Why Will The R35 Gtr Be Cheaper In Usa Then Aus?

[Styline GTR]

Tell me why it will be cheaper in the US PPL?

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/14/la-2007...gain-at-69-850/

Apparently "HEATED" Door Mirrors as well!!! lol!

Edited December 17, 2007 by Styline GTR

[Mandingo]

Something about balance of economies or something like that mate.

[Red7 Racing]

Everything is more expensive in Australia - cars, food, housing...

It's one of the most expensive places in the world (Sydney, anyway) - beats Tokyo & New York both in the latest cost of living survey.

[rs73]

It's the whole economic thing... most likely are:

- US$ is stronger than A$, and affect the lower prices...

- US may have special trade deal or bargaining power with Japan in terms of export/import so therefore they may be able to get better / lower prices on all aspects of importing, e.g. custom tax, shipping / transport, etc.

- Maybe there's just more trade from Japan to US than to Australia, so therefore more ships, more supply, yielding in lower prices..

and the list can go on...

[some_cs_student]

And then you can add that Australian taxes on imported cars may be higher than the US equivalent. I haven't done any research here so I am not sure who has higher taxes...

[mesmerized]

everything is cheaper in the US, better economy, more demand, where have you been the last century . i saw a videoclip of a salesman in th US making a sales pitch to an audience at some car show about the r35 gtr, and a guy in the audience laughs and says 'huh, 60 grand, for a nissan'? Americans don't realise how good they have it over there in some respects

[Styline GTR]

The New US GTR is on PAR with the Japanese Price as it's stated in that Blog! Not bad hey! Japs and US have sumfin goin on!!! Thought they were enemies!!! lol!

[rs73]

everything is cheaper in the US, better economy, more demand, where have you been the last century . i saw a videoclip of a salesman in th US making a sales pitch to an audience at some car show about the r35 gtr, and a guy in the audience laughs and says 'huh, 60 grand, for a nissan'? Americans don't realise how good they have it over there in some respects

Could be another factor that the yankees always think of nothing better than their dodges & chevy that all other imported brand have to dump their prices in order to make sales...

and they've put WW2 behind them for so long now all there is economic interest...

[madbung]

Trade tarriffs, to protect our local car industry and it will most probably be hit with the luxury car tax.

[Zoggy]

im kinda upset the US will be getting this GTR, i always thought the older ones were exclusive. No matter how fast the gtr will be, there will always be many who will reject anything non american .. there loss i say

Edited December 18, 2007 by Zoggy

[JieLine]

LOL @ those comments at the bottom

[Styline GTR]

Trade tarriffs, to protect our local car industry and it will most probably be hit with the luxury car tax.

Luxury Car Tax being how much?

[rs73]

I think it's another 5 or 10 % above the standard 10% import duty. Plus registration will cost you extra too... So in the end the on the road cost will escalate.

[Styline GTR]

Bloody Extortion!!!

[Angus Smart]

and i seriously think the gtr will probably sell more in the united states than anywhere else in the world.

[sewid]

I think it's another 5 or 10 % above the standard 10% import duty. Plus registration will cost you extra too... So in the end the on the road cost will escalate.

It'd be great if Luxury Car Tax (LCT) were that little.

In fact LCT is 25% of the GST exclusive portion of the car's value over $57,009. So if you buy a car in Japan today at 10,400,000 yen you pay nearly $17k in LCT.

To calculate it on an import you have to know:

FOB Cost of the vehicle +

Freight cost of the vehicle +

Calculate 10% import duty on top of that = Call this total value "A"

If that value is greater $57,009 then calculate 0.25(A-57009) = LCT

[Styline GTR]

Na I reckon the Yanks are to In love with there Trucks and Big Fords and crap!!!

[wrxhoon]

A 911 turbo sells for USD 126 K in the states and $334 k here , give ot take a few $$$, even at todays exchange rate of 85 something the porka is more than double the price here. For the same reason the GTR will be almost double too. They don't have LCT in the states and as stated before all cars are cheaper there but when it comes to cars under our LCT the difference is very little .

[PHATR32]

dont the yanks drive on the wrong side of the road?

so will the japs make a gtr with the wheel on the wrong side or do they just hang a sign on the back of the car like we have here?

[rs73]

The R35 GTR will be the first GTR that nissan will intend to be sold globally.

So it will be made in both right hand and left hand drive versions.

Thank's to Nissan's new CEO who came from Renault is now marketing their cars globally, either under the name Nissan or Infiniti.