On a lark, I when to the Jaguar UK site and configured my F-Type on that site. The total price, if I did everything correctly, was 69,263 pounds which converts to $110,121! My car's sticker price was $79,945 so the same car costs over $30,000 more in the UK. I would have expected the car to be a little less expense over there.

It is interesting that most of the options we get in the US as part of a package are separate options and therefore cost more, in total than the US package.

 

I'm surprised it wasn't even higher, usually high-end cars are closer to being the same in Pounds as in Dollars, so would have expected it to be almost 80K GBP when comparing them. It's a curse of the UK market for some reason.

 

In my country V8 S costs $240K - without any options

 

Is the UK price before or after VAT (tax) ? This tax is charged at 20% on the final list price with options added. It's a lot, isn't it ! Mind you, in the 50s, the old UK Purchase Tax once got to 55%. It gradually came down to 25% in the 60s.

Then once you've bought the car, you have to find the petrol money at £1.37 a litre and the annual vehicle excise duty.

 

I really don't know if the VAT is included or not, but I assume it isn't. How does anyone a nice car in the UK?

 

With difficulty !! Most are bought by businesses for the execs and managers

Most poorer people with First Class taste but only a Standard Class income, wait for depreciation to do its work. The cars can then be picked up quite cheaply. In my case a £45k X350 saloon for £10k with low miles and I'm the 2nd owner.