Out of curiosity, I set out to find the list price for the entry level Prius around the world. Here is what I found: Country Base Price in USD USA USD 22475 22475 UK GBP 17777 35152 Canada CAD 29500 29711 Denmark DKK 388937 76862 Sweden SEK 252900 39623 Norway NOK 272400 42679 Germany EUR 24900 36675 Finland EUR 29950 44113 France EUR 25550 37633 Iceland ISK 2830000 45500 Ireland EUR 30090 44320 Belgium EUR 26000 38294 Spain EUR 24500 36086 Switzerland CHF 38950 34920 Australia AUD 37400 32968 Singapore SGD 92888 64721 New Zealand NZD 43650 33798 South Africa ZAR 269000 39333 I was not able to figure out what the prices are in Japan and China, which would be interesting. Out of the record price of $76862 in Denmark, Toyota and the dealer splits $27577 while the state charges $49285. As we say, buy one car and pay for 3. It must be said though, that the danish entry level model includes VSC, and it's actually a bargain: Prior to a Prius-friendly change in the tax model last year, the price was 10% higher and only a handful was sold. If you have a business and promiss only to use it professionally, AND you don't need rear seats, the price is now a little less than half. And of course, these are list prices. Who knows exactly what dealers can agree to lose.
This is very interesting. Thanks for posting. I am curious. Does the Danish government treat all car purchases like the Prius, i.e. "buy one, pay for three" or is this some sort of import tariff from certain countries? Or what? Thanks. sul
There are no special danish import tariff. All cars are imported and all are taxed equally. I don't know, but there may be a small EU import tariff. That might account for some of the pre-tax price difference relative to the US, although part of that could be due to longer freight distance. There is definitely a pattern in that auto-making countries have lower taxes than those that don't make cars.
Again very interesting. So, are the taxes on other big items, maybe a refrigerator, taxed at that same rate? Or is there a higher rate applied to automobiles in order to discourage their use? Just curious. Thanks. sul
Only cars are taxed that high. There's only the 25% sales tax on (most) everything, but cars have an added tax of 105% for the first 15000$, 180% for the rest; plus/minus charges/rebates for gass-guzzlers/Prius'es, minus rebates for security equipment.
If you included taxes for the Denmark price, wouldn't it make sense to include it for the other countries, too? In Canada, it depends on the province, since each province has its own sales tax (or none in Alberta), and currently the Federal government is giving a rebate for federal tax portion on hybrids. With all assorted charges included, it's $31,025 out the door (actually more - since you get the tax rebate paid back to you, as opposed to not having to pay it first) - value taken from Toyota.ca website. I notice, by the way, that gas prices in Denmark are exceedingly high, too. No wonder your other car is a bicycle^_^
That would take much research. My 22,600 purchase would have been taxed 7% -$1582.00 in New Jersey, but i registered at my other address in south carolina , max car tax caps at $300.00.
Of course, we do. They are high, too. On the up side, Denmark is paying off its public debt, while the US deficit is, well how much per capita ? Oh, and by the way, our unemployment is still rock bottom. We do not have to import oil (for now).
I suspect not all Danish items have quite that much Sales tax on them; it's clearly just to discourage people from owning cars (Singapore apparently does the same thing: huge car sales tax, massive annual registration fees, massive road-user fees...) The NZD figure already includes 12.5% sales tax; there's going to be little to no import tariff on that (some free trade deal a few years ago nixxed import duties on cars. Toyota responded by closing their NZ plant and just shipping in more imports.) Why doesn't America include sales tax on displayed prices? Otherwise; fairly nice list. Interesting to see where the car is more or less.
Probably because the tax rate is different for each state. Some states don't charge tax on car purchases at all.
I was amazed with the high differences with the USA we have in the EU. Here in Spain we pay more than 50% plus. But now I understand that USA listed prices are without taxes. We pay here a 16% general tax plus 7/12% car tax, but this year the Prius has a 0% car tax given its good CO2 rate That's the final push I got to come into the Prius comunity. It looks that the EU basic versions has some equipment the basic USA haven't. BTW In Spain we have a 3 years 100.000 kms. warranty, extendible to 5 years unlimited kms. for 750 $, plus 8 years 160.000 kms. for hybrid system. Is it the same in Denmark? In the USA it seems only 36.000 miles for 3 years. And a lot more cash for extended warranty.
And we can't forget the high social protection in the North European countries. In the USA you are lost without private insurances for everything. Cheers.
We also have 3 years/100.000 km warrenty and 8/160K for the hybrid system. We don't have an option to extend the warranty. The base version in Denmark has ESP, curtain airbags, 16-inch wheels, rear disc brakes, leather-clad steering wheel and the EV button. I paid 15.000 DKK extra to get the smark key system, cruise control, fog lights (for what they are worth) and the CD changer JBL system. I would have liked to get the back-up camera, but it only comes in a package with the park-assist system, which is over 40.000 DKK, and it doesn't even have the CD changer. I would prefer to be able to specify each option separately, even though it would mean having to wait for the car to be built and shipped. I just got mine thursday. I haven't found out exactly when it was built, but I placed the order in late october. Well actually it was changed in early december when the dealer found out that the car they had ordered did not have automatic lights (driving with lights on is required at all times in Denmark). I paid 10.000 DKK below list price.
We also need to keep in mind with these price comparisons that the US dollar is currently in the toilet against most currencies. As an example, the euro costs around $1.48 right now. As recently as 2001, the euro cost less than $1.00 (around 95 cents). So the vehicle costs quoted are about 50% higher than they would be if this comparison had been done 6 or 7 years ago. Steve 2008 Seaside Blue Prius (picking up the car today!)
Well. I can wait till finish the 3 years warranty to see if I need to extend. Not a lot of money but not in a hurry. The Spanish basic Prius has already VSC-TRC, curtain airbags, 16-inch wheels (with 195/55R16 tires), rear disc brakes, leather-clad steering wheel, EV button, the smart key system, cruise control, fog lights and the radio-CD MP3/WMA with aux input system. Optional only the DVD-navigator + Bluetooth + IPA (2000 eur) and the leather seats (1000 eur). And of course the "obligatory" metal paint (350 eur). I've got mine for 23200 eur (34300 $) because it's a stock unit. The list price (as you put it) is 24500 eur (36260 $) And I can get a local gov. help of 3500 eur, because the Prius is a "clean" car. It seems these japs don't break their minds at little markets. As we say here: "Cafe para todos" (Coffee for everybody).
