purchase price alone is probably most you know to get europeans buying there are a whole lot of hidden rules before you can get yourself in the driving seat of an american car. these cars have just arrived from the u.s. but before they can clear customs and bring up and their brake fluid needs to be removed it s considered toxic waste in the e.u. taking the liquid out costs two hundred euros per car and it s not the only expense when importing u.s. vehicles. as it once you ve got the maritime transport with all its cost packing unpacking handling customs clearance then you have a ten percent levy on the purchase price and the maritime transport and then nineteen percent value added tax on that total price plus the retrofitting. friedrich count often lived in the u.s. for years and has close connections to car dealers his company doesn t only handle new cars but also classic models for enthusiastic if the paperwork is ok importing
toxic waste in the e.u. taking the liquid out costs two hundred euros per car and it s not the only expense when importing u.s. vehicles. and as it once you ve got the maritime transport with all its cost packing unpacking handling customs clearance then you have a ten percent levy on the purchase price and the maritime transport and then one thousand percent value added tax on that total price plus the retrofitting. friederich count often lived in the u.s. for years and has close connections to car dealers his company doesn t only handle new cars but also classic models for enthusiastic if the paperwork is ok importing them is no problem. but some years we have forty percent new cars sometimes sixty percent the rest is from ex-pats or used cars. the small firm imports about one thousand cars per year the vehicles have to be retrofitted to comply with the
them is no problem. some years we have forty percent new cars sometimes sixty percent the rest is from ex-pats or used cars. the small firm imports about one thousand cars per year the vehicles have to be retrofitted to comply with the regulations so they can pass technical inspection. to us cars often lack fond lamps and separate yellow turn lights moreover there can be no yellow blue or red lights in the front of the car. and i think these stripes still had yellow lights this morning i had to take them out it s not allowed in germany parking lights always have to be white. the retrofit can be tricky the company even developed its own switching relay to make american and european technology more compatible most u.s. carmakers don t have the european market in mind in germany the best selling
regulations so they can pass technical inspection. us cars often lack fond lamps and separate yellow turn lights moreover there can be no yellow blue or red lights in the front of the car. i think of these stripes still had yellow lights this morning i had to take them out it s not allowed in germany parking lights always have to be white. the retrofit can be tricky the company even developed its own switching relay to make american and european technology more compatible most u.s. carmakers don t have the european market in mind in germany the best selling american car is the ford mustang which is still a nice product. and today a german car with a v eight motor costs at least one hundred thousand euros my guess is that the v. eight ford mustang costs about forty five thousand euros that s a huge difference. and believes neither the one thousand euro retrofit nor the ten
be scrapped the thing is dropping the purchase price alone is probably not enough to get europeans buying there are a whole lot of hidden hurdles before you can get yourself in the driving seat of an american car they are a few. these cars have just arrived from the u.s. but before they can clear customs and bring in their brake fluid needs to be removed it s considered toxic waste in the e.u. taking the liquid out costs two hundred euros per car and it s not the only expense when importing u.s. vehicles. as it as it runs you ve got the maritime transport with all its costs packing unpacking handling customs clearance then you have a ten percent levy on the purchase price and the maritime transport and then nineteen percent value added tax on that total price plus the retrofitting. friederich count often lived in the us for years and has close connections to car