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1989 price list

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  • #32
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,674 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Nice one!

    £144 to tax a 3 litre car for a year seems a lot more reasonable than it is now! The cheapest car was about £3k - that's gone up about 3 fold. The motor tax has gone up about 10 fold!!!

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  • #33
    kasper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭kasper


    and it was cheaper to drive a two litre car than an electric one ,. a two litre 1981 car next year will be forty eight euros to tax which is dearer than when the car was new


  • #34
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,694 ✭✭✭mondeo


    How in the heavens did motor tax in this country get so expensive over the years....


  • #35
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    Anyone got one of those calculators that radio and TV shows use when they say 'and in today's money that is....'?

    Like everyone else, I am a shocked at the prices of mercs! You could buy three VW polos for the price of a carburetored 190. That's with no extras, no radio. The only electric thing would be the left hand wing mirror. Even the drivers mirror was manual.

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  • #36
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,829 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    It's in UK Pounds, but provides a guide of sorts.
    http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/


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  • #37
    skyhighflyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭skyhighflyer


    Sorry to bump this, but as a relative youngtimer why were cars so expensive new back then? Was it higher VRT, a weak pound or lack of competition in the distribution sector that did it? I know we complain now, but to take an example:

    Peugeot 205 Junior £8,295 = €10,534.65 (and probably twice that in real terms now) whereas you can have a new Panda for that today with €2k change :confused: Crazy money.

    Great thread BTW :)


  • #38
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    skyhighflyer wrote: »
    Peugeot 205 Junior £8,295 = €10,534.65 (and probably twice that in real terms now) whereas you can have a new Panda for that today with €2k change :confused: Crazy money.

    You have to bear in mind that the Panda is an even smaller car than the 205 was and for 8k you would be getting a very basic model (Eco). To get into the 205's modern equivalent (the heap of crap that is the 207) I'd say you'd be parting with at least 15-16k.


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