Why do cars in England sell for so much more?

[Koenigsegg]

Watching Top Gear and seeing the prices they announce for cars and converting it to dollars, they're generally 1.5-2 times more expensive for the same car we get in America.

Is it just because we manufacture cars here? Is it similar throughout Europe as well in non-car building countries, like anywhere besides Germany?

 

[acemcmac]

VAT

 

[acemcmac]

oh, and Allan greenspan has officially endorsed that we ditch income tax in favor of VAT/consumption tax...

 

[revnja]

VAT is a b*tch.

 

[sniperruff]

cars in japan sell for much much less. i remember 3 years ago i was browsing nissan's used cars listings... and saw preludes with pretty much no miles for about $3000 USD and 300ZX's for $8000 or so. oh well.

 

[Czar]

different with each country, take for example the mustang gt (in isk)

US, around 1.500.00isk
Iceland, around 3.900.00isk
Denmark, around 7.000.000isk

crazycrazystuff

 

[TriStar]

Bring on the VAT and watch the underground economy thrive. Bastards! :disgust: