SammyD Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 New Dodge DemonRuns a 9.65sec 1/4 mile straight out of the box. This thing is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond911 Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 Beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 All that for around $90K USD, plus dealer profiteering, so ripped when it comes to cars in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 yeh agree mate we get absolutely raped on car prices in this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 The rip off is mainly the:-1 Luxury car tax (33% on price of over 57000 (approx)2 GST3. Stamp dutyFor instance, on a 450K car in Victoria, thats 22K stamp duty, 31K GST and wait for it .... 83K LCT.Sure, if you can pay the freight you can carry the tax load but it does show you that fully nearly 35% of the car in that example goes to The Revenue.A more "real world" example. On a car thats 100K on the road, you're still paying around 16K in tax and duties.I'm not crying a river for the dealers either here but everyone's entitled to make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 Yeh it is pretty much the same in NSW ...............what blows my mind is a new GT3 in the U.S is $130k base price ,,,,and here in Sydney $330K ...........Government out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 15April, 2017 Report Share Posted 15April, 2017 It would be slightly more acceptable if the taxes were on the base price, but they are not, it's cumulative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 It is criminal .................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 ANCAP safety rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 The engine is in the wrong end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 How well will it go around corners though. I think what they went for with the Viper ACR is a much better concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 Yeh it is pretty much the same in NSW ...............what blows my mind is a new GT3 in the U.S is $130k base price ,,,,and here in Sydney $330K ...........Government out of control this is the bans against parallel imports and new LHD cars. Govt gives manufacturers a legal monopoly on distribution, so the manufacturers take full advanatage. Yes, taxes are a big chunk but even if you add all the taxes to the U.S. Base price still nowhere near the full amount.australia has a lot of manufacturer owned dealers...they know it's a good wicket.The solution is to lift the ban on parallel imports and allow new LHD cars to be registered. The difference would disappear quickly. There is no longer a local industry to protect, and the government would actually get more tax revenue from higher sales.there was legislation drafted to do this but it seems to have died from industry pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted 16April, 2017 Report Share Posted 16April, 2017 How well will it go around corners though. I think what they went for with the Viper ACR is a much better concept.Or. http://www.maxim.com/rides/transam-worldwide-455-super-duty-2017-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 17April, 2017 Report Share Posted 17April, 2017 this is the bans against parallel imports and new LHD cars. Govt gives manufacturers a legal monopoly on distribution, so the manufacturers take full advanatage. Yes, taxes are a big chunk but even if you add all the taxes to the U.S. Base price still nowhere near the full amount.australia has a lot of manufacturer owned dealers...they know it's a good wicket.The solution is to lift the ban on parallel imports and allow new LHD cars to be registered. The difference would disappear quickly. There is no longer a local industry to protect, and the government would actually get more tax revenue from higher sales.there was legislation drafted to do this but it seems to have died from industry pressure.If they did allow the parrallel imports in you could bet that the government would just tax them just as highly also .any excuse is used to take more from the working public.......The cost of living in Australia is just out of control ,,I really do get frustrated when I read Skidmarks post I quote For instance, on a 450K car in Victoria, thats 22K stamp duty, 31K GST and wait for it .... 83K LCT..........That is a large sum of tax to be giving to the criminals down in Canberra,,I know that we just have to accept it because that is just the way it is but you have to wonder about the amount Tax the government is raking in and the dick heads still can,t balance there books ,let alone do something positive for the nations tax payers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 17April, 2017 Report Share Posted 17April, 2017 You don't need to go the states for that sort of performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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