Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
#16
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Problem with the second hand car market, in Victoria. There is no MOT and what equivalent there is only required when you come to sell the car. So in effect you can buy a car and after that not worry if it is legal to be on the road.
When I was looking to buy a second hand car, I gave up after a few months as I was shocked by the quality and road safety of them.
When I was looking to buy a second hand car, I gave up after a few months as I was shocked by the quality and road safety of them.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
For a cheap small car at under $12k there is the Mitsubishi Mirage (I've seen it on sale for $10.5k). Yes, it's tiny and would not be for everyone but comes with a 5 year warranty and 4 years fixed-price servicing
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Just looking into car options. The big European brands seem to be much pricier (no surprise there), but i'm seeing new cars from more eastern-based manufacturers seem to be much cheaper - but more so than I would have expected.
Example: Mitsubishi Outlander
Base price in Australia is A$28,000 - about £18,000 at current rates
Base price in UK is £25,000
Now, the base models won't be a true like-for-like, but given the unfavourable exchange rates at the moments, that's still a pretty big difference.
So I just wanted to check - are there further costs / taxes on top of the A$ price? It states that this is the 'driveaway' price, but want to make sure I've not overlooked something
Example: Mitsubishi Outlander
Base price in Australia is A$28,000 - about £18,000 at current rates
Base price in UK is £25,000
Now, the base models won't be a true like-for-like, but given the unfavourable exchange rates at the moments, that's still a pretty big difference.
So I just wanted to check - are there further costs / taxes on top of the A$ price? It states that this is the 'driveaway' price, but want to make sure I've not overlooked something
#19
Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
When I need to buy, I go to one of the aggregation sites like carsales and see what's on offer. If there's a number of dealers offering the same model on sale - it shows they need to get it off their lot and are motivated sellers.
I live in Country WA so go into Perth when it's time to buy. Considering the kms I rack up - fuel economy is a huge consideration. Right now I drive a Holden Barina but before I had a Mitsubishi Mirage. I like the Holden a lot better but the Mitsubishi got a little better mileage.
They are small cars, but it's just me and my wife.
I live in Country WA so go into Perth when it's time to buy. Considering the kms I rack up - fuel economy is a huge consideration. Right now I drive a Holden Barina but before I had a Mitsubishi Mirage. I like the Holden a lot better but the Mitsubishi got a little better mileage.
They are small cars, but it's just me and my wife.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Tell me, does Australia have access to domestic Japanese used cars? The USA has, and the Caribbean, and the cars are a terrific bargain. I'm told that the law in Japan requires cars to be taken off the road after five years; and also that Japanese car-owners always keep them in tip-top condition. They have no resale-value to speak of in Japan, of course, hence the popularly low prices they sell for to overseas customers.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Tell me, does Australia have access to domestic Japanese used cars? The USA has, and the Caribbean, and the cars are a terrific bargain. I'm told that the law in Japan requires cars to be taken off the road after five years; and also that Japanese car-owners always keep them in tip-top condition. They have no resale-value to speak of in Japan, of course, hence the popularly low prices they sell for to overseas customers.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Going to have to disagree with you there. In Adelaide I had dealings when importing our cars with a chap whose main business was importing such cars, particularly Nissan Cubes (as apparently very popular with his Asian clients) and small engined Skylines (as P platers could drive them). At least I think it was Skylines.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
I should have mentioned the price of the Japanese cars here. 5-year-old compacts usually retail for about US$6000 - that includes our 27% import duty. That would be something in the region of AUD9000, right? And some individuals import them personally, based on ads in the local or Miami newspapers, thus saving the importers' mark-up here. I think the FOB Japan price starts about US$1500. Very good value.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Going to have to disagree with you there. In Adelaide I had dealings when importing our cars with a chap whose main business was importing such cars, particularly Nissan Cubes (as apparently very popular with his Asian clients) and small engined Skylines (as P platers could drive them). At least I think it was Skylines.
I did a bit of research and to put it in to some perspective, New Zealand imports about 250k cars a year of which 100k are 2nd hand. Australia imports just over 1.1m cars but only 10k of those are used
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
MP is bang on. Even living near the sea in Aus is simply not the same as salt-encrusted roads in the UK.
Australian cars like Hondas and Toyotas especially doing country miles or not used for start-stop commuting will do several hundreds of k's quite easily - no rust.
It's quite rare to see a rusty car here in AU.
B
Australian cars like Hondas and Toyotas especially doing country miles or not used for start-stop commuting will do several hundreds of k's quite easily - no rust.
It's quite rare to see a rusty car here in AU.
B
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Regarding imported Japanese Domestic Vehicles, yes. I have a Nissan Elgrand which is a JDM car. There are plenty of agents who import them and put them through compliance checks and register them for Australian roads.
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
Tell me, does Australia have access to domestic Japanese used cars? The USA has, and the Caribbean, and the cars are a terrific bargain. I'm told that the law in Japan requires cars to be taken off the road after five years; and also that Japanese car-owners always keep them in tip-top condition. They have no resale-value to speak of in Japan, of course, hence the popularly low prices they sell for to overseas customers.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
In my Caribbean island, there are a couple of thousand such cars - a tiny portion of the millions that must become available each year. Is Australia another market? My wife and I each drive twenty-year old Windoms (an early version of the Lexus, I think), with 100K and 150K kms, respectively, and they drive as though they're good for double that. It wouldn't take long to achieve those numbers in most parts of Oz, I realise, but for those whose annual mileage is low they could be just the thing.
Anyway, I'd just be interested to know if they're available in Australia. All right-hand drive, of course. Thanks for any opinion.
They,ve been importing them into WA for 30 odd years that I recall.
Google autojapan ,Albany highway ,kenwick WA.They seem to have been there forever but probably 10 -15 yrs.Usually they have 20-30 in stock and have a service where you order a car and they will source it in Japan for you and give you a price.
There's just never seemed to be any demand for them.I,'ve never heard anybody say I'm going to get me one of those imports.Limited demand means limited supply.
Geordie downunder
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
How much would you pay for a 1 year old Audi A4 Sline in Aus?
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Re: Price of (new) cars - am I missing something?
I've been using AutoTrader. 2016 A4 starts at $50,000 - no idea about whether it's s-line though, I think that's a UK-specific trim level.
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