Rodge
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Some car prices from AmericaI was doing a bit of a clean up in the house and found a copy of Car and Driver magazine from 2007.
Some of the prices are quite interesting.
A Basic Mini Cooper S- $21,850
BMW X5 4.8i- Starts at $55,275
Ferrari 599GTB Fiorano starts at $280,295
Mercedes CL600 (5.5 litre V12) starts at $147,575
Lexus LS600hL- $110,000
Audi Q7 3.6- $46,620
Audi TT 2.0T (New Model) $35,520
Ford Shelby GT- $36,970
Mazda RX8 $31,665
Nissan 350Z $28,515
Ant the Mazda won that particular group test from the TT, 350 and in last place, the Mustang.
A Nissan 350Z for the price of a Focus. That's not bad at all.
Also:
Audi A4 2.0 T Convertible- $39,820
BMW328i Convertible- $43,975 (3.0 litre engine)
Saab 9-3 2.0t Convertible- $37,515
VW Eos 3.2- $37,480
Volvo C70 T5 convertible- $37,785
That group test was from 1st to 5th:
BMW,Audi,Saab,VW,Volvo
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Mark
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Re: Some car prices from America | Rodge wrote: | | A Nissan 350Z for the price of a Focus. That's not bad at all. |
At that time - unfortunately not at today's rates. The $28,500 350Z works out at roughly £20,200 of Focus (the Nissan is still cheap, of course).
And, you'd save £5k by buying the Ferrari 599 in the UK.
I have a strange hankering for a Pontiac Solstice.
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TimR
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I read an article somewhere (maybe somebody on here did it actually) telling us how lucky we were as Porsche 911s and M3s, for example, are cheaper in the UK than in Germany.
However I'm sure at the same time I'd also read that an M3 listed at about $60k despite having travelled at least an extra 3,000 miles.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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I don't know about the new one, but the E46 M3 was quite a lot more sparsely equipped in the US than in Britain.
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TimR
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I don't think spec was mentioned.
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franki68
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[quote="Dr. Hfuhruhurr"]I don't know about the new one, but the E46 M3 was quite a lot more sparsely equipped in the US than in Britain.[/quote
that used to be the case,but from what I have seen in recent years the US specs have actually been better than the UK specs.Obviously the exchange rate is the key factor ,but a 911 in $ was not much more than a 911 in £ (when I bought the turbo it was £100k here,in the US at that time with the then exchange rate it was £58k and had a better base spec)
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