Lucky Americans

For Forks Sake

6.2 litre V8. 707hp. 650lb foot of torque and good for 204mph.

And the price for this fun..... 64990 Yankee dollars. Or just over €51000. Why can't we have nice things?? :mad:

Oh, and it even has four doors.. meet the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat

paulmclaughlin

Yeah but does it have cheap tax? :P

For Forks Sake

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

Yeah but does it have cheap tax? :P

Heres the chape tax version

jimgoose

Just t'good ol' boys.

Alanstrainor

I want it. Car prices over there are simply nuts!

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Some videos:
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat - Jay Leno's Garage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWMjR3r-nsI
204-mph Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat: Most powerful sedan on Earth
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/first-looks/first-look-2015-dodge-charger-hellcat-officially-unveiled

Car is auto only, so I expect that some of the regulars here would not buy it at, eh, any price. ;-)

Voodoomelon

Sure you can have an M6 for €88,000 over there. Here it's €175,000.

Yanks in to motors must laugh when they drive around Ireland.

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Voodoomelon wrote: »

Sure you can have an M6 for €88,000 over there. Here it's €175,000.

Yanks in to motors must laugh when they drive around Ireland.

Using market exchange rates, you are correct. However, that's not necessarily the correct way that the price of a good should be measured in different currencies. Purchasing power parity is what counts:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/the-truth-about-european-car-prices-discounts-up-to-42/

More in information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

Voodoomelon

Yup I've read up on the above before and I suppose I was purposely simplifying it. But even so, there is no denying the colossal price difference, nor the consequence it has on what the average person in the States can get for their comparable income.

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Voodoomelon wrote: »

Yup I've read up on the above before and I suppose I was purposely simplifying it. But even so, there is no denying the colossal price difference, nor the consequence it has on what the average person in the States can get for their comparable income.

Indeed. Leaving aside EUR/USD exchange rates, VRT really screws up the prices of new cars in Ireland.

Historically and possibly it's still the case, when new cars used to arrive at Irish ports, they were cheaper than the equivalent models arriving at UK ports - I'm taking into account EUR/GBP and IEP/GBP exchange rate differences and spec differences.