odonnks

Read this today.

http://www.motoring.com.au/news/pres...rice-cut-44463

I'm in the marked in the US for a AMG 507 and would be really bummed if I purchased one next week and the 2015 price for the same model is reduced by almost $12,000.

I don't get the USDollar to AUdollar conversion though.
1 AUD = .942 USD.

159,000 AUD converts to 149,000 USD.

Are they selling for that in Australia?

mr747

^^^ that looks about right

odonnks

YIKES !!
I don't know much about international pricing but that seems very high.

What does a gallon of milk cost in Austraila? Maybe a dumb question but it'd help me align the differences.

mr747

^^^about 10 dollars

whoover

The reduced price is still about twice what the car costs in the US. Much of it is Luxury Car Tax. Some more of it is gouging by the importer -- hiding excess profits behind the LCT. It's from this "fat" that they were able to cut the price, in order to compete with BMW. It has nothing to do with the price of the car in Germany or the US.

CarHopper

10 bucks for milk? dayum.

mr747

its roughly 4.50 to 5.00 dollars per 2 litres

Your 2 gallons = 3.57 litres or there abouts

we get ripped here lol

whoover

We get that 3.57 l of milk for $4. $3 if it's on sale. Do you have a Luxury Milk Tax too?

mr747

mate we have tax on everything here in australia

we are one of the most expensive countries in the world

but saying that we have a pretty peaceful country
But our average wages are also higher here
but our interest rates on mortgages our 5% +

RawBenz

1 gallon is 3.7 litres. 2 gallons = 8.4

Our Milk is about $4.80 for 2 litres

So $4.80 x 4 = $19.20 for 2 gallons.

AMG893

Shop at Aldi! hahaha $1 per litre! hahah. Coles, Woolies.... even 7/11. $1 per litre.

Nah, but the proper milk is about $2 a litre. Your right.

RawBenz

When i was in Libya, A gallon of fuel was 4c Lmfao.
Electricity was free.
Housing was a human right.
The list goes on.

RawBenz

Average wage is higher but cost of living is in the top 5 most expensive in the world!

So it works out f*cked.

Housing taxes, car taxes, luxury car taxes, carbon tax (wtf :S) etc..

We get **** pumped by the government on a daily basis.

t4orce

Not to mention sometimes depending on the circumstances we get to pay taxes on top of already taxed goods and services as well. With cars over 57K there's luxury car tax. So wrong. The people who work and do well are punished to subsidise the bums. Ok end rant. Apart from that and the relatively high prices of cars (admittedly not as bad as Singapore) Aus is a great country to live in.

Sorry for repeating someone else post about luxury car tax.

RawBenz

+1

300k Porsche Here is worth 75k - 100k in the US or Mideast lol. If only the US and Mideast had the steering on the right hand side i'd be importing every super car and luxury/sports car that came out lol

John Howard is dearly missed. He put the bums and junkies in line lol.

Onnzo

Don't forget the deficit levy to "build the nation".

GRP

We can buy supermarket own brand milk from around $2.00 for 2 litres so a gallon for $4.00.

We do have additional taxes but the bulk of the price difference is manufacturer gouging. That said cars like the C63 come here fully optioned - no poverty packs - you start with a pizza with the lot (save for LSD ).

In a couple of years GM, Ford and Toyota will have all closed the Australian manufacturing plants. Now if the government allowed private importing of new vehicles (buy out of the UK as we need right hand drive) the price the manufacturers could charge would plummet. I would happily import my own and pay all the import charges and local taxes.

Some areas of the Australian car market are said to be world price competive (VW Golf GTi/R as an example) but the luxury end gouge us something terrible. If you think the C63 is expensive in Australia you should see what Porsche get away with.

GM Australia exports V8 Holdens to the US as the Chev SS with better engines, more options etc and they sell in the US for less than what they cost in Australia! The same applied to the GTO and G8.

As an aside 37% of Holden Commodores (base car for the Chev SS) sold in Australia are V8s. I suspect there will be a good opening for US made V8 sports sedans/coupes in the coming years.

Five 07

i picked up my 507 4 weeks ago, had i paid the asking price i would have now been very annoyed!

Bardman

What did you get? I'm still yet to see some real life photos of the Magno colour.

roadtalontsi

I still cant help but want to live in Aus. You may get government raped, but it seems like a great country with great people. Too much corporate greed and free handouts for bums in America. I wonder if they let outsiders import their cars. Not to mention beautiful scenery and good music. Anywhere with road trains is already in my book too. V8 super cars... yes please.

mr747

^^ come to melbourne :0 and lets swap cars lol

it is a good place to live mate

RawBenz

You have no idea..
It might be a good place to live and raise a family, but the US and other countries have it over us. Even some countries considered as 3rd world countries have it over us.

In Australia, common sense does not exist.
It's the most politically correct 'western nation'.

Five 07

i got a black coupe, there was a magno coupe 507 in the showroom the day i signed for mine, looked good, it was a sparkling matt finish look under the showroom lights, if that makes sense..

Here is mine on the day i picked her up

Bardman

You must live in a different Australia than the one I live in, our lifestyle is second to none. Good wages, moderate taxes (more than singapore but less than europe), plenty of space, good food, I dont know what more you could ask for.

Looks good. I originally ordered the Magno, but chickened out when I read up on what it takes to maintain, I was also worried that it looked a little flat in some of the videos I had seen. I ended up with a white sedan. I still wonder what the Magno would be like though...