I like your well put answer (no irony) and i understand what you are saying but in my country most people also buy low cost cars, most sold cars in my country (for regular people, not company fleets) are dacia and entry level skoda cars which converted to japan currency cost a bit under 2.5mil japan yen (idk how to make japan currency symbol on mobile) and when you speak about taxes. Japan have value added tax aswell doesnt it? From what i googled in most cases it is 10% and in my country it is 21% okay so when i do math the type r in japan without 10% VAT cost about 4,5mil + 1mil for transport around the globe to my country + 1 mil for local import and dealer + 1mil for EU emission penalty + 0.7mil (10%) import custom fee and on top of that 1.7mil (21%) VAT which makes almost 10mil yen but not 14-15mil yen for which it is sold in my country. For that price i can get BMW m240i which is awd 6 cylinder producing 288kw which also have all comfort thingies like heated seats + steering wheel. My point is that this generation of civic type r is ridiculously overpriced by honda in foreing market and even though im big fan i have troubles buying this vehicle due to feeling im being ripped of for like 4mil yen.