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FixedWing said:
Import duty? The car is manufactured in the European Union. VAT, yes. But isn't the difference in base price approx US$100K vs. Euro 100K. What is the exchange rate today? 1.19422. That represents a significant savings. It was even higher not long ago. What causes this situation is Porsche's method of pricing the car at introduction and hedging the currency risk.


Oddly enough it doesn't matter that the car is manufactured in the EU. It's bought from the US and as such you must pay 10% in import duty.

Your price comparison is not fair. The Euro 100K price for Germany includes 16% VAT. The price for a US vehicle imported to EU is about Euro 92K including import duty (without VAT). The price for an EU vehicle is Euro 88K (without VAT).

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FixedWing said:
As for the relative worth of Federalised Porsche in Europe, the cars are almost identical and the warranty on the North American car can potentially be longer. There are a lot of USA cars in Europe.


Maybe. But looking at asking prices for the cars that I follow somewhat closely (Porsche and Audi) tells a different story.

Also as a data point (although not entirely applicable) look at the prices for EU cars in the US. I seem to remember seeing awfully low prices on EU GT2s for instance.

Anders