Astronomical Car Prices In Singapore Will Literally Make You Laugh Out Loud
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With mile upon mile of open highway separating North America’s east and west coasts, Yanks routinely find it difficult to comprehend how small Europe - let alone the UK - is in comparison to their massive nation.
If the UK is considered small, then Singapore is truly microscopic: much smaller than London in fact. And yet, it’s the world’s fourth-leading financial centre behind London, New York and Hong Kong; its port is one of the five busiest globally and its people enjoy the third highest per-capita income anywhere in the world.
And this has what to do with cars? Well, Singapore has a bit of a traffic problem. Recognizing its small size and industrious population, since the 1970s the incumbent government has been trying to limit the effects of increasing car ownership...by taxing new car buyers to hell. Here, in no particular order, are ten cars with sky-high prices (including taxes, converted from Singapore Dollars) you simply won’t believe….
BMW M135i - £128,885
UK Price - £31,100Ford Focus ST - £90,286
UK Price - £21,995Mercedes SLS AMG - £520,600
UK Price - £168,485Mazda MX5 - £99,222
UK Price - £18,495Suzuki Swift Sport - £57,914
UK Price - £13,749Ferrari 458 Spider - £674,193
UK Price - £198,971Hyundai Veloster Turbo - £65,800
UK Price - £22,120Audi R8 V8 - £372,973
UK Price - £92,710Mini Paceman - £112,174
UK Price - £24,920Jaguar F-Type V8S - £250,668
UK Price - £79,985Would you pay £100k for an MX5? Sound off in the comments.
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