profit in that car. I can go to any car auction in the country and buy almost anything and make more from that than the EK9. But we are Importers and will always be, so will continue to get cars from Japan.
Hopefully the exchange rate will pick up one day and we can have some normal prices.
George
www.dcyeurope.com
That said if any of you guys want a fast sale on your Honda give us a try, we do offer a fair price and we will buy it there and then, cash in your hand.