Europe Pricing Rumour

[Abflug]

as this source says, the pricing in Europe should be 17.000 € which would be dreamlike... http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Toyota-FR-S-Info.html

[Dark]

I don't think it's about 17K Euro. Too cheap, even for a base model. About 18-19K Euro is my guess.

[Matador]

The kinds of taxes they charge over there may make Toyota price it a littler lower to keep it in the price bracket they want?

[Abflug]

maybe FR-S is getting cheaper?!

http://www.play-auto.net/2010/06/toy...-models-by-30/

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by TomGT

maybe FR-S is getting cheaper?!

http://www.play-auto.net/2010/06/toy...-models-by-30/

30% price drop??? That's freakin' insane!!!

[Matador]

As long as the quality, reliability and durability don't skydive with it I'm cool. Otherwise, keep your 30% for China market vehicles.

[Dark]

It was announced last year. They have been using cost cutting method almost 3 years already. I just hope they spend more on their cars' interior materials.

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Dark

It was announced last year. They have been using cost cutting method almost 3 years already. I just hope they spend more on their cars' interior materials.

I think I remember reading something about that indeed.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1

As long as the quality, reliability and durability don't skydive with it I'm cool. Otherwise, keep your 30% for China market vehicles.

Yeah, I read through more in-depth and it looks like just the emerging markets are the target of that drop. Too bad.

[Abflug]

Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1

As long as the quality, reliability and durability don't skydive with it I'm cool. Otherwise, keep your 30% for China market vehicles.

the chinese car market is booming as hell at the moment!

Daimler, BMW and AUDI have to do extra shift works (is it the right word?!) and even have to cancel summer vacation because of that extremly growing demand for luxury or high priced cars in china!!!

I think they can afford 30%.

[bigbcraig]

Part of me wonders if this article is still accurate... I remember reading an article about a Mr. Toyoda speech about how Toyota had grown too fast and too aggressively cost-cut to keep up 'The Toyota Way', and that that's what had caused (a) the big influx of recalls finally catching up to Toyota and (b) the blandness of all of their cars.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by bigbcraig

Part of me wonders if this article is still accurate... I remember reading an article about a Mr. Toyoda speech about how Toyota had grown too fast and too aggressively cost-cut to keep up 'The Toyota Way', and that that's what had caused (a) the big influx of recalls finally catching up to Toyota and (b) the blandness of all of their cars.

Part of their problem in the emerging markets, in my opinion anyways, is that the Korean cars don't suck total balls anymore. They are doing what the Japanese did in the 70's and 80's, adding lots of content for low cost and steadily improving quality. If Toyota enjoyed the quality gap of the mid to late 90's compared to the Koreans, they could reasonably justify the 30% price difference.