OK, the example quoted by Fastship was a really lazily researched jobbie.
The engines in the Swiss and UK cars aren't even the same spec. The Swiss paint job is cheaper. Plus, the UK price quoted ignores the £1,250 discount shown on the web site.
This is what you get for copying something from elsewhere on t'interweb rather than writing from your own experience
But yes, cars in the UK are still more expensive than elsewhere in the EU and some of this is down to motor companies screwing the consumer. For once it's not the bad guys in Brussels who are to blame (though they allow the situation to continue). If we decided to change to driving on the right--like Sweden did in 1967--the motor companies wouldn't be able to play this game.
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