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Garpal Gumnut

Garpal Gumnut

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A mate of mine in Atlanta Ga. USA just bought a Nissan 370Z for $30000 US .

To get the same car here would cost $80000 AUD.

That is one big ripoff, even discounting for the exchange rate, we are closer to bloody Japan than he is.

gg
 
GG, you are forgetting to take into account that the shares in General Motors last traded at around $US 1.27 while the shares in Mattel (the people who make Matchbox toy cars) are trading at $US 17.19 :knightrid

Think about that before you go to sleep in Detroit City :D
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
A mate of mine in Atlanta Ga. USA just bought a Nissan 370Z for $30000 US .

To get the same car here would cost $80000 AUD.

That is one big ripoff, even discounting for the exchange rate, we are closer to bloody Japan than he is.

gg
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did you take into account taxes?
 
jono1887 said:
did you take into account taxes?
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No, but I guess that's the reason why and gg is pointing that out.

Import taxes on vehicles are designed for some reason.

Maybe to keep our local industry afloat.

Or, just to place money in the tax coffers to pay for roads and other trivial items.
 
bigger market - higher volume slimer margins and healthy competition... Making a car costs about $11,000 in parts and labour...... The ones with only 2 doors are even cheaper....
 
EVERYTHING IN AUSTRALIA IS MORE EXPENSIVE. Makes me sick. Feel like moving overseas sometimes. :mad:
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
A mate of mine in Atlanta Ga. USA just bought a Nissan 370Z for $30000 US .

To get the same car here would cost $80000 AUD.

That is one big ripoff, even discounting for the exchange rate, we are closer to bloody Japan than he is.

gg
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Understand that the Nissan 350 and 370 Z's are built for americans. Wouldn't be surprised if they made them locally. That's why they suck
 
GG,
Everything is more expeno here, and it drives me mad..

How is it possible I can save 10K+ on what would cost 40K here in aus. from the sates, including shipping...

Ebay and amazon are an amazing source for cheaper than in Aus. items, check them both out when buying anything I say!!!!
 
Monario said:
GG,
Everything is more expeno here, and it drives me mad..

How is it possible I can save 10K+ on what would cost 40K here in aus. from the sates, including shipping...

Ebay and amazon are an amazing source for cheaper than in Aus. items, check them both out when buying anything I say!!!!
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but after postage and all that, it will often cost more...
 
GG, If it makes your mate feel any better, its just as bad for all cars. A US $75K Porsche 911 cost over $200K here! I doubt the "built for US in the US" explanation can be used here. We're just overtaxed :)
 
Street ice cream Cornette in Manila about 70C here $2-$3 why because they push the price up until sales drop and then back them off a bit and if we don't have the loot use B/card.. 2 hect block 2 hr out of Manila 15k with river for a border.
25 yr old girl friend $25 pw guess where I am going asap.
 
Sure is a ripoff, but its no new thing, its been that way for years.

That Nissan 370Z is listed in US at $29,930 East Coast price.
Wheels magazine has it listed at $68000 here.

This is no 'Lucky Country' where cars are involved.
 
My mate in Canada ( who recently retired from Wells Fargo at 42....arrrgh, thats another story) bought 2, yes two new Lexus E something or other's for 80,000 CDN on the road. The thing is he bought them in Seattle, when in Vancouver he would have had to pay nearly 72,000 each.

By "on the road" i mean through the border, legally.:confused:

Its a strange world right now.

Cheers,


CanOz
 
It's not just import tariff (which is 10%), the main tax is the bloody luxury car tax (25% of wholesale price). Most expensive cars have nearly half their on-road price made of taxes (GST, import tariff, LCT. stamp duty). Add to that the lower demand world wide for RHD cars, and our smaller, isolated market compared to the US or Europe, and the you see why those cars cost so much more here. It could be worse - check out the price in NZ or Singapore :)

Yes it is a rip off, but you just have to accept that in AU "they" (the government) don't care about people who might want to buy/drive flash cars. If you buy a cheap car (Korean/Japanese) or a locally made car (Ford/Holden) you get more value for money relative to other countries like the US/UK. Over $50k you get reamed - not sure it will ever change in this country.

Actually when I lived in the US, the ONLY reason I could think of to stay was being able to get great cars at half the price as in AU, but nearly everything else about living there sucked, so here I am :D

PS: Remember also the exchange rates fluctuate - when you only bought US 50c for AU $1 the difference didn't seem as large! ;)

PPS: Markets are also funny things - the fact that flash cars cost more here also means that we have a much more active used car market, so you get much better resale value (less depreciatino) than you do in the US - so that needs to be factored in as well.

Cheers,

Beej
 
Things are worse in Singapore where a toyota corolla can cost $80k... the taxes are there to shift demand away from cars and towards public transport. Even though the govt is profiting significantly from their taxes, if the taxes were removed and all cars in aust. were 40-50% cheaper, imagine the increase in cars on the road. We wouldnt have the infrastructure to support that and there would be a significant increase in fuel demand and greenhouse gas emissions.
 

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