mikymu

In Taiwan that is. Got bored and configure a 2010 GT3 in Taiwan and man is it expensive! America may not have the lowest tax but we sure have the cheapest car price compare with everywhere else. Some Asian country tax something like 300% for foreign auto

mooty

haha, the configurator's chinese really needs some help.

mikymu

Oh Yeah. I thought my Chinese was bad until I read the Porsche Chinese web site. Some German engineer has been busy with google translate lol

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TRAKCAR

That's cheap!

FYI, the Euro/USD exchange rate is $1.45 today.

Pricing without options from the Dutch website:

mikymu

Verdomme! That is expensive! You can buy two RS here with the Dutch price

Nugget

Not that it helps a lot, but remember the Dutch pricing shown includes taxes and the United States MSRP does not.

mikymu

Well, tax and fees is about 10% on top of MSRP in US but still a whole lot less than $305K in Dutch

Who can afford to buy these GT3/RS in Europe without some sort of government incentive? I don't think you can save up $300K in a hurry even if you don't have to pay health insurance

cays4

mikymu

Holy french fries!! That is .... $$$$

I could get a Ferrari Scudaria here with that kind of dough

Frank 993 C4S

There isn't even a car configurator for Ireland because the only remaining Porsche dealer shut down last year. The "old 997 GT3" was 185,000 Euro = 268,000 USD (incl taxes).

mikymu

Time to raise the Viking flag and sack a village to help pay for a GT3. OMG, the price of cars outside of US is just awful!

russo

Not only are the cars more expensive in Europe but you also have other costs associated. For example, in Italy you pay a yearly registration tax on the amount of HP your car is rated at. In Italy, its about $2000. Insurance will also be relatively expensive and the cost of gas, which hovers around 6-8 dollars a gallon, is another major issue. Let's face it, we like in the greatest country in the history of mankind.

mooty

now, that's from google translator and poorly done

mooty

holy smokes....
we should all buy 2 or 3 RS's. such bargain in USA ;-)

Ritesh

Asian countries are famous for their taxes. But what I don't understand is why would a European car be so much more expensive in Europe?