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Doesn't America offer some of the most affordable car prices? This might be a bad example, but I am pretty sure that luxury German cars like Mercedes/BMW are c
by MuffinFlavored 7y ago
Doesn't America offer some of the most affordable car prices?
This might be a bad example, but I am pretty sure that luxury German cars like Mercedes/BMW are cheaper to purchase/register in America than Netherlands/Denmark due to taxes.
- mcjiggerlog 7y agoI have no statistics to back this up, but as far as I can tell the US seems way bigger on both buying new cars instead of used and on buying cars on finance instead of outright. You're not saving money buying a brand new BMW on finance in the US instead of Europe if you could have bought a perfectly good used car for 5000 USD in cash.
- ngngngng 7y agoYes, but cars are more of a necessity here than in Europe. No matter how poor you are, a 20 minute drive can still take over 2 hours by bus in some areas, and that's nearly impossible to work with.
- namdnay 7y agoDepends where in the US, and where in “Europe” (it’s a pretty big place you know...)
- MandieD 7y agoAll the cars are cheaper in the US than in Germany; either somewhat when the EUR/USD rate is low, or enough that (re)importing from the US becomes attractive. Example: base 2019 Prius MSRP Germany: 28,450 EUR ($31,920) - includes 19% VAT MSRP US: $23,770 - does not include local sales tax That’s even more of a difference than I was expecting, as the exchange rate is currently on the low side ($1.12, compared to the long term $1.20-1.25 or eye-watering $1.50 it touched about 10 years ago)
- bluedino 7y agoWe still buy $50,000 cars
- TheCoelacanth 7y agoIndeed, but the US has 51% more cars per person than the Netherlands and 66% more than Denmark[1]. [1] https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Transport/Road/Motor-vehicles-per-1000-people https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Transport/Ro...