I have a question for our Kiwi members – maybe someone cares to speculate (or enlighten, if you are so inspired and informed) as to ‘why is it so?'
There's been a bit of chat on the forum lately about the MC Stradale and what good value they are becoming – so I thought to have a quick look at prices, in UK, Aus and then NZ.
As is to be expected (sadly) – any car over here in Oz is a ludicrous pile of cash, but it got me to wondering why the few Stradales that I had seen advertised in NZ were (as much as one can draw a like-for-like comparison given such limited numbers) as cheap if not cheaper than in the UK?
Am I right in presuming that in the UK these cars cop a 20% VAT (but no duty as they are EU cars), whilst in NZ they only get slugged a 15% VAT?
By way of example;
NZ
2013 - $138K NZD (15K miles) – circa $130K AUD
2014 - $130K NZD (10K miles) – circa $123K AUD
AUS
2013 - $249K AUD (6K miles) (this is a pretty eye-watering difference to the Kiwi one above)
2011 - $175K AUD (8K miles)
2011 - $205K AUD (20K miles)
2012 - $195K AUD (20K miles)
UK
2011 – £68K GBP (14K miles) – circa $115K AUD
2014 - £75K GBP (20K miles) – circa $127K AUD (and plenty around this level)
Whilst clearly there is far more choice in the UK (options, colors, condition, etc) – on a relative basis, the Kiwi cars do seem a little cheaper (whilst here in Aus, as to be expected, they still cost an exorbitant sum of money).
I do so envy our Kiwi brethren!
There's been a bit of chat on the forum lately about the MC Stradale and what good value they are becoming – so I thought to have a quick look at prices, in UK, Aus and then NZ.
As is to be expected (sadly) – any car over here in Oz is a ludicrous pile of cash, but it got me to wondering why the few Stradales that I had seen advertised in NZ were (as much as one can draw a like-for-like comparison given such limited numbers) as cheap if not cheaper than in the UK?
Am I right in presuming that in the UK these cars cop a 20% VAT (but no duty as they are EU cars), whilst in NZ they only get slugged a 15% VAT?
By way of example;
NZ
2013 - $138K NZD (15K miles) – circa $130K AUD
2014 - $130K NZD (10K miles) – circa $123K AUD
AUS
2013 - $249K AUD (6K miles) (this is a pretty eye-watering difference to the Kiwi one above)
2011 - $175K AUD (8K miles)
2011 - $205K AUD (20K miles)
2012 - $195K AUD (20K miles)
UK
2011 – £68K GBP (14K miles) – circa $115K AUD
2014 - £75K GBP (20K miles) – circa $127K AUD (and plenty around this level)
Whilst clearly there is far more choice in the UK (options, colors, condition, etc) – on a relative basis, the Kiwi cars do seem a little cheaper (whilst here in Aus, as to be expected, they still cost an exorbitant sum of money).
I do so envy our Kiwi brethren!