price comes down to supply vs demand. its a simple equation that could have many different factors effecting it.
the price of imports decreasing, holding or rising will, i believe, depend on many varied things...
- the local market is starting to get interesting with the turbo xr6 and new monaro's then you have the locally delivered sti's, evo8, rx8, 350z's ...
- cost of insurance for imports (and any performance car for that matter) has been and is getting ridiculous
- cost of compliance and the amount of compliance workshops. i believe for a workshop to compliance a vehicle it costs a bomb now.