It's been discussed a lot on the news here how ridiculous the import tax for used cars is. Basically if I wanted to import a reasonably priced German car from Germany I'd have to pay something close to 40 % in taxes. That's one of the many reasons why so many Finns drive such crappy old cars. The average age of cars currently being used here was 10,5 years just last year.
Like I've heard a thousand times "Cars in Finland are the cheapest in the world"
I don't know, might be true. Companies apparently sell their cars to our dealers cheaper because of the high taxes. Just to keep new cars affordable.
