Wednesday 25 March 2009

This Will Work,

over here in Thailand this is a well known fact,
if you have half the number of customers double the price to the ones you still have, that way you keep making the same amount of money, well in a case of that will work, Ford UK from the 1st of April are doing just that, a Ford Focus Coupe Cabriolet will rise in price by £1000, market-leader Ford started the ball rolling yesterday by announcing an average 3.75 per cent price rise on its cars from April 1, which comes hard on the heels of a 4.75 per cent rise on February 1, a Ford Focus Coupè Cabriolet will rise in price by £1,000 to £19,800, while a Ford Fiesta three-door Studio 1.35 will rise by £800 to £9,995, a Ford Mondeo will rise by £900 to £22,190, a Kuga by £800 to £19,790 and a Galaxy by £900 to £22,190, including the earlier price rise, it means that some of Ford's prices will have increased by about £2,000 in just two months,
within hours Vauxhall confirmed that it too was putting up its prices from April 3 by an average of 4 per cent - on top of a 4.9 per cent rise last month, a Vauxhall Insignia 1.8 Sri will increase by £715 to £19,680 and an Astra 1.4 Club rises £735 to £15,945, I have always said that car companies rip off the UK public when it comes to buying new cars, so for me if I want a new car in the UK I will wait fro the Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the world, was launched yesterday with an asking price of just £1,390,
but wait, here's the rub, if you want to buy a Tata Nano at £1,390 in the UK it will cost a staggering £4,500! how about that for the British motorist being ripped off yet again? of course the reason given is a better spec and EU emission laws, which is a joke as the model as sold in India has low carbon dioxide emissions of less than 100 grams per kilometre, which is lower than the petrol-electric hybrid Toyota Pirus, wait a minute that is over THREE times the cost of the basic car! oh well we British car buyers get shafted yet again!

buy this Nano in India and get 3 for the price of 1 and get change back as well!

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