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Another thing mentioned was in the USA Honda can take the losses they had on the Insight and use it as a deduction on the profits they had on their other cars. That is a deduction on some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. I have no idea what rules are in place in Australia but isn't it possible that there were no tax advantages in taking a loss their or their corporate tax rates are low enough to preclude the need to try and skate around them? Hence the price the G1 sold at in Australia was the price needed to be profitable. As long as we are just throwing out ideas here.
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