Thread: Land Rover USA

As an "ex-Yank" (of 25 yrs ago) there are a couple of reasons:

1. US prices exclude any sales tax, GST, etc. That's because these taxes are specific to the suburb (even specific mosquito abatement precinct) that people live in. The Aust GST is included.
2. There's no so-called "luxury car tax" which we have, and
3. I suspect that US prices were locked in a yr or so ago, when the Aust $ was worth about US$0.75. LRUS would have "locked in" the exchange rates (as do LRA).

The more normal stuff that more left hand drives are made so bigger base of cars to amortise specific costs, cost of labour (US dealers are known to hire illegals at below-min wage to do a lot of the work), and yes, it is a larger competitive market which drives profits down. Still I'm happier to be here and not be worrying about being

if you want to get a real shock, price up a BMW M3 here and in the US, the difference is staggering.

Originally Posted by mowog

A D4 to HSE spec V8 costs around $70k AUD...!!!!

Have you been under a rock all your life ? How can this be a surprise ?

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

if you want to get a real shock, price up a BMW M3 here and in the US, the difference is staggering.

Hell yeah, over here like for an E92 m3 coupe like $170k, and over there they are whinging that they have to pay $52k!!!

I guess its the factors mentioned above + the massively larger market meaning the wholesailers margin is pretty low like the dealer.

Originally Posted by Neil P

Have you been under a rock all your life ? How can this be a surprise ?

I must have been...

Apparently Australia has the highest profit margin in the world for BMW........

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