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Originally Posted by logiclee
Taxes in Norway are really high.
A UK advisory body is looking at increasing taxes on new cars and doing away with our yearly road tax. Just an excuse for more tax in my opinion.
Also noticed that 0-62mph/0-100kph times on the auto's differ from country to country.
Cheers
Lee
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Ok, this will be some more off topic. But I made this list earlier this year. Prices in EU. Aygo is basically the cheapest car we can buy, and GT86 is the cheapest proper sports car we can buy.
Price difference between Toyota Aygo and Toyota GT86.
Sweden (SEK): 101.900 vs 304.900=
3
United K. (GBP): 7999 vs 24999 = 3,1
France (euro): 9.400 vs 29.900 = 3,2
Germany (euro): 8.990 vs 29.990 = 3,3
Norway (nok): 131.400 vs 459.000= 3,5
Iceland (isk) 2.195.000 vs 8.090.000 = 3,7
Finland (euro): 10.844 vs 46.624 = 4,3
Netherlands (euro): 7.990 vs 39.990= 5
Denmark (dkk): 79.990 vs 539.997 =
6,7
Prices translated into USD - (Highest GT86 price last)
Germany :10903 vs
36371
France : 11400 vs 36371
United k.: 12384 vs 38705
Sweden: 14631 vs 43778
Netherlands:
9690 vs 48499
Finland : 13151 vs 56545
Iceland : 17057 vs 62867
Norway:
21648 vs 75620
Denmark:13074 vs
88263
Price difference between Aygo and GT86 in USD
France:
24971
Germany: 25468
United k.: 26321
Sweden: 29147
Netherlands: 38809
Finland: 43394
Iceland 45810
Norway: 53972
Denmark:
75189
Luckily, our paycheck is much higher than in the UK. But a brand new M135I will only be a dream car for most of us. And the "affordable" GT86 is pretty expensive here due to taxes..
So, basically if we Norwegians want to buy a fun car, most of us will not afford new cars with bigger engines. That is why we need to drive like Petter Solberg when roads are slippery so that we can have some fun in the corners
(a little exaggeration there)
Straight line speed/fun is very limited with the average car in Norway since HP is pretty low. And you will also endanger people, risk extreme tickets and easily loose your licence by speeding...
That is why I aim to optimize fun in corners. And a limited slip diff will help with that!
If they produced low grip performance tires I would buy that too!