Aussies love the 911 so much they pay a US quarter million for one ....
http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor...222-1tmsd.html
Price for the 991 S are well north of AUD$250K and the Aussie dollar is about at parity with the USD give or take five cents. ps. Another red hot Ferrari ... yep, "smoke 'em if you got 'em" ... this one is FF-flaming expensive ... http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor...221-1tkeb.html http://images-2.drive.com.au/2012/02..._729-420x0.jpg |
CGT - to be fair ~50% of that sticker price is a donation to the Aussie govt....which does rather like punishing lovers of cool toys.
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Samething in HK due to the heavy tax for car.
My 991 order cost me HKD 2,352,396.65. It is around USD303,534.68. More than 50% is tax. Even every option I add need additional 110% tax. |
Originally Posted by Bill_C4S
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CGT - to be fair ~50% of that sticker price is a donation to the Aussie govt....which does rather like punishing lovers of cool toys.
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Originally Posted by pratas
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Samething in HK due to the heavy tax for car.
My 991 order cost me HKD 2,352,396.65. It is around USD303,534.68. More than 50% is tax. Even every option I add need additional 110% tax. |
Aussies and Hong Kong folk must have a lot of money to consider buying at that price. I for one would not buy at that price and would instead chose a honda.
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That Ferrari FF bursting into flames in Shanghai China was presented by an Auto reviews website as being a 840,000$ loss for the owner. I sent the website an email questioning that price,because I knew the FF doesn't cost more than 300K. Their answer was that it is not a mistake and actually the difference to 840K represents taxes in China...Wow!
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Originally Posted by aamersa
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Aussies and Hong Kong folk must have a lot of money to consider buying at that price. I for one would not buy at that price and would instead chose a honda.
I also bought SLK250 for my wife and Toyota Alphard at the same time and the price all over USD 100,000.00 for each. |
i drive a volkswagen because of these bloody taxes!!!!!
new 991s = > $300k otr with a few options. |
Based on the tax in Hong Kong, the 991 C2 Cab I built (on web) would cost me HK$2,233,925 or US$290K. Should I buy one and enjoy it for about 10 months a year or buy a turbo among other things in the US for just 2 months of pleasure?
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Aren't the two "cheapest" markets for Porsche the US and Russia?
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Originally Posted by Tacet-Conundrum
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Aren't the two "cheapest" markets for Porsche the US and Russia?
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Look at Netherlands base price for 991S easy $225K with some options.. http://imp.porsche.com/netherlands/
They have sales 20% I think and luxury tax 37% I think. I love Florida 6% sales tax and no income tax.. |
Be very glad you live in the US where highend cars like a Porsche are actually within reach of the middle class. As noted previously in this thread, much more extreme class wealth divisions as well as tariffs make Porsche ownership in most foreign countries a luxury only possible for the very rich. What is interesting is the US prices are even less than in Germany and we get a four year warranty to boot - proof of our purchasing power!
However, even considering our "discount", I'm not convinced a Porsche is any real bargain... |
Just saw a beautiful white 991s yesterday-fresh plates. I was admiring it and glanced at the driver, who looked like a teenager. That's how cheap cars are in the US!
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