I would think it is more the uncertain times over here at the moment, there have been thousands of redundancies and lots more to come.
As you know these are only toys albeit priceless in their delivery of therapy so will be amongst the first things to feel the pinch, I think the price reflects real value with the work you have had done to the car so summing up it's a question of hanging on for a bit having a limited edition will always attract the real enthusiast and it's a stunner.