Steve Thompson schreef:
> My local Audi dealer (upstate NY) has an A5 in the showroom. Sales guy
> tells me that he is not allowed to sell it, and he is not allowed to let
> anyone test-drive it. He says any order for an A5 will take six months
> to fill. Is he blowing smoke?
>
I'm guessing here, but I think Audi US only gets a limited amount
of A5's due to the weak US dollar.
Audi's loosing money on every car they sell in the US.
For instance, a Audi S5:
USD 50,500.-- in USA
EUR 87,960.-- in Holland ... that's USD 138,977,-- !!!
EUR 56,400.-- in Germany ... that's USD 89.112,-- !!!
No joke!
In Holland we pay BPM = cartax 45% and VAT 19%.
In Germany they only pay 19% VAT.
So, don't complain over there!
If only GM was so smart to lower their prices on the Corvette
in Europe ... would result in a lot of US jobs ...
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