[Chris55]

Originally Posted by Chris55

I agree as long as you are paying cash or buying a cheep one. If you want a lease or loan to buy it, you can forget about it. Anyway I personally get it a lot cheaper because of where my wife works

In addition there is a new CO2 tax in effect on all cars purchased on 1 July or after and that same tax will be recalculated for all cars considered "direct import" (purchased by particulars across the border and brought in. Of course this tax has nothing to do with CO2 but has more to do with stopping people from buying in Germany, France etc.

Items in Switzerland are, marked up anywhere from 30% to 200% higher as reported in the K-Tip magazine. On weekends there is an exodus of Swiss crossing the border to buy everything from toilet paper to furniture, and the shop parking lots have nothing but Swiss registered cars in them. I know, I live about 8 Km from the border.