"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
11/15/2013 at 11:54 • Filed to: None
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That's almost $30.000.
Mustang and Explorer at more than 40k. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
The Transporter
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
11/15/2013 at 12:02 |
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Oh, that's nothing. They're going for nearly 30 million in South Korea (a little over $28k US).
http://www.ford-korea.com/cars/focus
Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> The Transporter
11/15/2013 at 12:10 |
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Wait: "that's nothing" and then you list a price that's $2kUSD lower?
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> The Transporter
11/15/2013 at 12:10 |
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Well, Japan taxes big engines, but what's Korea's problem? Or is it Ford trying to present itself as a premium brand in Asia? That's not gonna work.
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> Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
11/15/2013 at 12:16 |
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Actually the correct price in Japan is ¥2.930,000($29.253), I rounded it up, he rounded it down, and that's where the two grand difference comes from.
carcrasher88
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11/15/2013 at 12:25 |
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A lot of American brand cars are more expensive in Japan.
They want about $18,857 for a base model Chevrolet Sonic, and the Sonic in their market is Korean built, not US built. That's around $4,700 more than a US built Sonic in the US.
$35,810 for a base Captiva (just under $1,200 more than in Germany, for example), and $43,407 for a V6 Camaro (LT trim level, about $18k more than in the US.)
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> carcrasher88
11/15/2013 at 12:46 |
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Or $140+k for a Camaro 2SS in Portugal.
duurtlang
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11/15/2013 at 12:52 |
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Almost $30k for a Focus versus almost over (how much over?) $40k for an Explorer seems like a relatively small difference. In the Netherlands you can get a Focus hatch for $24k (after taxes) while the Kuga (your Escape) starts at $44k. We don't get the Explorer or Mustang through regular channels, they're gray market only.
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> duurtlang
11/15/2013 at 13:28 |
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Versus $16.310, that's the 'murican starting price of a Focus. The Mustang starts from $22.200 vs $40.000 in Japan, and I'm not expecting it to be cheaper than €30.000 when they will start selling it in the EU. The more time that passes over the One Ford , thing, the more price differences appear.
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> carcrasher88
11/15/2013 at 13:36 |
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Yeah, but the Fords look good, and drive pretty good and the Sonic and Captiva/Equinox are pretty damn awful. "Sony can build a dozen smartphones with the exposed plastic around the headlights"-that's what the Japanese buyers would say. So instead of presenting itself to the Japanese, as an aspirational brand, Chevy will end up being seen as a seller of overpriced crap, and I'm afraid that not even the new Corvette won't be able clean up that image.
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duurtlang
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11/15/2013 at 13:57 |
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It's not a One Ford problem though. The Focus starts at €13.3k here, before taxes. That's less than $18k, so about $1.5k more than the US Focus. Not that large a difference I'd say.
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> duurtlang
11/15/2013 at 15:53 |
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Yeah, in the states that tax emissions and not displacement, unlike Japan and others. And like I said, I suspect that Ford(and Chevrolet) are charging a little extra for exclusivity, as American cars are still pretty rare in Japan.