Kudos to the parents but hey such is life, there will always be some 17-18 year old that gets given a luxury/sports vehicle as a gift for busting there chops off to have good education. I personally don't care if they get given a F430 just as long as the kid can appreciate what he or she is given.
Now on topic, it is wise of Nissan to capitalize in a market that craves for these sorts of vehicles so its simple economics DEMAND. My car in the U.S is so effing cheap in price compared to what we Aussies pay here, but its economies of a scale, they have a huge market so the price is adjusted. The U.S pricing of the R35 is supposed to be 70k (but since its new dealers are asking for 10k over sticker price) and we in Aus are being told that the price is estimated to be arpound 150k. We just got to make more babies so our population grows and we have a larger market. START POPPING EM OUT I SAY!!!