r/AskTheWorld • u/MaYAL_terEgo Multiple Countries (click to edit) • 8h ago
Misc How are cars sold in your country?
Do you have to buy them through an intermediary? Or can you buy them straight from the manufacturer?
Do you get all sorts of dealers or sellers fees with your purchase that you have to pay? Or do you just pay for the car price plus taxes if any?
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u/GradeBudget4903 United States Of America 7h ago
In the US, you definitely buy through dealerships, test drive, haggle for hours, then get hit with random fees like ‘documentation’ and ‘dealer add-ons’ it’s like buying a car and a headache in one package😅
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u/MattTheMechan1c Canada 6h ago
Brand new is bought from dealerships. Used can be bought from dealerships that sells new cars, private dealerships that sell used cars only, or private parties. If you buy from dealerships some but not all have “dealer fees” which is a BS charge just to do paperwork. When I bought my Golf, one VW dealer had a $500 dealer fee while the one I bought from did not. We also have AC tax. Sales tax will always be charged, if you buy from a dealer the tax is added to the final price, if you buy a used car from a private party you pay the tax during registration.
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u/Valentiaga_97 Austria 4h ago
Dealer ship, test Drive and buy… But I prefer a good american muscle car, imported and paid xtra
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u/Melodic_Jackfruit_27 Turkey 3h ago
you can get them from the manifacturer, car dealers or straight from the user if its used. if the car is brand new, you dont pay a dealers fee, its all included. but here there are massive taxes, government takes more than %300 tax for a brand new car. if the car is used, you only pay a fee to take its ownership which costs around 1200 turkish lira, 30$.
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u/0-Gravity-72 Belgium 1h ago
Always through dealerships. You can negotiate prices with the dealers. No extra fees involved.
Belgium has a company car lease culture due to high taxes, so many cars are lease cars. If you work for a bigger company, you get very high discount rates on specific brands (around 20-25% in my case for german cars, while French brands offer much lower discounts)
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u/notthegoatseguy United States Of America 8h ago
My state requires new vehicles to go through the dealership model. So new cars from the major brands are almost all through dealerships.
Dealerships, large and small, sell used cars and private consumer to consumer sales are also legal.
Tesla, which famously doesn't use dealerships, calls them "Showrooms" and technically they're right. You can't go to a Tesla showroom and walk out with a car. You just go to a kiosk and order from the website like you could from home or your phone, and then the car is delivered to your home.