WTF!?!?!? -- German cars more expensive in Germany than in Canada...

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  • Polak
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2003
    • 620
    #1

    WTF!?!?!? -- German cars more expensive in Germany than in Canada...

    Im in the process of purchasing a new Mercedes-Benz CLK 55 AMG cabriolet, and I stumbled across the GERMAN Mercedes website... Here is their pricing in EUROs

    http://www.mercedes-benz.de/mbd/pdf/...209-Cabrio.pdf

    72,300 Euros + taxes

    .....

    In Canada the exact same car goes for $110,000 Canadian dollars.

    Now the exchange rate is 1 EUR = 1.60143 CAD (xe.com)

    Therefore:

    72,300.00 Euro = 115,783.35 Canada Dollars

    Weird but cool... BTW I've managed to bargain the car down to $99,000 + $1500 delivery charge. I can't wait till I get it.
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    • nastyking
      • Nov 2002
      • 2174
      #2
      your benz is new or used? i remember u stated in a previous post that it's used ...

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        • Polak
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2003
          • 620
          #3
          It's brand new... thats why there is a delivery charge... I posted a pic of a used car just to post a pic.

          Damn the top is funky... Press a button and everything starts opening up and setting up and shit for the roof to open up.
          20 sec later its open... and you dont touch a thing.

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            • Doctor Dre
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Jan 2001
              • 51692
              #4
              Originally posted by nastyking
              your benz is new or used? i remember u stated in a previous post that it's used ...
              zzzzz

              New or used ? 5000 $ change ... kinda answer the question itself
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                • fr8
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 5074
                  #5
                  When your spending that much for a car 5k is not much.
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                    • Steen2
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 7662
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Polak
                      Im in the process of purchasing a new Mercedes-Benz CLK 55 AMG cabriolet, and I stumbled across the GERMAN Mercedes website... Here is their pricing in EUROs

                      http://www.mercedes-benz.de/mbd/pdf/...209-Cabrio.pdf

                      72,300 Euros + taxes

                      .....

                      In Canada the exact same car goes for $110,000 Canadian dollars.

                      Now the exchange rate is 1 EUR = 1.60143 CAD (xe.com)

                      Therefore:

                      72,300.00 Euro = 115,783.35 Canada Dollars

                      Weird but cool... BTW I've managed to bargain the car down to $99,000 + $1500 delivery charge. I can't wait till I get it.
                      Name brand Italian pasta is cheaper here than Italy.
                      It's like that for many N. AMerican vs. European purchases.
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                        • Polak
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 620
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Steen2
                          Name brand Italian pasta is cheaper here than Italy.
                          It's like that for many N. AMerican vs. European purchases.
                          Yes thats true sometimes... however you wont buy a mustang in Europe for $20k.... you will pay $30-40k for it.

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                            • mammy
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 2279
                              #8
                              its better buy vw touareg in us and ship it to germany then buy it in germany
                              because of euro and $ things

                              million dollars for paysite design

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                                • Nathan
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2003
                                  • 3108
                                  #9
                                  Simple reasons:

                                  1) 16% VAT in Germany, not sure how much in Canada, but I bet its less.

                                  2) Car prices depend a lot on the status they have in the country they are sold in. You can go to east europe and buy the car even cheaper, although its just a few hundred miles away.
                                  "Think about it a little more and you'll agree with me, because you're smart and I'm right."
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