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SA cars overpriced
"); document.write("Fascinating how in all other markets, when demand drops, prices are reduced ...but never in the SA car market. The bottom line is our cars are grossly overpriced, but due to the cosy cartel which has already been found guilty of breaking competition laws, prices stay high and to hell with the customer. When the rand is weak, car prices go up. When the rand is strong, car prices go up. When demand is strong, prices soar. When demand collapses, prices STILL go up. What a screwed-up industry.. Mark"); document.write("
SA car prices
"); document.write("You are so right.South Africans are being ripped off big time when it comes to car prices.. Andrew B. US"); document.write("
Example
"); document.write("Ford Focus 1.6 brand new UK £7995 = R119925
Same car in SA = R174881 nearly R55k dearer? Tim. Tim"); document.write("
2nd hand prices also wonky
"); document.write("Why are SA 2nd-hand car prices ALSO so high, in contrast to EVERY other market in the world? If this doesn't represent prima facie proof of price-fixing in the industry, I dunno what is.
Let's legalise cheap Japanese imports!. Zee"); document.write("
SA Car Prices
"); document.write("It's far worse than we realise. Golf, Merc and BMW manufactured in SA sell cheaper in the export markets than they do here.

Unfortunately it is the workets who will be losing their jobs and not the profiteers. Sean Kelly"); document.write("
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