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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Import duties from US;
- 22% for trucks (including pickups, when the cargo area is more than 50% of the length of the wheelbase)
- 10% for passenger cars (this includes pickup trucks, when the cargo area is less than 50% of the length of the wheelbase)
(of course we pay the same either directly or indirectly for all the BMW SUVs as they are made in the US) |
The latter, 10% or not, the price was not prohibitive. The Mustang was only the same price as a mid-range BMW 3 series.
The pick up looks great and was only a couple of grand more expensive than the Mustang.
If tariffs were slapped on Audi's and BMW's they would start to look much less attractive.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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You can look at it other ways.
The UK is BMW's 4th biggest market
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-of-bmw-group/
The UK is Audi's 4th biggest market
https://www.best-selling-cars.com/br...les-worldwide/
The UK is the 4th Biggest Market for Mercedes Benz
https://www.statista.com/outlook/100...-globalRevenue
You see the pattern?
Regardless of export volumes back and forth. The UK is the 4th biggest market for German cars and slapping tarriffs on them would hurt them.