Toyota are great cars,super quality & reliabilty but new price is almost twice the price as sold in USA..WHY?

Answer 1

Because this is rip off Britain.

Answer 2

Most consumer goods are dearer in Europe than in USA. The fact that Toyotas are made in the USA might help keep down prices there due to government incentives with tax, business rates etc, although it doesn't seem to have the same effect here in the UK, where Toyatas are made also, in Derbyshire.
Usually, most companies just go by what the market will stand economically. We in the UK are used to paying £12,000 for a small-ish car, so that's what the car companies charge. If you look at it in real terms, cars are much cheaper in the UK now than they were 10 years ago.

Answer 3

Some Toyota cars are very good and some not. But Europe and Asia have a lot of taxes to add to the price of a car.

Answer 4

because it's what the market will stand. Another reason is that cars are more reliable in Europe, look at carsurvey.org and check out the differences between n. American cars and European models of the same car. People are picker in Europe they demand more styling, better interior etc. Just look at an n American car inside or out about 10 years behind European cars. Although this doesn't go all the way in explaining the differences (warranties are longer in the us) it does explain part of it, although i agree we are being ripped off.
The new Nissan skyline is the same in pounds and dollars, Nissan tried to explain this away as increased safety requirements and emission requirements maybe but a 100% increase for the same car?

Answer 5

They charge what the market will stand. I think you will find that Ford, GM ( Vauxhall in UK ) and other manufacturers cars are cheaper in USA i.e. not just Toyota.

Go back a few years and cars that cost £17,000 in UK only cost £12,000 in Belgium. At this time People buying fleets of cars got massive discounts. It is not as bad now.

We are mug consumers in the UK. Ultimately it is down to supply and demand. If they put cars on sale at high prices and people buy them--- thats how they set the price.

Consumers in the USA are not prepared to pay inflated prices. If they put the prices up, demand would fall away.

Answer 6

Buy what your country makes ,, this is where your jobs are. IF you don't think so and keep on buying foreign stuff , states and canada will be in trouble.There are 6 spinoff jobs to 1 in the auto industry here. Do you really think that toyota is that special. Look at the recall lists and you will see that they are worse than gm ,ford or chrysler, you just don't see it in media as much and they hush it. Try and get one fixed if you actually keep it longer than the warranty and maybe you will think different , sorry but I work at ford and they are great cars and trucks ,same as gm and chrysler .

Answer 7

Taxes mostly. And the dollar is in the bog.

Labour has been in power for about a decade now. (That's when I made my exit, I knew what was coming and they didn't disappoint.) Taxes have gone barking mad since then. 10 years ago, a pint was about £1.30 and a packet of fags about the same. Look at where they are now. Road Tax has gone through the roof as has TV Tax, Council Tax, yadda yadda. Toss in the explosive growth of money grubbing speed cams and you see where I'm coming from. Time to toss the taxing blighters out on their hind quarters and get back to basics. (Yank taxes are about half of what they are in Europe over all, do the maths!)

And in the past 10 years the dollar has lost about half of its value on the world currency markets. Whilst most Americans whinge about that it makes Yank-made kit MUCH less expensive outside of the US. You may or may not have noticed the precipitous drop in the number of American tourists in Europe; the falling dollar makes it far to dear. But I promise you that we've noticed the surge in European visitors on this side of the pond, even with all of the bollocks over immigration and increased security. You're over here spending your Pounds, Euros, Kroner & Francs, etc. and we're loving it.

Answer 8

And wait until you get hit with repair costs.
You'll spend all you save on petrol.
US is in for some surprises, as well.
New laws for MPG by 2020. Just 12 years away. The muscle cars are on the way out.
We don't know the cost of re-engineering.

Answer 9

The British are obsessed with status and image, a sort of down market equivalent of snobbery. Consequently they will pay more, on finance too, to look the part.

Answer 10

Because Toyota wants to make record profit.

Answer 11

Over time you will recoup that money.
Through : Resale value, fewer repair costs and quality of life.
I am no huge fan of Toyota though.