Originally Posted by
Racing4Evo
The exchange rate has nothing to do with it. It's the dollar that getting stronger anyway not the yen getting weaker.
I have heard some rumors about a new car coming out for at least a couple months. Getting stock of full kits outside of Japan has been difficult lately.
At any rate, if i was on the fence, I wouldn't be worried about buying one now because Yokomo has a good track record of releasing complete and reasonably priced upgrade kits for existing cars.
The exchange rate has everything to do with it. I am an importer in this industry and Japan is the only country that sells at YEN price in YEN, not dollars.
And yes, the Yen is getting weaker:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94902T20130510
http://www.businessweek.com/articles...nese-companies
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...our-years.html
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