So, Who's Actually Buying One?

[Troy711]

Mate, if the VF doesn't sell in the US in reasonable numbers, there is little chance we will be making them here after 2016. The Australian market just isn't big enough to sustain a home grown car industry. The truth is, despite the fact that we are building great cars, less and less Australians are buying them. I'm not concerned about what price they are selling for in the US market, I'll be looking for bang for buck here in comparison to what I paid for my VE in 2011.

I loled when I read this.

 

[VS 5.0]

4's are involved

Do you mean sub 5 sec to 100 ?

 

[Loaded Dice]

Just like the inquiry of Microsoft, Apple and Adobe who were asked why Australians pay up to 400% more for identical items sold overseas, the answer was plain and simple, they price the products according to what their market will pay, so USA won't pay more than $400 for an iPhone, so $400 it is, but us Aussies WILL pay over $800 for one, so $800 it is. No different for cars, the yanks won't think it is worth paying more than $35k for the VF SS, so they won't sell it for more than that, however the VE S2 SSV retailed for $69K here, people were prepared to and did pay that, so that is what it was valued and priced at. Simple supply and demand logic.

 

[davey g-force]

$69K for an SSV?

Who paid that much?

 

[Troy711]

Just like the inquiry of Microsoft, Apple and Adobe who were asked why Australians pay up to 400% more for identical items sold overseas, the answer was plain and simple, they price the products according to what their market will pay, so USA won't pay more than $400 for an iPhone, so $400 it is, but us Aussies WILL pay over $800 for one, so $800 it is. No different for cars, the yanks won't think it is worth paying more than $35k for the VF SS, so they won't sell it for more than that, however the VE S2 SSV retailed for $69K here, people were prepared to and did pay that, so that is what it was valued and priced at. Simple supply and demand logic.

If the Yank pricing was the same as ours (around 60K) the top of the line spec would be competing in the same price range as a BMW M3 Coupe, C63 AMG and the Audi S7 sedan. I can tell you now I know what I wouldn't choose... the Holden.

 

[Reaper]

You can't make a direct comparison with US car prices vs Aus. There is no doubt that the Australian consumer is screwed over by every car company. Mercedes Benz & BMW lead the charge however Toyota and the like are right up there too. You also need to consider all the taxes and charges such as GST & LCT + various on roads which are advertised (mostly) as all inclusive in Australia yet aren't in USA as most are state based charges and are never quoted.

 

[Loaded Dice]

If the Yank pricing was the same as ours (around 60K) the top of the line spec would be competing in the same price range as a BMW M3 Coupe, C63 AMG and the Audi S7 sedan. I can tell you now I know what I wouldn't choose... the Holden.

See, that's exactly how it works, they know what people are willing to pay for what, and price accordingly, it's nothing to do with the value of the car retail where it was built, if it were, Great Wall would be selling their utes here for $100

 

[Kiddo]

See, that's exactly how it works, they know what people are willing to pay for what, and price accordingly, it's nothing to do with the value of the car retail where it was built, if it were, Great Wall would be selling their utes here for $100

100% spot on. It's only worth what someone is willing to pay.


Don't be dissing Great Walls now :supersad: My family owns 3 as work cars. For what they are, they're bloody amazing.

 

[Loaded Dice]

hehe no dissing them, but I bet what they pay for one in China is much less than what they retail for here.

 

[Ed]

gna sell my ute soon and buy a patrol