There is no VAT in the U.S. Each state (except for a few) has a sales tax that may or may not apply to vehicles, but if it does the rate is usually 5-8% not 20%

There is no VAT in the U.S. Each state (except for a few) has a sales tax that may or may not apply to vehicles, but if it does the rate is usually 5-8% not 20%. And since it’s variable it’s tacked on at the point of sale not embedded into the “retail price” of the car.