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the BMW's and mercedes here that come from japan are super cheap compared to european imported cars or middle east specifications.

there are tonnes of them around, and all of them are left hand drive. also they have the bmw japan sticker and usually another one with the word "YANASE" on it.

any idea why are these cars so cheap and what is yanase. its weired that almost all of them are around the 100k Km's range.

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the BMW's and mercedes here that come from japan are super cheap compared to european imported cars or middle east specifications.

there are tonnes of them around, and all of them are left hand drive. also they have the bmw japan sticker and usually another one with the word "YANASE" on it.

any idea why are these cars so cheap and what is yanase. its weired that almost all of them are around the 100k Km's range.

Yanase is the dealer name.

They are cheap because...consider 127Mil people in Japan and the ratio to rich people and you will know. Used Mercs and BMWs especially the basic models are cheap as chips...but parts and maintenace aren't. So not alot of the younger buyers get into them. There is market for them sending them over your way, so why not :rant:. As other countries have restrictions or regulations on LHD. I also know you have heaps of them there, my mate sends about 6Mil Yen worth every month to a dealer there.

Have you seen how cheap a 8-series is :). I could have bought 2 for what I paid for my Evo.

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What do you mean Japanese specifications? I don't think there are much done to them for the Japanese market before release. 850 are nice if I was like in my 40s but a GT of this size plodding along Japan city streets is a task in itself, but then the Evo is not much better - wide track. Not to mention the 850 is also thirsty, heavy, slow and tuning parts are expensive...we all only want a car to tune/play with then move onto other bigger and better projects...tuning an 850 will burn my bank account.

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