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Originally Posted by chitown08
I'm confused, can someone please clear this up:
What accounts for the high price of a BMW in Europe? Is it tax & tariffs (AKA the governments fault) or is it BMW's pricing decision?
Also, if they are so expensive then how can they be so common, unless everyone is rich compared to the US. (AKA everyone makes double what Americans make, given the same cost of living, therefore it is just as easy to buy the car even tho it costs double)
I don't understand this phenomenon. where you at gmund
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It's entirely BMW's decision. In Switzerland we don't have any special taxes on cars and VAT is only 7.6%.
About perception of BMWs over here:
1 & 3 series: common
5,6,7,M: luxury
average salary in Switzerland: ~$50k/year
graduate job salary: $80k-120k/year
Now I don't think this is the double of comparable jobs in the US. And as the cost of living are much higher here, there is definitely not more money left to spend on cars.