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Originally Posted by GeriFix
Falling US dollar ... pffft
The price of the M3 in Australia is $157,000 AUD (this includes a "luxury car tax").
On current exchange rates:
157,000.00 AUD = 143,878.30 USD
How'd you like to be doing your sums on that price?
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Ouch. If I've ever seen justification for importing a "grey market" car, that sounds like it. You won't have a warranty, and will have to deal with transport, but I'd say that's worth getting a car for 40-50% off. This was common practice in the U.S. in the '70s and '80s before foreign makes like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche had strong distribution networks in the U.S., and the dollar was a lot stronger against the Lira and Deutsche Marke. Tons of Porsches from those years were brought in by people besides Porsche of North America.