Quote Originally Posted by Quiggs
But something like 17 or 18% of the price of a new car is taxes in Germany. Is that just for cars, or all products?

I just looked it up, and the Mk4 R's MSRP was $26,000-28,000 depending on options, but a lot of dealers had mark up on them into the low $30's. The Mk5 R is expected to come in at around $31,000 in the US.
NOT positive on Germany, there are somtimes additional taxes for cars.

BUT that sounds about the right level for Value-Added-Tax ( Europes equivalent of sales tax )