I agree European cars have always been and will always will be more expensive than comparable Japanese. However, I don’t think people will continue to buy the European cars if comparable Japanese are at considerable discount. Even when the $ has been declining drastically in the last 5 years, prices of European cars hasn’t increase much, just 1-2% a year. Same goes for Japanese models. So if all of a sudden, the European cars increased in price by 40-50%, I highly doubt people will put up with it. There’s not that many people who can afford $60k+ cars. If the entry level luxury European cars get to that level, they’d probably be squeezed out of the market. That’s just my guess. Just look at how many 550i and E550 get sold each month and you can see how many people actually can afford that price.