Re: marketing a car in the usa (& elsewhere) - lotus/nissan/alfa

[Jon Pike <jhpike@domain.elided>]

> I suspect that the current GTV and Spider would sell OK too here in the 
> States. I've shown pictures to a lot of people, most think that they 
> are strikingly beautiful. They perform well too, but they would have to 
> sell in $30,000 to $40,000 range to be competitive. The $47,000 price 
> that AutoDelta wants for their re-badged versions only yields a unique 
> looking car, not a car with $50,000 worth of performance.
Got curious,  and went to the British Alfa site,  and a currency 
calculator site..  here's the current
prices on UK cars converted to $USD:

147
$20.6k to $27.9k,  2.0L models w/o Selespeed $24.6k and $25.4k (3 and 5 
door)  
(no 147 GTA price on the site as yet)

156
$22.6k to $35.6k,  2.0L models $27.5k to $31.2k,  2.5L V6 models, 
$31.9k and $35.6k

156 GTA
$41.7k and $43.3k (w/o and with Selespeed)

GTV
$32.2k (high end 2.0) $39.6k (3.0L V6)

Spider
$31.4 and  $35.0k (2.0)  $41.2k  (3.0 V6)

I don't know how close to "actual"  these prices would be,  but it's 
probably an idea..  ( is there markup
for being sold in a non native country?)

Jon
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