Yes Denmark has the highest purchase car tax in Europe, and the highest VAT. So dealers get rock bottom prices from factories just in order to make cars affordable in Denmark. An exporter/importer pays no Danish taxes if he leave DK within 24 hours.
The exchange rate is completely immaterial. It doesn't matter what the exchange rate is at any one time. Prices adjust in Denmark and in UK all the same.
Of course the exchange rate comes into play if you want to import a car from Denmark!
Sterling is worth less than it has ever been in recent years vs. many
1st world currencies, which has made imported goods expensive - just have to look at the rising prices of Japanese motorbikes to see evidence of it.I do recall a time when it was very profitable to parallel import from northern Europe, but those days are long gone.
No it doesn't! If you pay more for the Danish Kroner, then you also pay more for a car in the UK. Look how car prices have gone up recently in the uk. you hardly get anything worthwhile from new under 20k. The relative advantage of importing from DK is unchanged.
I've just realised that you don't have a clue what a parallel import is and are, once again, having a whinge about sod all.
Yeah right, so how did i manage to personal import my car then?
You seem to be very confused.
If you did a personal / parallel import, the total cost to you in the UK would have been very dependent on the exchange rate - personal imports and the like are largely not worth doing since sterling crashed.
I really don't see how you can discount the effect of exchange rates, as they're the biggest influence on the feasibility of personal / parallel imports.
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