Wow! The Norwegian section of this forum is almost busy..
We all hate the car taxes!! Not easy keeping track of them since there are so many...
I do not think it will go near the 500k range. Really not hope so.
It should be good equipped at base price. Could not be that much extra for leather seats and the stuff... We are talking about a pretty "simple" Toyota/Subaru here.. Not that much options, and they will probably just make it a base and a premium model.
And we don't pay more then normal VAT on extra equipment.
Im pretty sure the taxes will turn out just as the 2012 prices says and that they start in the beginning of the year. That means a base price of around 400.000 could be realistic.
*again, fingers crossed*