DeTomaso Mailing List: August 98, Message #144

Unfortunately, the European governments believes in walking before
driving, and hence have put heavy taxes on cars. If you think the
prices in England are high, you should check the Finlandian and
Norwegian prices, not to forget Denmark. There it's roughly
double the price anywhere else in Europe. Germany is probably one
of the "cheaper" in this top category.
Just an example. In sweden we have to pay about 400,000 SEK
(Swedish Krona) which is close to 50,000 $ for a Chevy Tahoe, which
I guess cost something like max. $ 30,000 in U.S.
But on the other hand we only pay 40% in income tax + 25% VAT on
everything else, and fuel is roughly 4 times yours.
Yeah, life is really fine and easy, I can't complain.
Bo84GT5

DtomasoCat@aol.com wrote:
> 
> To All,
> 
> Just a note to let you know that John Woods (the guy in Vegas from England
> with the Detomaso Logo on his arm) made it into a UK car magazine called "Top
> Gear".  There is an article on "Cheap Supercars" and there is an article on
> John and his car as well as a Longchamp article.
> 
> The article is great, but what is the deal with stuff in the UK?  I love
> looking through the ads about cars for sale and stuff and I am really
> bewildered.  Why is stuff so expensive there?  There was an ad for window
> tinting on cars.  Prices started, yes started!, at 300 Pounds (thats $525
> FOLKS!).  I had my Pantera tinted for $65!  A freind just had his 1998
> Firebird tinted for $145.
> 
> I died when I saw that John had paid 15,000 Pounds ($26,250!) for his
> completely rusted out Pantera.  If you have seen pictures of his unbelieveable
> restoration, he hand fabricated nearly every body part!  There was nothing
> left to save!
> 
> Car ads for dinky little econo-box cars like a Dodge Neon at 13, 795 Pounds
> ($24,141) for a car that cost $10,000 here!  I thought maybe because a Dodge
> is considered an import there.  So I checked another ad for a car, a Renault
> Clio (very small economy car - unavailavable here) it was the cheapest new car
> in the book at 8000 Pounds ($14,000) and looked like it would fit on an
> average coffee table. We can buy cars similar to that here in the states for
> half that price!
> 
> Hey, you guys in the UK!  Whats the deal?
> 
> Jim Demick