47,291: That is the equivalent of €35,402 and 50 cents (sic) in good ol' U.S. dollars at today's exchange rates, and it's what Mercedes-Benz is asking for the new limited production CLA Edition 1 compact sports saloon in base form with a 122PS (120hp) 1.6-liter turbocharged petrol engine in Germany.
If you want the more potent CLA 250 with the same 211PS (208hp) 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four petrol that will be offered in the States for the base model, you'll have to pay €44,625 or about US$59,611! Think about that the next time you say cars have become very expensive in the States…
The Edition 1 models will be limited to one year after the CLA's launch in Germany. They feature special equipment, including an AMG styling kit and wheels, bi-xenon headlamps, lowered sports suspension, sports seats upholstered in leather and black microfibre DINAMICA with yellow stitching and ARTICO man-made leather with yellow stitching for the dashboard.
Exterior color choices for this model include mountain grey, cosmos black, night black, cirrus white and designo polar silver magno.
4 Comments:
That's twice the prize of the USA model.
Riddle me this:
When a European car is sold on the east side of the world ( Asian country's)...it will set you back about 3 times what it will in Europe.
When the car is sold on the west side of the same planet (in the US)...and the same distance from Europe...it is suddenly half the European prize.
What a crooks!
No... you're getting it wrong; it's stupid to compare the prices. If for example you earn 2500€ per month, you won't be paid 3341$ if you do the same job in the US, but (roughly) 2500$ too. So in terms of prices accross the world, 1€ = 1$... You can just profit from the exchange rate if as european you buy something from the states in $, but that's all.
Sorry but does not explain the difference in prizes ... And why would it have anything to do with income? When a Ford f150 is sold in my country ... It sets me back about (yes you can start laughing now) 70.000$! And that's the starting prize. Now that roughly three CLA's in US money.
In relation to income a farmer, making use of a pick-up, would need to earn three times the money he would in the US.
But, as you tell me...he doesn't...it's roughly one dollar for a Euro.
Which seems fair to me.
How come that when I export a car to the states, it becomes cheaper...and when I import from the states...it gets three times more expensive?
It's the same car!
It's the same car but in different countries it means it gets taxed differently. In my country (EU country), the taxes almost double a car's price in almost every model.
US is known for having low taxes in cars, and Europe and some other regions in the world are know for the opposite.
Some Asian and Nordic countries tax cars at super high rates and make them very, very expensive but the biggest chunk of the money is for the government, not for the car maker.
Car prices can't be compared without knowing how much is for the car maker and how much is for the government in each country, so direct currency exchange without knowing the tax rates, is not an indicator of price differences.
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