Toyota GT86 - rip off in the UK?

[Munter]

cptsideways said:

At 18k I'd place an order today please Mr Toyota

I guess it's a supply and demand thing. They know the car will be well received in the uk. And know they can charge 25k for it and still flog every RHD one they can make.



Would everybody be so kind as to not buy one for 6 months. Then they may deflate the price a little. Ta.

[cptsideways]

Munter said:

cptsideways said:

At 18k I'd place an order today please Mr Toyota

I guess it's a supply and demand thing. They know the car will be well received in the uk. And know they can charge 25k for it and still flog every RHD one they can make.



Would everybody be so kind as to not buy one for 6 months. Then they may deflate the price a little. Ta.

Except it will be a mass produced car, I think Mr T would have taken orders for 4 times as many if they'd priced it better. A limited number for sale does not mean a limited production run.

[corozin]

Everything is a rip-off in the UK.

Have you compared the list price of a Corvette here with what you'd pay in the USA?

[slevin911]

Pandaboy said:

Try 40000 euro here in Ireland!!

The only one I have seen for sale so far(I live in cork) was closer to 45000!!!

[long time lurker]

corozin said:

Everything is a rip-off in the UK.

read the thread again... it seems the UK is well priced compared to many,

b.t.w in ukraine the GT86 lists at £62k!! (then again 40% import duty dosen't help!)

[Oxygen2k10]

With any luck this will go the way of the Mx5/Eunos back in the day.

Buckets loads being imported due to the significantly lower cost plus the fact that Japs generally have much better kit equipped ‘as standard’.

[ohtari]

slevin911 said:

Pandaboy said:

Try 40000 euro here in Ireland!!

The only one I have seen for sale so far(I live in cork) was closer to 45000!!!

Any reason why you can't just get one from the north? Or is re registering down south a pain in the backside?

[slevin911]

ohtari said:

slevin911 said:

Pandaboy said:

Try 40000 euro here in Ireland!!

The only one I have seen for sale so far(I live in cork) was closer to 45000!!!

Any reason why you can't just get one from the north? Or is re registering down south a pain in the backside?

I have never looked into it myself but I would imagine the VRT would be A good few thousand.I have seen A few bikes up for sale here that have come over from England.You could pay nearly 500 euro on VRT for A bike thats only maybe 4 years old,so I would imagine it being very high on A brand new car.Also I am pretty sure that if you have extras like electric windows etc it costs even more so the cheapest way to bring A car over from England is if it is bog spec.

[braddo]

corozin said:

Everything is a rip-off in the UK.

Have you compared the list price of a Corvette here with what you'd pay in the USA?

Have you compared the price of a Lotus or any German car in the UK compared to the US? The US is such a rip-off.

[LouD86]

Ved said:

And how many people will pay full price for one? If you can't get one with at least £2k off, you're not trying and deserve to pay more.

Really? Show me a dealership that will give 2k off one, and ill buy some stock!

[Pandaboy]

slevin911 said:

I have never looked into it myself but I would imagine the VRT would be A good few thousand.I have seen A few bikes up for sale here that have come over from England.You could pay nearly 500 euro on VRT for A bike thats only maybe 4 years old,so I would imagine it being very high on A brand new car.Also I am pretty sure that if you have extras like electric windows etc it costs even more so the cheapest way to bring A car over from England is if it is bog spec.

I believe it's up to a third of open market selling price in Ireland depend on the emissions. Plenty of hassle sorting it all out too... I think 40000 is the base price with no options according to the brochure I received... Probably more cost effective to bring in a scion

Expensive for what it is but it's ok in comparison to other brand new cars here. Rather a cheap rx8. Plenty left over for any issues!

[otolith]

What about those Peugeot RCZs and VW Sciroccos and BMW 1-series and Audi TTs, eh? Massive rip off at around 25k, they should all be sub-20.

[slevin911]

Pandaboy said:

slevin911 said:

I have never looked into it myself but I would imagine the VRT would be A good few thousand.I have seen A few bikes up for sale here that have come over from England.You could pay nearly 500 euro on VRT for A bike thats only maybe 4 years old,so I would imagine it being very high on A brand new car.Also I am pretty sure that if you have extras like electric windows etc it costs even more so the cheapest way to bring A car over from England is if it is bog spec.

I believe it's up to a third of open market selling price in Ireland depend on the emissions. Plenty of hassle sorting it all out too... I think 40000 is the base price with no options according to the brochure I received... Probably more cost effective to bring in a scion

Expensive for what it is but it's ok in comparison to other brand new cars here. Rather a cheap rx8. Plenty left over for any issues!

To be honest I cant see many selling here now I could be very wrong but I just do not see it here myself.I reckon in A years time they will be after dropping A few grand and will be A bargain.Have you seen any on the road?

[Munter]

otolith said:

What about those Peugeot RCZs <snip> around 25k, they should all be sub-20.

No seriously what are they asking for those?

[Pandaboy]

slevin911 said:

To be honest I cant see many selling here now I could be very wrong but I just do not see it here myself.I reckon in A years time they will be after dropping A few grand and will be A bargain.Have you seen any on the road?

I've seen one in dark blue driven on back road not far from Dublin airport. I know the looks are controversial but I loved it and was like a child telling everyone about my first sighting.

I agree. They probably won't sell well here... There's no diesel version you see I'll just wait for the flood of imports from Japan as we do for any decent car

[otolith]

In the lower trim level, the RCZ is from £21,210 for the 156ps model, £23,595 for the 200ps version.

[slevin911]

Pandaboy said:

slevin911 said:

To be honest I cant see many selling here now I could be very wrong but I just do not see it here myself.I reckon in A years time they will be after dropping A few grand and will be A bargain.Have you seen any on the road?

I've seen one in dark blue driven on back road not far from Dublin airport. I know the looks are controversial but I loved it and was like a child telling everyone about my first sighting.

I agree. They probably won't sell well here... There's no diesel version you see I'll just wait for the flood of imports from Japan as we do for any decent car

It does look good but just not for me.Yeah everything single you read in irish papers is,if its not diesel then it is rubbish.

[Holeshot46]

braddo said:

corozin said:

Everything is a rip-off in the UK.

Have you compared the list price of a Corvette here with what you'd pay in the USA?

Have you compared the price of a Lotus or any German car in the UK compared to the US? The US is such a rip-off.

You sure? Porsche USA lists a Boxster S at $60,900 which using the first currency calculator I found is £38,471. Porsche uk lists it as £45,384, bargain!

[Wadeski]

I'm in Texas this week and I've seen a bunch of Toyota 86s / Scion whatevertheyarecalleds.

If they are as cheap as 17k, i can see why. Basically a new 200sx / Celica - which were really popular in the states with younger drivers.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Holeshot46 said:

You sure? Porsche USA lists a Boxster S at $60,900 which using the first currency calculator I found is £38,471. Porsche uk lists it as £45,384, bargain!

i haven't checked recently but you used to get an M5 in the US for UK M3 money