Ford raises UK car prices by 4%

[Grinder]

Bear in mind that only half of the £2000 scrappage discount comes from the government, and they still charge VAT on the sale.

With VAT on all but the cheapest cars available at over £1500, even with the scrappage discount the government still nets £500 in tax.

Its a typical Gordon smoke & mirrors trick.

[Fred Bloggs]

do they sell 24K fords?

No, they sell £24K cars with a 40% discount. Maybe now, they'll give a 44% discount.

[Cyberman]

Now the UK government has given a £2000 discount I suppose they can afford to put up prices?

Half of that 2,000 is actually given by the car company. Labour propaganda is obviously working yet again !!

[MrNoMotivation]

I did negotiate a 7K discount on a 24K motor in January with em mind.

do they sell 24K fords?

[The Lone Gunman]

I did negotiate a 7K discount on a 24K motor in January with em mind.

[BrilloPad]

Now the UK government has given a £2000 discount I suppose they can afford to put up prices?

[The Lone Gunman]

So many of their costs are in Euros due to manufacturing in Spain and Germany.

So basically if they had chosen to keep open or expand their plants in the UK they would be racking it in.

Not only have they put hundreds of UK workers on the scrap heap they now want the rest of us to pay extra for the privelidge.

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8116407.stm

That's going to help sales.