Car prices in China

I am no big fan of SUV’s, I think most of them are just expen­sive toys. The Toy­ota FJ Cruiser is a totally dif­fer­ent story though. Now that is a car I could get excited over! I am just slightly wor­ried over the con­sump­tion of the 4L engine… And I under­stand the 2012 model isn’t avail­able in yel­low :-(

This was posted before on Google+.

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser in Yellow

If the US price ($26k) would trans­late to the Chi­nese price (about ¥175k), I might even con­sider sav­ing up and buy­ing one! How­ever, strangely enough a quick search on the inter­net reveals that the price in China is around ¥530k. That is one mas­sive mark-up! I’m not going to spend €65k/$84k on a car that is that bare-bones! That same money buys you a Land Cruiser Prado (sold as Lexus GX460 in some coun­tries) here in China… While they’re build on the same frame, with the same engine, the Prado is much more lux­u­ri­ous.

To put it into per­spec­tive: where in US prices the FJ Cruiser is 60% more expen­sive than the Corolla, in Chi­nese prices it’s 440% more expensive!

What’s going on with car prices in China?

Posted from Bei­jing, Bei­jing, China.

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