Joecooool

123,450 Euros translated to the $150,835 price.

Holy Crap! No wonder GM can't sell any Corvettes there.

http://www.corvette-europe.com/index...%3d&LID=266462

Guru_4_hire

thats 125K before the VAT

micro

The new Z06 costs £59,000 in the U.K.

KGV

The German car magazine Auto Bild lists the Z06 at 79,950 Euros. This is around 96,650 USD. Hopefully the GM web site must be a typo. The '12345' looks like someone was going to put in the correct value before the web site was published.

The Z06 is on the front cover of Auto Bild, and their headline is "KEINE CHANCE FUR FERRARI". This transaltes to "No chance for Ferrari".

Vette owner wannabe

Typo!

Swedish list price is 782 950 SEK (incl 25% sales tax) = roughly US $105,000. (German Sales tax is 16%?) http://www.corvette-europe.com/index...&FilterID=1004


OT
I have previously done a rough estimate that you will save about US $20,000, by importing your own C6 Z51 to Sweden, and paying all taxes and fees yourself. (Despite the fact that the container freight will set you back US $3,500.)


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Z06Norway

Norwegian price not set yet, but duty alone is a whopping 960.000 NOK, aprox. 150.000 usd.

And after we got the sosialist( and close to kommunist) gouverment after our last election, i fear it will not get any better

How many Z06 do you think will be sold in Norway

PeteyPete

I feel bad for our Corvette brothers across the pond..As if the price wasn't bad after converting the currency, you guys get hit w/ all sorts of "Value Added Tax" that will probably put the car outside the realm of possiblity for 99.9% of Europeans.

Europe is a beautiful place filled w/ culture and history....but you can bet your *** that i'll never leave the good 'ole US of A

Vette owner wannabe

I thank God that Sweden has an automotive industry!

Because all of our neighbours without one (Norway, Denmark and Finland), has insane luxury taxes on vehicles...


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bubbas929

i am glad this is happening. look at all the italian bikes/cars that are sold here that are marked up some ridiculous amount.

i hope they bring 200k

CR555

79,950 € is the official price over here in Germany. That's a real bargain for such a great car!

See http://www.corvette-europe.com/index...4&FilterID=998

PatZR1_92

Hello,
In France the price is 82450€ about US$100 000.

dexter

You mean 151 Large, don't you?

ccorah

I wonder what kind of hoops one would have to jump through to buy 'em here and then sell them "lightly used" across the pond for a reasnable (15K) profit.

Foosh

Lots of hoops, if you were the exporter. After import taxes, transportation costs, retrofitting with EU-required equipment, etc., there wouldn't be anything much or anything left, presuming the correct price is the approx 80K Euros quoted in several places above. I'm having a hard time believing the 120K plus Euros in the thread-starter

The only decent way to do it would be a European buying one here, using it, and it taking it home as a personal car. But he or she could do that, and combine a vacation into it.

Foosh

Lots of hoops, if you were the exporter. After import taxes, transportation costs, retrofitting with EU-required equipment, etc., there wouldn't be much of anything left, presuming the correct price is the approx 80K Euros quoted in several places above. I'm having a hard time believing the 120K plus Euros in the thread-starter

The only decent way to do it would be a European buying one here, using it, and taking it home as a personal car. But he or she could do that, and combine a vacation into it.

PeterK

I think a lot!

I bet most of this price is because of the taxation system that is based on engine displacement volume.
Like small engine cars (<1 liter) are not taxed. Larger engine cars (<2 liters) are taxed at say EU1 per cubic cm and even larger cars are taxed at like EU2-3 per cubic cm.

So corvette would be taxed at like 6,000*2-3 = 12-18K in import taxes alone.

PeterK

That won't work either.

Actually the only way I know is by importing the car with US military - as a private vehicle. That makes it exempt from all the hoopla and then you can sell it locally.

Of course there will be no warranty of any kind.

John Shiels

I wonder how much in Japan? We should tax all their crap the same amount.

JoeJoeJoe

Military [and private] vehicles have warranty in europe

avoiding "hoops" => will not work buying a car on holiday, car has to be in your possesion for 6 months + you have to be living in the US more then 1 year., only then it classifies as "household goods"

BTW this does not apply on military, embassy staff etc

Vette owner wannabe

Like said before, you can save about US$20,000 if you import your own C6 Z51 to Sweden and pay all fees and taxes yourself. (Customs fee 10%, Sales tax 25%, registration fees and conversion to euro lights maybe US $1,000, cheaper if DIY)

I don't have the time and energy to do an exact calculation on the Z06 but a rough estimate (although the mark up on the z06 appears to be less, but then again the dollar was cheaper 6 months ago):

Todays exchange rate according to www.forex.se is to buy US $1 you pay 7.80 SEK. When you buy large sums you get some discount. the exchange rate incl customs fee, sales tax and all other costs will be 10.72 SEK to buy US $1.

Offical price in Sweden is 782,950 SEK, incl all options except nav and polished wheels.

Import price Z06 2LZ $68,700 x 10.72 = 736,464 SEK

Do note that "self imported" cars have somewhat less resale value, and no warranty. Any recalls comes out of your own pocket...

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