« Reply #3 on: 19 August 2010, 16:20 »
A lot of American stuff has taxes to be added on top too, where as in the UK they have to advertise it as full on the road price. I'm sure one of our US friends will correct us on the true costs of the cars. Still a lot cheaper than over here though.
Looking at some of the Yank forums it seems to me their specs are a bit different and more limited in what options you can order, which makes sense really as the factory waiting times are already a joke never mind with a several week trip on a container ship added in.
At the end of the day VW have to compete with the much cheaper US offerings if they want to sell anything over there so the costs have to be in line with local market prices.
When I was in Orlando last month I only saw a few mk5s and one mk6 too. Mind you 80% of the cars in that area are hire cars.........
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