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Old 07-26-2012, 06:59 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by jarviz View Post
Nobody's that ignorant to think Germany doesn't make the best cars. I never said they don't make nice cars or drive nice cars. I've been to europe and all I'm saying is a lot of their streets are dominated by small sedans like the fiats and peugots. streets are tiny there and they have some of the tightest parking spots ever. Not everybody is gonna drive their 7 series or s-class to pick up groceries. The cars they make that have a lot of HP come as a whole package as either luxury (like the audis or bmws) or as high-end sports car like their lambos/ferarris. They probably look at our chargers and see just the HP, since that's all our muscle cars really are.
Europe also has some crazy taxes on cars. Cars can be taxed by emissions, power or displacement depending on the country. It makes having a mustang gt (costs like $60k in Germany) comparable to a cayman s in some countries there which is just crazy.
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