How South Africa’s car prices compare to Brazil, Germany, and Japan

[TopAuto]

How South Africa’s car prices compare to Brazil, Germany, and Japan

South Africans do not always pay more for new cars when compared to international markets.

 

[Ϲhristopher]

This borders on meaningless when you don't take purchasing power into account.

 

[PhireSide]

I will say, at least we don't have those 'market adjustment' costs that the USA seems to have on their new models.

I saw one dealer on Reddit add $5k to a Toyota RAV4 - R77'000 just because of demand at the moment. Another was a G-wagen that was listed for $183k, and ended up having another $150k tacked on. R2.3m added on, just due to market demand. It's mental.

I think it must be a nice time to be a car salesman in the states.

 

[Grubscrew]

Reference this against the big mac index if you want to be scientific.

 

[genetic]

This borders on meaningless when you don't take purchasing power into account.

Our purchasing power is higher than those of other BRIC countries.

South Africa vs BRIC countries – average salaries, GDP and unemployment compared

South Africa tends to be the outlier in the BRICS collective, being the smallest country (in terms of GDP) among its partners in the initiative.

businesstech.co.za

 

[Leo_]

I don’t trust TopAuto journalists.

I wonder if they are comparing vehicles like for like?

Take the Polo for example - it starts with 1.0 naturally aspirated engine in Europe. In South Africa our entry level is a 1.0 TSI. This might account for the higher price locally.