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(02-04-2011, 05:41 PM)OAC_Sparky Wrote: Yeah but Ken, they don't sell the sedan in Europe; that means that their entry-level Focus is the hatch that sells for £13,170 + VAT= £15,995 THAT one sells here for $20,000 + 1500 delivery + 13% HST (base) = $24,295. So (without knowing the price of the new RS) using the 160% differential that would ring in at $39,000, which is sticker for a Mustang GT.

Not sure if the lineup would be as long as you think. I know, I was waiting to lineup and got tired of waiting.

True Mat about the sedan / hatch thing ... but OTH the hatch starts at the SE trim level whereas the sedan starts at S - and that's most of the price differential. Here the SE sedan is only a grand less than the hatch.

And yes the inclusion of delivery and the VAT does skew my numbers somewhat, but having said that - even if you strip out the delivery and taxes, the base sedan in the UK is still 4,000 more than it is here in comparable Canadian dollars.

So I think my overall point is still valid, which is to say that we shouldn't use the European pricing model to try and determine the possible price of the same car built in NA. Ford can do a lot in terms of series content and option selection to vary the ultimate MSRP, not to mention the more arbitrary decisions they can make with respect to volume profitability.

Perhaps comparing to Mexico is better (and also serves to weaken my point LOL) but in Mexico at today's exchange rate a 2011 Focus RS costs 36K (not sure if that includes taxes and delivery tho) ... which is about 180% of the cost of the base 5-door hatch.