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Originally Posted by Clueless
Just ran it by a converter (XE.com) out of curiousity:
83,990.00 AUD Australia Dollars = 61,194.90 USD United States Dollars
I don't know how much is reflected into conversions though (like in some countries certain items just run cheaper or more expensive than in the US). Either way, that is a big premium to pay just to get stripes, bluetooth, a different spoiler, bigger tires, and better brakes. The better brakes was the only thing out of the list that even sounded interesting to me, personally.
I think I'll stick with my half-price, stealthier Goat. |
There's little point in trying to equate vehicle costs over different markets - whether the product is gas, cars, a tall skinny latte with extra shots or pharmaceuticals the cost will be whatever the market will bear. That's why the
Economist's reserch departent developed the Big Mac index since this gives a pretty fair indication of the actual cost of living in different cities around the world.
http://www.economist.com/markets/Bigmac/index.cfm
Since this is a limited edition of just a few cars it's going to sell to those who just have to have one and the price will be whatever they will pay. It proabaly won't have much correlation with local prices for junk food, takeout coffee or dog shampoo
