krio

Funny: From a source of Autocar.ua, I have read that, Ukraine now is not only famous in Europe for buying (with Russia) more Mercedes S and Mayback than Germany, but for another reason: it seems that EVEN if there is not official dealers of Acura in Europe, the demand of the MDX was SO great in this country during the 2007 and beginning 2008, that the MDX were sold MORE than the everytime best selling X5 and Q7 (officially sold of course) that were second and third!!
The demand is so big, that many dealers (grey dealers) refuses selling them because from the USA the offer is very limited... and clients have to wait 5-6 months for getting their MDX...

iforyou

iTrader: (1)

wow, that's great to hear. People there sure know what a good SUV is

biker

The Escalade of Eastern Europe - the well off need their bling.

BENDER08

i was offered a partnership with a good friend of mine a few years ago. We where going to start shipping cars from here over the pond and sell them over their. Unfornuatly i didn't have the funds at the time and didn't. Last i heard they are making decent money of the buisness.

krio

I had the same idea with a friend from Florida.
It's a very good business if you have at least half a million $ for beginning.
Many dealers work with 4-5 brand, not more: Lexus, Merc, BMW, Audi, Infiniti, or Cadillac, Crysler, Chevrolet. The Acura's ones are getting more and more popular from the 2007.
Consider: container 2500$, custom 20% VAT, and 15% taxes, the marge for the dealer it's quite good: 20-25% for each car.
Your werhouse has to count not less than 20-25 cars for getting money back.
A car that costs 35.000$ in USA, in Europe can easy costs two times more.
For example getting a BMW X5 4.8 in your werhouse for 100.000$, you sell it for 125.000$ (it's however much more cheaper than the european one in euro).
They offer 3 years of garantee and 50.000 km.
Not bad.

is300eater

to my understanding, the Russians have a thing for the Infiniti FX there as well...
we have a couple members over at the FX forum from Russia... and their FXes are heavily modded

Ruski

Damn crazy Russians... And Ukrainians too...

krio

Yes, the FX was always one of the best selling SUV, but even more the Lexus RX300-330,350...

Ruski

The crazy part is that they usually pay in cash. And the price is about double of what is costs in USA due to the draconian import tariffs.

is300eater

Russians paying cash for double the price? I'm sure it's ALLLL legit Just like the filthy rich Chinese in China:wink:

Trackruner228

iTrader: (1)

Don't they sell very well in the USA as well. I think the Lexus RX outsells it but it outsells the LX, X5, and FX? I might be wrong on that but I think thats been the trend.

Mokos23

MDX is nice, but I don't think I can afford how much gas that thing consumes let alone any huge SUV right now. I think the biggest crossover/suv i would buy would be either an Outlander or Forester.

GrandeInter10

The new MDX is the SEX.

is300eater

GrandeInter10

It was a joke. i was joking. hahahaha i hear scene kids say it all the time. thought i'd give it a shot.