Cars in Switzerland are sooooooo expensive...

[ndee]

ok, I just looked up the prices on a used Ford Mustang(after reading the "Should I get a '04 GT?" thread). Price for a Mustang GT '01: $34,000! New price for that car was $51,000, that's just insane.





just found on the official Ford page that the Swiss blabla doesn't import the American Fords so you have to go thru a 3rd party. Bleh. Price for a new '04 GT is $42,000. Bleh^2.

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah. My dad was telling me a RX-8 was between 40 and 50,000 francs. Pretty crazy. He also told me about the 4L of Mobile1 for $70 francs.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Yeah. My dad was telling me a RX-8 was between 40 and 50,000 francs. Pretty crazy. He also told me about the 4L of Mobile1 for $70 francs.

Yeah the fastest RX-8 costs about $40,000. How much does that car cost in America?

 

[moshquerade]

come over here and i'll hook you up with a nice Mustang for half the cost

but then getting it back there may be a problem.....

 

[NutBucket]

About 30-32k. It works out to be about the same price tho.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Yeah. My dad was telling me a RX-8 was between 40 and 50,000 francs. Pretty crazy. He also told me about the 4L of Mobile1 for $70 francs.

Yeah the fastest RX-8 costs about $40,000. How much does that car cost in America?

The 6-spd RX-8 starts around 27,000 USD.

 

[StageLeft]

If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

There are "ways" of getting skylines inexpensively

 

[richardycc]

thats nothing! cars in hong kong are expensive too, 100% taxation, and gas is about $5/gal US dollar, maybe more now.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
come over here and i'll hook you up with a nice Mustang for half the cost

but then getting it back there may be a problem.....

I will remember that

I think I ask a guy who works for Danzas how much it would cost to import a car. Anyone has some numbers on that?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

How do you "properly" import a car? Order it, get it shipped and pay the taxes on it, no?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

How do you "properly" import a car? Order it, get it shipped and pay the taxes on it, no?

ie, not officially imported by Ford.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

How do you "properly" import a car? Order it, get it shipped and pay the taxes on it, no?

You've got crap like safety and emissions to deal with. Really bringing it in isn't so much a problem as actually registering it for road use.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Skoorb
If it's not imported properly you can't really compare. I could say a skyline is soooooo expensive, but that's because Nissan doesn't have distribution setup in the US for it properly.

How do you "properly" import a car? Order it, get it shipped and pay the taxes on it, no?

*cough* stolen

 

[ndee]

yeah, stolen was the obvious one but still, they're nearly double the price, depends on the model.

 

[kami333]

In Denmark Mercedes are taxis

 

[Nanotech]

Is there anything in Switzerland that is not soooooooooo expensive?

My parents lived there for 1 year and it was ridicoulus, beautiful but expensive!

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Nanotech
Is there anything in Switzerland that is not soooooooooo expensive?

My parents lived there for 1 year and it was ridicoulus, beautiful but expensive!

It's pretty much all expensive, but undoubtedly one of the most beautiful countries. It's got more culture in a city block than in most American cities - unless you consider fast food and highways "culture"

 

[SoyBoy004]

singapore has some expensive cars as well!!

 

[DaWhim]

Honda Civi is more expensive than a BMW in europe
oh...watch out for the gas price too. those welfare state...what a failure.