You can spot the whingey remoaners a mile off, it doesn't even register to them the word GROWTH. Even leaving the eu we will still continue GROWTH. They are not even disputing we will continue to have GROWTH you can see why the samaritans are being kept busy
How did you come up with the prices? All dealers that I have contacted still don't know about pricing ?
Here in US nobody has an idea of pricing yet, which makes it strange that your dealer would know?? They said prices have not yet come out from Ducati. Kind of question those prices..
Those are the prices. They were published at EICMA. Fact. Ps. Despite what Trump thinks the USA is NOT the centre of the universe.
Lets not get into the Trump topic. That guy is an idiot.. How do those prices translate here in the US. I did a currency conversion, but it seems high ?? Hyper 950 sp as an example.. 13895 EUR = 17952.34 USD MSRP was $16295 on the 2018. That is a big increase. Dealers here say US prices have not been determined. Not sure, I guess the pricing will be different than the actual conversion ?
I’m sure Ducati won’t just take the UK prices and convert it using the currency exchange rate. They’ll take into account USA market conditions and demographics to decide the selling price points. However FYI here are the UK prices - https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesoci...ank-folder-keep-empty/ducati-2019-model-range
Thanks guy's.. I was getting a little nervous there. Hell, I was about to pull the Trump card "The world is against us!!".
This may well be so , but it’s usually not an exact science. I agree with ET’s previous post, they are a business trying to maximise profits in a relatively small market ( whole motorcycle industry) & therefore look at market conditions & demographic. When trading in foreign markets, manufacturers do not necessarily make the same margin on a product in each country based solely on cost at source & exchange rate. When rolls Royce Royce motors were at the height of sales in China, they simply had cardboard cutouts of the cars in dealers because of demand, therefore the retail price was significantly higher than the exchange rate & local taxes. Walk into a Suzuki showroom in virtually any country & you get a hefty discount & a blowjob.
Currency exchange has always been the ability to take the piss. Apple's latest and most expense iphone in the U.S. iphone xs in silver and 64gb in the states $1,099, meaning in the U.K. it should be £847 however all they do is swap the dollar sign for the pound sign so we end up paying £1,099 That said, often the price shown in the states is price, plus taxes which vary state by state so sometimes the them and us prices are misleading. On what would be considered luxury items the main price index is based on, what is the maximum we can charge these dumb fucks with more money than sense?
No that is the UK..... We earn much less than the USA in UK and pay more for the cars and bikes than USA despite them being made outside USA... go figure... We pay much higher taxes.... The upside - better social service / coverage and healthcare free...
two guys in my workshop moved back from canada after realizing the mega wage wasnt so mega after they had payed for this and that.
I think they price things higher knowing that the majority of people Will Just stick it on some lease scenario and only be interested in the monthly payment. Not a fan of finance myself
Suppose shit is cheaper in America because its a bigger market. Do they know Ducati is built in China