Average Age of GT-R buyer?

[First]

Yea Otakki. Imagine the kind of crap we're taking from the overzealous and greedy government. Its just ridiculous. I just got quoted yesterday by a dealer here a Ferrari 430 Coupe which would cost RM1.6million and F430 Spider RM1.9million. That is roughly USD 600,000! ffs.......

[supracat]

600k USD for a 430 spider!!!!!!!! - these cost about 140k GBP over here i.e. 270k USD at current exhange rate - can you not import one from US or UK???, or are the taxes prohibitive??

[tokyogtr]

luxury tax. before you feel too much sympathy for people in hk, sg, ml and thailand, you should ask them what percentage of their income they pay in income or corporate taxes... the gt-r in hk has about 100% tax on it. but the top level income tax is 15%.... oh, and before anyone says how easy we have it in japan, i pay 50% income tax...

[supracat]

guess its a bit of swiings and roundabouts then - they taketh with one hand and giveth with the other!

top rate of income tax over here is 40% plus we pay vat at 17.5% on just about everything too.

[First]

Originally Posted by supracat

600k USD for a 430 spider!!!!!!!! - these cost about 140k GBP over here i.e. 270k USD at current exhange rate - can you not import one from US or UK???, or are the taxes prohibitive??

It doesn't matter if you import one personally. You will get tax either way. It might be a lot easier on the wallet if its used. But if new, the way around it.

[First]

Income tax here for Malaysia is 28% on the highest bracket which I am paying. And there's 10% service tax and 5% local sales tax for most consumer items that marks up all retail products.

[jamiedon]

Originally Posted by tokyogtr

luxury tax. before you feel too much sympathy for people in hk, sg, ml and thailand, you should ask them what percentage of their income they pay in income or corporate taxes... the gt-r in hk has about 100% tax on it. but the top level income tax is 15%.... oh, and before anyone says how easy we have it in japan, i pay 50% income tax...

Thats true, I live in Singapore and pay max 25% income tax, sales tax (vat) is 7.5%...so obviously a big diff from UK, Tokyo etc.
I did pay equiv 112 quid (299Sing$) for my prem edition R35 with a few extras tho...

[supracat]

we often think the UK motorist gets a hard time but sounds like its pretty much the same wherever you live

[WickedOne513]

26 but wont be buying tell im 28 prob

[otakki]

Originally Posted by tokyogtr

oh, and before anyone says how easy we have it in japan, i pay 50% income tax...

Man, I knew it!... I can never find an answer to it until you mention it. I have always known it must be really high there in Japan, but no one can give me a definite answer. I think everyone there is in such a denial they just don't want to think and calculate how much tax they are paying.

Anyway, it seems like we are all getting raped by the income tax and other various taxes.

[supracat]

and dont forget the petrol taxes too!

[WickedOne513]

how much does it cost in Japan for your license and all? I know that its really expensive.

[TBM]

29...

[tomgtr]

In Netherlands top rate tax is 52 pct. We pay 19 pct VAT + on cars a luxury tax and for the thirsty cars an additional tax. The GTR will cost app 115 K (which is 10 K less than quoted initianally due to lower carbon emission than expected). Our Gasoline prices are the highest in Europe and as a samll extra we pay About 80 Euro a month for road tax. After paying all that at least the roads are in good condition!

[tomgtr]

Amazing, 4 pct between 17-21. Happy I wasn't that fortunate at that age as I would have killed myself for sure in such a car!