• Brkdncr
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    141 year ago

    The cost to drive on the road is probably about the same as the cost to buy one.

    About 10 years ago a Chevy Malibu had a sticker price of $120k USD, which included registration for 10 years.

    • @Squeak
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      111 year ago

      It’s about $120k USD just for the registration now, depending on the car.

        • @[email protected]
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          181 year ago

          In case you’re serious; in most places in the world, cars are a luxury and taxed as such. In island nation in particular, imports are also very expensive in general and import taxes are most of their revenues.

          TLDR: tax the rich, poor don’t need cars in sane cities.

          • @Blamemeta
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            31 year ago

            Nah, thats mainly just singapore and vietnam.

              • @[email protected]
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                21 year ago

                developing countries always have the highest taxes. i’m not aware of a single developing country that has cheap cars…

        • Brkdncr
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          161 year ago

          Because it’s a small island country and there’s no need for cars. Public transit there is intense. Automated light rail between communities connect to subways that connect to everything. Their buses are great too.

        • @Squeak
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          41 year ago

          They want to limit the number of cars in use in the country. I believe they limit it to around 1M. The price of the tax actually increases/decreases depending on demand to keep the total number around 1M.

      • @clutchmatic
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        31 year ago

        And, after ten years, the car must be scrapped and taken away from Singapore

    • @sw2de3fr4gt
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      51 year ago

      In Hong Kong, the parking spot for a car may cost more than the car itself.