O/T Price of cars

[Big A]

Due to the latelly talk about car prices, and me bitching about the taxes here in Australia, I researched it a bit and Aust is not the most expensive country to buy a car in!

The US is the cheapest, as expected.

Here are the prices for the current 997 Porsche GT2 in various countries:

$218k - US
$269k - Canada
$270k - Japan
$291k - UK
$299k - Switzerland
$316k - Germany
$319k - France
$320k - Italy
$347k - Brunei
$349k - Spain
$425k - Australia
$465k - China
$504k - Hong Kong
$594k - Malaysia
$920k - Denmark

The Denmark price is NOT a typo. $600k goes to gov taxes alone!

 

[Tyrone]

DAMN!

Wish I had just one of the lower costs of tax on that beauty for a nice house right about now where I am. Most those taxes on imported are SO CRAZY!

 

[pesty4077]

Due to the latelly talk about car prices, and me bitching about the taxes here in Australia, I researched it a bit and Aust is not the most expensive country to buy a car in!

The US is the cheapest, as expected.

Here are the prices for the current 997 Porsche GT2 in various countries:

$218k - US
$269k - Canada
$270k - Japan
$291k - UK
$299k - Switzerland
$316k - Germany
$319k - France
$320k - Italy
$347k - Brunei
$349k - Spain
$425k - Australia
$465k - China
$504k - Hong Kong
$594k - Malaysia
$920k - Denmark

The Denmark price is NOT a typo. $600k goes to gov taxes alone!

Yea, I know we got it made in the USA, but realize our dollar is only worth about 50 cents in some of these countries.

 

[Bannock]

And to me the craziest thing is that Danes say they are the most content people on the planet.

 

[patrick]

in the netherlands

it costs as much as it is in Australia. $ 432K. In euros that's EUR 265K. Of which EUR 110K taxes ($175K).

And in Denmark everything is more expensive. But the salaries are much and much higher than in respect to most countries.

 

[cecray3]

I think, for the most part, (with the exception of third world countries, of course) there is an equal trade off between income and expenses. Countries with higher average incomes typically have higher expenses. What it all boils down to is what type of environment you want to live in. Hot, cold, tropical, desert, etc. It's human nature to think the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. Fact of the matter remains...if one country really was the, hands down in EVERY aspect, most desirable place to live, people would be moving there in droves and then it would be more crowded than china. Not my idea of a fun time!

 

[Pekkerwood]

it costs as much as it is in Australia. $ 432K. In euros that's EUR 265K. Of which EUR 110K taxes ($175K).

And in Denmark everything is more expensive. But the salaries are much and much higher than in respect to most countries.

I have very little experience in these matters, but two of my friends who are doctors in Denmark, moved to Sweden for a bit to earn more money to buy a house. The salaries for MD's compared to the US was terrible. Less than $80k per year.

Pekkerwood

 

[pesty4077]

I have very little experience in these matters, but two of my friends who are doctors in Denmark, moved to Sweden for a bit to earn more money to buy a house. The salaries for MD's compared to the US was terrible. Less than $80k per year.

Pekkerwood

I trade the price of precription drugs and guidelines in other countries, then USA