CAR PRICES
February 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE INTRODUCTION of the Euro as a retail currency in 12 EU countries at the beginning of the year has done virtually nothing to level out the wide variations in new car prices between them, the European Commission said today (Monday). In Germany for instance, 40 out of 41 models of new cars are 20 per cent more expensive than in at least one other Euro zone market. Cheapest markets in the Euro zone are Spain, Greece and Finland while prices in the UK are still much higher than those in the Euro zone. Brussels said its proposals announced this month ...
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