UK-US pricing differential for Audi's

[paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan)]

From: quinn@hns.com

>Summing the options & standard
>equipment on my car vs. the equiv in the UK, you get an amazing
>67% cost difference:

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>P.S.  I apologise for any depression I may have caused our UK
>readers!

Don't worry about it.  You didn't cause the depression.  Our esteemed 
government and greedy car manufacturers are responsible for our mental 
health.  The amazing thing is that in some european countries (Ireland for 
example), cars cost even more.

The only good thing about the UK is that large Audis depreciate like a stone 
 - a couple of months ago I bought a good condition 1989 Audi 100 2.2E Avant 
with 115kmiles for GBP2500.  It needs a couple of hundred spent on it to 
sort out some small niggles, but that is great value.  According to books of 
second-hand prices, a 2litre VW Passat (Dasher?) would cost slightly more 
and a VW Polo (you probably don't see many of these mini cars in the US) 
 would cost a couple of hundred less!

Paul
paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
1984 Audi 80 quattro
1989 Audi 100 Avant