Jim W
CCCUK Member
The C8 review on Top Gear wasn't one of Top Gear's finest...! But what did we expect? Oh well.
But I couldn't believe Freddie's ignorance about the price difference here and the USA. He was trying suggest it was GM screwing us over on the price compared to the States. Doesn't he (or the other two) know It's not the Americans that are screwing us, it's the UK government. About £20,000 of a new C8 price is import duties and VAT. Then on top of that there is also £2,000 first registration tax. We get well and truly clobbered by HM Government.
All things considered the price of a new C8 is quite comparable to the price in the States bearing in mind sales tax is charged on top of advertised prices. In the US prices are advertised without tax. Here advertised prices are all inclusive of tax (so people don't realise just how much tax we actually pay for a new car).
But I couldn't believe Freddie's ignorance about the price difference here and the USA. He was trying suggest it was GM screwing us over on the price compared to the States. Doesn't he (or the other two) know It's not the Americans that are screwing us, it's the UK government. About £20,000 of a new C8 price is import duties and VAT. Then on top of that there is also £2,000 first registration tax. We get well and truly clobbered by HM Government.
All things considered the price of a new C8 is quite comparable to the price in the States bearing in mind sales tax is charged on top of advertised prices. In the US prices are advertised without tax. Here advertised prices are all inclusive of tax (so people don't realise just how much tax we actually pay for a new car).