EU CAR PRICE GAPS REMAIN WIDE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
March 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN, in LondonYOU think the European Union (EU) is like the US - one big uniform market where prices are roughly the same wherever you buy? It is after all, legally and officially named the 'Single European Market'. Think again.Where new cars are concerned there's so much variation in prices between the 27 EU member countries that you'd think they never even talk to each other, let alone that they're members of the same economic and political entity. A just-published report by the European Commission on new car prices before tax as at November last ...
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