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Old 12-27-2011, 03:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
tinduck
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EcoBus - '09 VW Multivan SL TDI 103 KW
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Originally Posted by pete c View Post
so, we should be happy that our smallest cars have power everything and AC whether we want it or not? and, of course it costs a lot more and gets 40% lower FE?

yeah, i'm thrilled to death.
I seriously doubt that cars in the US cost nearly as much as you have to pay for them in Germany. European re-imports are quite a business here because in Germany everything beside food and drink is ridiculously expensive compared to other EU countries, let alone the US of A.

Best example (OK, not a car) is apple... a gizmo that costs 499 USD in the US costs 499 Euros in Europe. Go research the exchange rate.

so long,

tinduck
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