I was hoping the straight 6 and four wheel drive might lift it out of the grandad zone, but I appreciate it's basically a 3 series Touring with heel lifts, so maybe not!
Foreign cars are more expensive new here, but all used cars are cheap so the initial difference erodes quite quickly. The shaken (MOT) is especially onerous in Japan, and foreign car parts are expensive, so used foreign cars become a liability. I've mentioned it in the thread already, but I gave away my previous car (Merc B200) at 60,000 miles. It was worthless.