When you consider the minimum wage, the price gap actually becomes even more ridiculous. For that BMW for example, a Turkish person has to save for over 100 months of minimum wage salary without spending anything. In UK it would be about 10 months. So the price isn't 4 times more in Turkey, actually its 10 times more.
It's the same here in Pakistan!, The prices of cars are almost the same as in Turkiye but the video is an year old and the prices have gone up really high now.
I like these price comparisons. I used to live in Thailand and cars there are similar price to Turkey, but insurance is very cheap and the cost of repairs and servicing is literally a tenth of the UK price. Also depreciation is much less in Thailand. So simple comparisons on just the purchase price do not accurately reflect the actual cost of ownership very well. Having said that, UK and US are the cheapest places in the world for cars.
@@mickandtrudie we drove around quite a lot in Turkey in November and I can say that the fuel price in Turkey is almost identical to Thailand, also the fuel stations seem very similar (excellent) with real attended service which was great.
I knew cars were expensive in Turkey, but this makes even cars in South Africa seem cheap, and that's saying a lot! I would have liked to see the prices of 2 or 3 of the cheapest new cars in Turkey. Thanks for providing valuable information.🌷
I dont think any country beats car prices when it comes to car prices, there is 200-225%+ tax on cars which is unheard of in any decent country , especially in comparison to wages... the cheapest cars ( tofas sahin, and tofas dogan) from 1990s ( its miracle that those are still in one piece ) can cost like 20-30 months of basic wage. As far as brand new cars dont think there is anything less than 150k in liras, which is 5-6 years worth of basic wage.
Even the cheapest costs more than $2000 if it is still working. Hell, 25 year old cars are sold for like $5000 or so, lemme remind you that I'm talking about cars that you could get for free in Europe or US or no more than $500.
Wow, very expensive, didn't realise they were quite that much. Used cars in the UK have increased in value due to lack of new cars coming onto the market this year/last year. Wonder if that has had any impact on Turkish prices too? Good job the Turkish public transport system is so good and there are lots of taxis! Very informative video. Thank you
Public transport in Turkey sucks. Especially in Istanbul, it is very bad. There are only 2 places with the general lines of the metro. The majority of the population rides on this ridiculous thing called Metrobus and there is no such thing as personal space.
I purchased my second hand Toyota Corolla about 4 years ago and paid 25,000 Turkish Lira. A similar car with similar mileage now costs 75,000TL. In theory, my car has made more money than the bank interest on my savings!
I saw from viewing some car sites that cars in Turkey were expensive and we noticed that from our visits to that beautiful country that people seem to keep cars much longer than we do here in the UK. I notice that electric scooters and three wheel vehicles are getting more and more popular each time we visit. Do the same rules about registration apply to those as from what o gather they a vastly cheaper.. Wonderful channel and we never miss an episode...
Because in Turkey there is no selfishness, if you buy a car for yourself you have to buy 2 more for the government and still you need to pay taxes :-) Same applies for smartphones. I think government likes smartphones and cars.
Love video can't wait for supermarket versus market prices ...love turkey great value cars crazy prices pity really because people would buy more newer cars there ..thanks for another great video xxxx from Ireland 🇮🇪
Gece uykum kaçtı bu videoyu gördüm. Sonrasında 6 videonuzu daha izledim. Çok eğlenceli komik esprili bir anlatış şekliniz var. Profesyonel şekilde formatlanip edit edilmiş. Türkiye sıfır araba kalmadı. Sadece lux arabalar kaldi galerilerde. Sizin videolarınızla belki daha çok avrupa' li ,Amerika'li , İngiliz Türkiye' ye yaşamaya gelir. Türkiye çok ucuz ve güzellikler ile dolu bir yer . özellikle emekli insanlar burda sağlık hizmetlerine de kolayca ucuz ulaşabilir. Boşuna soğuk pahalı yağmurlu güneşsiz ülkelerde yasamasinlar . Wellcome to Turkey All
Don’t tell all beauties of Türkiye at once. We won’t be able to find any place to live, if it goes like that. Just keep as a secret how fabulous are our country. Since it is cheap, it is kind of wonderland for foreigners.
Hello uncle Mick and auntie Trudie, hope you're well as you live in my native Turkey and I in your native UK, another useful bit of public information there,i'll be looking forward to your next one about importing classic cars as well, as I always wanted to bring one,of course as and when you can please , many thanks and keep well. Burak
We in the UK complain about the price of cars in here but they are dirt cheap when compared with the prices in Turkey. I was really shocked as I expected prices to be cheaper in Turkey and wages are a lot lower than the UK.
Thank you Mick and Trudi very informative the ppl on low income in turkey will not be able to buy a car that's a shame love your videos and look forward to the next one xx
mick amca. how are ya? i been living in Turkey for years and originally from Australia. I deal with buying selling and renting vehicles. The high enflation rate, the devalue of turkish lira and tax'es are real grab on the throat. love the work you do mate
Nice little video that will make very informative I've been to Turkey many times myself in Fethiye especially and a car's all over turkey are very expensive
Mick and trude first the first I want to say that’s I love ur channel !♥️ the second think I was promise to visit amasya but we are still waiting ! Love u honey ! ♥️
Thank you so much for your videos, it is really helpful for us, we are in Los Angeles, California and we were just in Antalya areas few weeks ago to study moving and retiring there early and this video is help;ing us with another aspect of our decision to move there, and I think car prices are high from what we asked, but we were told that you can buy from outside Turkey as a forigner and bring it in without tax unless you sell it in Turkey. I am not sure if this is right or not
I am an American living in CA and will retire in Turkiye. Married a Turk. Yes, you can bring your car over with no tax. You get a blue license plate indicating a foreign registered car. However, only non-Turks can drive it and you can only sell to non-turkish citizens. However, you can eventually register it and pay the large tax bill and this opens the car to all.
Thank you so much for your reply, that is what I will probably do as well then, it is a much better deal. Loved it there and how cheap it is comparing to LA/ California in general
Minimum wage in Turkey is 2.800 lira (310 $) and more than half of the population earns minimum wage in Turkey... So ıf you live in Turkey you can not buy a car :,)
In your dreams you can not buy car in turkey but if you work a little hard and stop crying like little baby than you can easily buy a car in 2 or 3 years
@@abyss7524 arabadan arabaya değişir. 10bin pound'luk araba burada 30bin pound. Pound kazanan için yine fark var ama 20bin pound'luk farkı dişini sıksa halleder ama pound'u Türk lirasıyla çarpınca çok korkunç bir fark oluşuyor. Asgari ücretlinin de alabileceği araç doğan ve şahin ve dediğin gibi 2 ya da 3 yılda ancak alabiliyor yemeden içmeden. Avrupa'da ise 2,3 aylık maaşınla konforlu kaliteli ikinci el alabiliyorsun. Ve işin kötüsü döviz ve emtiya fiyatları durmadan artacak o zaman tekrar hesap kitap yaparsın.
Its a mix of new car tax and luxury tax, Failing Turkish lira against USD and Euro, rampant inflation and the fact that against the UK, they sell more new cars in one month than turkey does in a whole year. A 2015 golf bought new for 88,000tl but now 6 years old and100,000km is now worth 200,000tl now! However that may sound great, but to replace it with a new 2021 model of the same spec, it will cost 480,000tl.
Thank you for the information - very informative and very much appreciated. It's shocking to see how expensive cars are in Turkey. I guess you have to be super rich to be able to afford one.
Will you please stop complaining 😒 atleast turkey has one of the best public transport system in the world and still if you want to buy car than work hard doesn't matter 1 year or 5 years
@@abyss7524 hard work. Problem is this in England or some Europe countrys. One person do same job with me . Same work same hours and he/ she can buy in 6 months but i can buy in 4,5 years. İ see one car yesterday in google. 6.000 euro in Germany. Same car 100 bin Turkish lira in here. And 4 years ago this CAr was 35.000 this fair ?
@@honormmahighlight1558 not fair but the problems are because of erdogan. He is spending all the government money in libya and Syria. If he leaves in 2023 you will see every thing will become cheaper than Germany.
@@abyss7524 absolutely, but the fact is; %50 of turkish citizens didn't recognize it yet :) they are complaining about taxes, dollar, euro etc... but they continue to support erdogan. it seems a little dumb to me.
@@simasobouti7924 Siz isterseniz bu değerlendirmeyi Türkiye'de yaşayan insanlara bırakın.Bize ne İranda'ki fiatlardan.Biz burada yaşıyoruz ve bizi burası ilgilendirir.İran'da daha pahalı diye teselli mi bulacağız.Ne kadar saçma bir mantık.Ben cebimden çıkan paraya bakarım.Sizin söylediğinize biz de züğürt tesellisi derler.
An interesting video, and the first one of yours I’ve seen! I didn’t know how expensive cars were in Turkey. I think cars in the UK, especially second hand, are cheap than most of the rest of Europe! One thing though, that BMW Z3 was actually a 2000 model. The ‘W’ in the registration being the year of registration signifier, W was from 1/3/2000 to 31/8/2000. The (7)59 is just part of the number plate, an easy mistake to make if you’re not used to the registration system. It was only on 1/9/2001 that the signifier became numbers, starting with ‘51’
You are so sweet. And I watched this video now in 21.6.2023. I have a R 12 Toros which I bought about 2 years ago with price of 29000 TL. Now it is about 130.000 TL. Still have it and have to keep it from all ugly things in the world to make it been driven smoothly. It is precious :) Besides, this situation makes me nervous. I decided to immagrate to any country with my wife and 2 children. Life is harsh here. Australia or Canada or Ireland wherever accepted us. Take care of yourself guys. Greetings from Didim
When we lived in Turkey we found it was better just to Hire a car if we needed to have one. With the wonderful transport system we never needed to Hire very often to be honest. We also had a great neighbour who would often lend us his car😀 Thank you for another informative Video. 🏴🏴🏴
just moved to turkey from the uk after 40 years in motor trade . it took some time to get my head round the prices here but one very good thing is if you bought a car 5 years ago today example renault megane 2007 in 2017 you would have paid 30000 trl about £7000 and today they sell for 100 000 trl about £7000 so other than repairs and running cost 5 years and no loss of value . have just bought 1998 renault 12 no electronics or electric windows parts are on the shelf and dont cost the earth if you have the skill to maintain an mgb then a renault 12 toros should be no problem .also tofas from the same era are a good bet only downside no aircon
@@cornishhh last r12s made in turkey in 2000 dacia made a car based on renault 12 untill 2004 look at some of the videos of the amount of time people spend rebuilding them in turkey. the other day i went to the local car repair area for some service parts for my car and there was a rolling shell with many new panels just outside one of the units waiting to be painted .
fiat egea sedan 0 kilometer goes from 160.000 TL to 200.000 TL. Second hand cars are more expensive in Turkey, generally I am a dealer, I understand more or less from car prices etc.
Hi!I am a big fan of yours,your one of the favourite people I like,I try to watch your videos all the time and I really want to know from where are you both origin from?
Türkiye 'de vergiler o kadar yüksek ki insanlar bırakın araba alıp araba sürmeyi motor bile alamıyor artık benzine gelen zamlar vergiler bitmek bilmeyen zamlar bıktırdı insanları Türkiye 'den
Wow, i am stunned! This is beyond belief! How is it possible to be so expensive? That's not a small difference, but a massive one! Does importing cars for Turkish people make sence or is it still more expensive then if you buy one there?
@@mickandtrudie Is that based on the retail price from abroad or the price Turkey asks? In other words, if you would import a car from the UK like you showed and you have a 1.6 liter engine or smaller you pay 80% based on what? The price you paid in the UK? I am wondering. Thanks for the great video! Subbed as well!
Import or domestic manufactured. All cars have 80-200% "special taxation" before the VAT(18%). Lets say honda civic, ford focus or C class. They all have 1.6 engine, lets say cost of the car is (X+(0.8*X))* 1.18= 2.15X . In other words taxation is more than the car's price. This was just the generic car, if you happen to buy 2liter its 110%~. Real deal starts after 2liter which is usually 220% special tax and it cost around 280% of the car. So you are paying 380K$ for 100K $ car. If you convert 380.000 USD to turkish lira, result is impossible to buy.
@@omercicekk Thanks for you answer. How does it work for used cars when you import it? Is the price of import the price that is listed from the used price, or catalogue?
@@karlos1060 You can't import used cars at all. It has to be classic, at least 50 years old, and it is taxed as if said car costs $35000, even if it is much cheaper.
Cars are already expensive, they put 2-3 times tax on it. The government earns more than it produces. Although the average salary in Turkey is 5000 TL, everyone has more than 200.000 TL vehicles because it has become normal now. Average search on roads. The price is around 400.000TL, that is 35.000 Pounds.
@@akhilpadamata1438 The minimum wage is 2850 TL, that is, 320 dollars. 40% of the population receives this salary. Generally unskilled work. Waitress, cleaner, security person, store sales assistant and many such jobs. If it is a top office in a workplace, that is, people such as marketing manager, sales manager can get an average of 7000TL, while a quality brand can cost more than 15000TL. The salaries of those working in the state are also generally low, but the pension can be almost as much as the salary they receive. Doing your own business is both the most profitable and the most harmful. Getting started is important because it is very difficult. No support. But if you get the job done, you can be considered rich. There are actually a lot of rich people in Turkey, but there are also a lot of poor people. So I think if you earn a salary of more than 30.000 TL, you can live in the world at normal standards.
@@ata5033 problem is there are too much illegal immigrants in turkey now and afghans are even working for 1000 lira per month that is why salaries in private sectors are not increasing and there are illegal immigrants from all over the world in turkey now and the government is doing nothing about it
you did not talk about the annual ownership taxes. I would suggest that you check out the annual taxes on a bmw, mercedes, or an audi. even if you buy one, you will not have money to keep it, not to mention the money you need to fill the tank.
mick amca eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için malesef avrupa ülkelerinde ucuz ama gürcistan azerbaycan almanya bulgaristan polonya bazı ülkeler ucuz ama türkiyede arabalar çok pahalı mick amca kolay gelsin hayırlı işler mutlu yaşamlar mick amca seviliyorsun god bless you....
Abi şimdi oraya pound karşılığını yazmışsın ama bugün için değişmiştir o. Her gün güncelleme yapman lazım :( Bizim TL freni boşalmış kamyon gibi yokuş aşağı iniyor valla
😁 biz ancak videonun sonundaki araba renault toros alabiliriz diğerleri bize fazla lüx, aslında rezillik bir durum ama şimdilik böyle idare edicez inşallah bu pahalılıktan kurtuluruz en kısa zamanda. Mick and Trudie video için teşekkürler.👍
Have to say public transport in Turkey is far better than UK thankfully and cheaper. Haven't missed driving since moving here 13 months ago. Some really bad points though here about driving no offence to the turkish but most shouldn't be behind the wheel. You have to laugh when you see a family of 4 on a scooter or 10 people in a car. The Liberal use of the horn can be looked at 3 ways aggressive or just informing and warning other drivers. Very true about cars holding their prices or even going up. The other point about cars if buying pick the right colour I've noticed a lot of cars losing paint due to the intence heat.
We share some aspects of your life. We live not far from where you are from, and we had houses in Calis, Uzumlu and Kadikoy, on the way to Sakklikent. We bought a brand new Toyota Yaris from the main dealer on the main road near Ciftlik. Can't remember what we paid but I know it wasn't cheap. I only drove a few miles in it, and took it back. I was convinced we had picked up the wrong one. Talk about basic, there were no extras in it at all, and the CVT gearbox was diabolical. Anyway we had to sell up everything and return to the UK in 2017, when my wife developed cancer. Loved our time in Turkey, and really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your lovely video .my question which southern city you suggested to buy a real estate and live for retirement.I need your expertise please
Türkiye İngilizler için gerçekten yaşanabilecek bir yer ucuz ve güzel. Bizim içinse pahalı ama güzel. Araçların pahalı olmasını önemsemeyin kaza yapmazsanız satarken de pahalı satacaksiniz. Türk lirası pounda karşı değer kaybetmeye devam ederse satarken kar bile edebilirsin
Saçma bir mantık. Neden önemsenmesin. 250 dolara araba aliyo Avrupa'da bir insan. Sen 250 TL ile market alışverişi yapınca 2 poşeti doldurup çıkıyorsun. 250 dolarlık 2.el Twingo bizde 37 milyar. İngiltere'de 37 bin birime sıfır Audi aliyorsun
Bize göre önemli onlar açısından bakıyorum. Biz alsak da satsak da çok birim ödüyoruz. Enflasyon ve vergiler karşısında zarar ediyoruz. Onlar bir miktar daha şanslı bu konuda
Yanlış. Kimse "deli" gibi araba almıyor. Tezinizi hiçbir araç satan esnaf doğrulayamaz. Ailede bunu uzun yıllardan bu yana yapan kuzenim var. Araç ticareti yerlerde sürünüyor. (Kalkınma "hızı", nüfus artışı gibi verileri de dikkate alacaksınız) Asağıda Ian Reid adlı yorumcunun gözlemlerini okuduğunuzda anlarsınız. Türkiye'de yaşayan başka bir yabancı (İngiliz?)
Thanks guys love your videos. What if I wanted to take a car from the Uk for private use could I use it or leave it there? And for what time frame ? Thanks in advance 😊
If you don’t have residence you can keep it up to 2 years, but if you leave the country, you must leave it at the customs or take it with you, there’s a lot of red tape and it’s not really cost-effective either. It costs about £1500 to bring a car to Turkey in fuel and tolls. and eventually you’ve got to take it back.
Hi guys great video as usual ,we are coming over at last for the whole of November ,1st week in Antalya then spending 3 weeks driving down cost toward fethiye ,can you recommend a car hire company that have good rates ,regards Dave ps will keep an eye out for you in fethiye
The special consumption tax is only put onto cars when they are brand-new or imported, but the owner of that car when he comes to sell it obviously wants to recoup the money spent on the tax so the price stays high
I noticed you waved two driving licences. I read somewhere that on getting a Turkish licence that you had to surrender your UK one. Is that incorrect or did you find a work around? Alan
Thank you for posting this Mick and Trudie! I didn't know the prices here were that awful. It's almost like we were brainwashed into thinking the prices are normal hahaha. Great video
Thanks for this amazing info. Can you please make a detailed video on how to import a car in Turkey and get it registered permanently? For both Expats and Turkish Citizen.
Bildiğim gerçeklere izleyip şaşırmış gibi yapmaya geldim
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When you consider the minimum wage, the price gap actually becomes even more ridiculous. For that BMW for example, a Turkish person has to save for over 100 months of minimum wage salary without spending anything. In UK it would be about 10 months. So the price isn't 4 times more in Turkey, actually its 10 times more.
That’s very true
You Hit the nail my friend
It's the same here in Pakistan!, The prices of cars are almost the same as in Turkiye but the video is an year old and the prices have gone up really high now.
Biz bunları biliyorduk fakat Mick'den duyunca suratımızın ortasına bir yumruk yemiş gibi olduk. Bizi rüyadan uyandırdığın için mutlu musun Mick! 😊
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Geçmiş olsun 👊
Memleketin ekonomisi kötü durumda politik hataların sonucunu ingilizlerde anladı
@@selitofromingiltere487en azindan sizin kadar kör veya akildan noksan değillerdir 😂
Yarı zamanlı bir video çekmeme yardım etmene ihtiyacım var
Thank you Mick and Trudy. Such good information. I look forward to each of your videos.very informative. Keep up the good work.
I like these price comparisons. I used to live in Thailand and cars there are similar price to Turkey, but insurance is very cheap and the cost of repairs and servicing is literally a tenth of the UK price. Also depreciation is much less in Thailand. So simple comparisons on just the purchase price do not accurately reflect the actual cost of ownership very well. Having said that, UK and US are the cheapest places in the world for cars.
Yes you’re right and the fuel price is a lot less in Turkey too
@@mickandtrudie we drove around quite a lot in Turkey in November and I can say that the fuel price in Turkey is almost identical to Thailand, also the fuel stations seem very similar (excellent) with real attended service which was great.
I knew cars were expensive in Turkey, but this makes even cars in South Africa seem cheap, and that's saying a lot! I would have liked to see the prices of 2 or 3 of the cheapest new cars in Turkey. Thanks for providing valuable information.🌷
İt iş fcking expensivebin Türkey
Do you mean brand-new ones?
I dont think any country beats car prices when it comes to car prices, there is 200-225%+ tax on cars which is unheard of in any decent country , especially in comparison to wages... the cheapest cars ( tofas sahin, and tofas dogan) from 1990s ( its miracle that those are still in one piece ) can cost like 20-30 months of basic wage. As far as brand new cars dont think there is anything less than 150k in liras, which is 5-6 years worth of basic wage.
Even the cheapest costs more than $2000 if it is still working. Hell, 25 year old cars are sold for like $5000 or so, lemme remind you that I'm talking about cars that you could get for free in Europe or US or no more than $500.
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What about iraq or Syria. Better prices? What about buying used in Europe, taking it into turkey. Say 3,000. Euro car. ....
Wow, very expensive, didn't realise they were quite that much. Used cars in the UK have increased in value due to lack of new cars coming onto the market this year/last year. Wonder if that has had any impact on Turkish prices too? Good job the Turkish public transport system is so good and there are lots of taxis! Very informative video. Thank you
That’s a good point, COVID-19 has had an effect on most things
Ye lack of “electronic chips” affecting new cars production
Unfortunately, it affected car prices so badly.
Public transport in Turkey sucks. Especially in Istanbul, it is very bad. There are only 2 places with the general lines of the metro. The majority of the population rides on this ridiculous thing called Metrobus and there is no such thing as personal space.
I purchased my second hand Toyota Corolla about 4 years ago and paid 25,000 Turkish Lira. A similar car with similar mileage now costs 75,000TL. In theory, my car has made more money than the bank interest on my savings!
Congrats! your car is probably worth 700K lira now
@@VaZeek999 I’ve been offered 350.000 TL for it - crazy!
@@steverock4329 Interesting, how long ago was this?
@@VaZeek999 April this year
@@steverock4329=1 Dollar=34.28 Lira =10,210 dollars..I think it's wrong information. It's currently more than 350k. Maybe 700k.😂😂
I saw from viewing some car sites that cars in Turkey were expensive and we noticed that from our visits to that beautiful country that people seem to keep cars much longer than we do here in the UK.
I notice that electric scooters and three wheel vehicles are getting more and more popular each time we visit. Do the same rules about registration apply to those as from what o gather they a vastly cheaper..
Wonderful channel and we never miss an episode...
Because in Turkey there is no selfishness, if you buy a car for yourself you have to buy 2 more for the government and still you need to pay taxes :-) Same applies for smartphones. I think government likes smartphones and cars.
That’s funny but true 🤠🙈
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Love video can't wait for supermarket versus market prices ...love turkey great value cars crazy prices pity really because people would buy more newer cars there ..thanks for another great video xxxx from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you for another informative video. Very interesting and helpful 👍
Well documented and analyzed. Thanks Mick & Trudie.
Gece uykum kaçtı bu videoyu gördüm. Sonrasında 6 videonuzu daha izledim. Çok eğlenceli komik esprili bir anlatış şekliniz var. Profesyonel şekilde formatlanip edit edilmiş. Türkiye sıfır araba kalmadı. Sadece lux arabalar kaldi galerilerde. Sizin videolarınızla belki daha çok avrupa' li ,Amerika'li , İngiliz Türkiye' ye yaşamaya gelir. Türkiye çok ucuz ve güzellikler ile dolu bir yer . özellikle emekli insanlar burda sağlık hizmetlerine de kolayca ucuz ulaşabilir. Boşuna soğuk pahalı yağmurlu güneşsiz ülkelerde yasamasinlar . Wellcome to Turkey All
Don’t tell all beauties of Türkiye at once. We won’t be able to find any place to live, if it goes like that. Just keep as a secret how fabulous are our country. Since it is cheap, it is kind of wonderland for foreigners.
Keep it up you are doing great job you help us alot by showing the market you are the only one who is making such video on turkish cars.
Thanks Muhammad
You are both awesome and such a wonderful couple. Thank you kindly 🙏
Very informative. Had no idea cars were so expensive in Turkey. Great video as always. 👍
Hello uncle Mick and auntie Trudie, hope you're well as you live in my native Turkey and I in your native UK, another useful bit of public information there,i'll be looking forward to your next one about importing classic cars as well, as I always wanted to bring one,of course as and when you can please , many thanks and keep well.
Burak
We in the UK complain about the price of cars in here but they are dirt cheap when compared with the prices in Turkey. I was really shocked as I expected prices to be cheaper in Turkey and wages are a lot lower than the UK.
Thank you Mick and Trudi very informative the ppl on low income in turkey will not be able to buy a car that's a shame love your videos and look forward to the next one xx
Awesome knowledge about Turkey!!!!
Good to see you in Turkey
Very informative, thank you. ♥
I'm looking forward to see you comparing motobikes prices. 😊
Love u 2 the best channel on RUclips to find out about turkey
Mick and Trudie! Great topic. Thanks!
mick amca. how are ya? i been living in Turkey for years and originally from Australia. I deal with buying selling and renting vehicles. The high enflation rate, the devalue of turkish lira and tax'es are real grab on the throat. love the work you do mate
Thanks Mehmet
Nice little video that will make very informative I've been to Turkey many times myself in Fethiye especially and a car's all over turkey are very expensive
Very informative video. The cars in the UK might be cheaper but the insurance is pretty expensive .Your turkish is impressive I must say 👏👏
Another cracking video thanks for sharing and what an eye opener!!
Thank you for your wonderful amd informative videos 🙌🌻🙏
VERY GOOD VIDEOS BRAVO MICK AND TRUDIE !
Uncle Mike is in every aspect of life. Thank you very much for this very valuable video.
Mick and trude first the first I want to say that’s I love ur channel !♥️ the second think I was promise to visit amasya but we are still waiting ! Love u honey ! ♥️
Happy To see your dad here in uk god bless him ☺️
great information keep the vids coming.
Thank you so much for your videos, it is really helpful for us, we are in Los Angeles, California and we were just in Antalya areas few weeks ago to study moving and retiring there early and this video is help;ing us with another aspect of our decision to move there, and I think car prices are high from what we asked, but we were told that you can buy from outside Turkey as a forigner and bring it in without tax unless you sell it in Turkey. I am not sure if this is right or not
I am an American living in CA and will retire in Turkiye. Married a Turk. Yes, you can bring your car over with no tax. You get a blue license plate indicating a foreign registered car. However, only non-Turks can drive it and you can only sell to non-turkish citizens. However, you can eventually register it and pay the large tax bill and this opens the car to all.
Thank you so much for your reply, that is what I will probably do as well then, it is a much better deal. Loved it there and how cheap it is comparing to LA/ California in general
Very interesting and informative video!!
Minimum wage in Turkey is 2.800 lira (310 $) and more than half of the population earns minimum wage in Turkey... So ıf you live in Turkey you can not buy a car :,)
In your dreams you can not buy car in turkey but if you work a little hard and stop crying like little baby than you can easily buy a car in 2 or 3 years
@@abyss7524 You may get a Teneke... with AKP sticker.
@@Trumppower I don't need teneke of akp dogs
@@abyss7524 arabadan arabaya değişir. 10bin pound'luk araba burada 30bin pound. Pound kazanan için yine fark var ama 20bin pound'luk farkı dişini sıksa halleder ama pound'u Türk lirasıyla çarpınca çok korkunç bir fark oluşuyor. Asgari ücretlinin de alabileceği araç doğan ve şahin ve dediğin gibi 2 ya da 3 yılda ancak alabiliyor yemeden içmeden. Avrupa'da ise 2,3 aylık maaşınla konforlu kaliteli ikinci el alabiliyorsun. Ve işin kötüsü döviz ve emtiya fiyatları durmadan artacak o zaman tekrar hesap kitap yaparsın.
Yine çok güzel bir içerik, teşekkürler
Its a mix of new car tax and luxury tax, Failing Turkish lira against USD and Euro, rampant inflation and the fact that against the UK, they sell more new cars in one month than turkey does in a whole year.
A 2015 golf bought new for 88,000tl but now 6 years old and100,000km is now worth 200,000tl now! However that may sound great, but to replace it with a new 2021 model of the same spec, it will cost 480,000tl.
Nicely put 🤠
Sad 😢
Emeğin için çok teşekkür ederiz Mick Amca yeterince bilgilendirici bir video olmuş fakat bu fiyatlarla biz bir müddet daha yaya devam ederiz🙏❤🌸👍
Thank you for the information - very informative and very much appreciated. It's shocking to see how expensive cars are in Turkey. I guess you have to be super rich to be able to afford one.
Keep up the good work. Trudy and Mike
If i want buy one 20 years old car in turkey i must working 1 year for this . If i want buy normal car i can't buy this hurt me 😭
😢
Will you please stop complaining 😒 atleast turkey has one of the best public transport system in the world and still if you want to buy car than work hard doesn't matter 1 year or 5 years
@@abyss7524 hard work. Problem is this in England or some Europe countrys. One person do same job with me . Same work same hours and he/ she can buy in 6 months but i can buy in 4,5 years. İ see one car yesterday in google. 6.000 euro in Germany. Same car 100 bin Turkish lira in here. And 4 years ago this CAr was 35.000 this fair ?
@@honormmahighlight1558 not fair but the problems are because of erdogan. He is spending all the government money in libya and Syria. If he leaves in 2023 you will see every thing will become cheaper than Germany.
@@abyss7524 absolutely, but the fact is; %50 of turkish citizens didn't recognize it yet :) they are complaining about taxes, dollar, euro etc... but they continue to support erdogan. it seems a little dumb to me.
Türkiye'de bir araba kendine bir araba da devlete alıyorsun.
1 araba kendine 3 araba devlete 🥲
@@simasobouti7924 Siz isterseniz bu değerlendirmeyi Türkiye'de yaşayan insanlara bırakın.Bize ne İranda'ki fiatlardan.Biz burada yaşıyoruz ve bizi burası ilgilendirir.İran'da daha pahalı diye teselli mi bulacağız.Ne kadar saçma bir mantık.Ben cebimden çıkan paraya bakarım.Sizin söylediğinize biz de züğürt tesellisi derler.
@@havasugokyuzu4743 haklısınız 🙂 özür dilerim
@@simasobouti7924 Rica ederim.İyi günler dilerim.
Iyi ki kesfettim sizi guzel kiyaslama güzel anlatim 🙂
The biggest problem with car prices in Turkey is that you don't buy just one car.
In fact, you buy two cars for the government and one for yourself.
Great video
An interesting video, and the first one of yours I’ve seen! I didn’t know how expensive cars were in Turkey. I think cars in the UK, especially second hand, are cheap than most of the rest of Europe! One thing though, that BMW Z3 was actually a 2000 model. The ‘W’ in the registration being the year of registration signifier, W was from 1/3/2000 to 31/8/2000. The (7)59 is just part of the number plate, an easy mistake to make if you’re not used to the registration system. It was only on 1/9/2001 that the signifier became numbers, starting with ‘51’
The details where given to me by the car sales guy 🤠🙈
Valla Mick amca benden daha fazla bilgi biliyorsun cok sagol gercekten videolarin hakkini veriyorsun 🙏🙏🧿❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are a wonderful couple and true ambassadors of Turkey unveiling the beauty and potential of Turkey beyond its stereotype
Dear friends, I can't wait for your other new videos, they are always pleasant to watch and very interesting.
Mick Amca Türkçe aksanını baya geliştirmişsin. Aksanın nerdeyde yok gibi. Congrats!
Mick amca çok sevdim sizi be 😊
You are so sweet. And I watched this video now in 21.6.2023. I have a R 12 Toros which I bought about 2 years ago with price of 29000 TL. Now it is about 130.000 TL. Still have it and have to keep it from all ugly things in the world to make it been driven smoothly. It is precious :) Besides, this situation makes me nervous. I decided to immagrate to any country with my wife and 2 children. Life is harsh here. Australia or Canada or Ireland wherever accepted us. Take care of yourself guys. Greetings from Didim
Good luck 🤠
Hi mick and trudie 👍 just saying hi and thanks for sharing this video and information 👍looking forward to seeing your next video soon 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
Thank you so much for charing this ...
If you can do a video comparing the driving etiquette, that should be very interesting. And probably very informative as well.
😂😂🤠
Türkiye'de araba almak çok zor. Hal böyle olunca profil fotoğrafına bile arabamızı koyuyoruz. Bu arada Mick amca ve Trudie teyze çok tatlısınız 😘😘
Great video again! Can you also take a look at scooters and motorcycles in Turkey? Thanks!
When we lived in Turkey we found it was better just to Hire a car if we needed to have one.
With the wonderful transport system we never needed to Hire very often to be honest.
We also had a great neighbour who would often lend us his car😀
Thank you for another informative Video.
🏴🏴🏴
I cover that on the next car video
just moved to turkey from the uk after 40 years in motor trade . it took some time to get my head round the prices here but one very good thing is if you bought a car 5 years ago today example renault megane 2007 in 2017 you would have paid 30000 trl about £7000 and today they sell for 100 000 trl about £7000 so other than repairs and running cost 5 years and no loss of value . have just bought 1998 renault 12 no electronics or electric windows parts are on the shelf and dont cost the earth if you have the skill to maintain an mgb then a renault 12 toros should be no problem .also tofas from the same era are a good bet only downside no aircon
Good point! I've noticed a lot of developing countries follow a similar pattern.
When were the last R12s made in Turkey? I know they were made well into the 1990's in Romania.
@@cornishhh last r12s made in turkey in 2000 dacia made a car based on renault 12 untill 2004 look at some of the videos of the amount of time people spend rebuilding them in turkey. the other day i went to the local car repair area for some service parts for my car and there was a rolling shell with many new panels just outside one of the units waiting to be painted .
It’s really ridiculous the pricing, great video
It would had been interesting to see how much a new car do costs in Turkey. Especially models which are build in Turkey, as like the Fiat Agea.
fiat egea sedan 0 kilometer goes from 160.000 TL to 200.000 TL. Second hand cars are more expensive in Turkey, generally I am a dealer, I understand more or less from car prices etc.
200.000tl=22.000 usa dollar
Interesting.
I've just checked the price range in Germany... Sedan is between 15.000€ to 20.000€. So generally same price.
@@uhrologe2596 Car prices are high in Turkey. I can say that I make a lot of profit as a dealer.
Hi!I am a big fan of yours,your one of the favourite people I like,I try to watch your videos all the time and I really want to know from where are you both origin from?
Türkiye 'de vergiler o kadar yüksek ki insanlar bırakın araba alıp araba sürmeyi motor bile alamıyor artık benzine gelen zamlar vergiler bitmek bilmeyen zamlar bıktırdı insanları Türkiye 'den
Wow, i am stunned! This is beyond belief! How is it possible to be so expensive? That's not a small difference, but a massive one! Does importing cars for Turkish people make sence or is it still more expensive then if you buy one there?
The import tax is 80-220% depending on the car 🚘
@@mickandtrudie
Is that based on the retail price from abroad or the price Turkey asks? In other words, if you would import a car from the UK like you showed and you have a 1.6 liter engine or smaller you pay 80% based on what? The price you paid in the UK? I am wondering. Thanks for the great video! Subbed as well!
Import or domestic manufactured. All cars have 80-200% "special taxation" before the VAT(18%). Lets say honda civic, ford focus or C class. They all have 1.6 engine, lets say cost of the car is (X+(0.8*X))* 1.18= 2.15X . In other words taxation is more than the car's price. This was just the generic car, if you happen to buy 2liter its 110%~. Real deal starts after 2liter which is usually 220% special tax and it cost around 280% of the car. So you are paying 380K$ for 100K $ car. If you convert 380.000 USD to turkish lira, result is impossible to buy.
@@omercicekk
Thanks for you answer. How does it work for used cars when you import it? Is the price of import the price that is listed from the used price, or catalogue?
@@karlos1060 You can't import used cars at all. It has to be classic, at least 50 years old, and it is taxed as if said car costs $35000, even if it is much cheaper.
Dear Mick and Trudie, very informative video! I'm invite Yours to Antalya for another interesting videos for this
channel.
There are two videos about Antalya look them up 🤠🙏
Good job guys
25 years from now, I too will become a classic (very few miles)!
Cars are already expensive, they put 2-3 times tax on it. The government earns more than it produces. Although the average salary in Turkey is 5000 TL, everyone has more than 200.000 TL vehicles because it has become normal now. Average search on roads. The price is around 400.000TL, that is 35.000 Pounds.
Can you please tell me how much can a person maximum earn in Istanbul
@@akhilpadamata1438 The minimum wage is 2850 TL, that is, 320 dollars. 40% of the population receives this salary. Generally unskilled work. Waitress, cleaner, security person, store sales assistant and many such jobs. If it is a top office in a workplace, that is, people such as marketing manager, sales manager can get an average of 7000TL, while a quality brand can cost more than 15000TL. The salaries of those working in the state are also generally low, but the pension can be almost as much as the salary they receive. Doing your own business is both the most profitable and the most harmful. Getting started is important because it is very difficult. No support. But if you get the job done, you can be considered rich. There are actually a lot of rich people in Turkey, but there are also a lot of poor people. So I think if you earn a salary of more than 30.000 TL, you can live in the world at normal standards.
Thank you abbi
@@ata5033 problem is there are too much illegal immigrants in turkey now and afghans are even working for 1000 lira per month that is why salaries in private sectors are not increasing and there are illegal immigrants from all over the world in turkey now and the government is doing nothing about it
you did not talk about the annual ownership taxes. I would suggest that you check out the annual taxes on a bmw, mercedes, or an audi. even if you buy one, you will not have money to keep it, not to mention the money you need to fill the tank.
mick amca eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için malesef avrupa ülkelerinde ucuz ama gürcistan azerbaycan almanya bulgaristan polonya bazı ülkeler ucuz ama türkiyede arabalar çok pahalı mick amca kolay gelsin hayırlı işler mutlu yaşamlar mick amca seviliyorsun god bless you....
Abi şimdi oraya pound karşılığını yazmışsın ama bugün için değişmiştir o. Her gün güncelleme yapman lazım :( Bizim TL freni boşalmış kamyon gibi yokuş aşağı iniyor valla
Evet çök zor her gün değişiyor
😁 biz ancak videonun sonundaki araba renault toros alabiliriz diğerleri bize fazla lüx, aslında rezillik bir durum ama şimdilik böyle idare edicez inşallah bu pahalılıktan kurtuluruz en kısa zamanda. Mick and Trudie video için teşekkürler.👍
Love from Pakistan ❤️
Have to say public transport in Turkey is far better than UK thankfully and cheaper. Haven't missed driving since moving here 13 months ago. Some really bad points though here about driving no offence to the turkish but most shouldn't be behind the wheel. You have to laugh when you see a family of 4 on a scooter or 10 people in a car. The Liberal use of the horn can be looked at 3 ways aggressive or just informing and warning other drivers. Very true about cars holding their prices or even going up. The other point about cars if buying pick the right colour I've noticed a lot of cars losing paint due to the intence heat.
What is the local cars manufacturing industry made pricing?
We share some aspects of your life. We live not far from where you are from, and we had houses in Calis, Uzumlu and Kadikoy, on the way to Sakklikent. We bought a brand new Toyota Yaris from the main dealer on the main road near Ciftlik. Can't remember what we paid but I know it wasn't cheap. I only drove a few miles in it, and took it back. I was convinced we had picked up the wrong one. Talk about basic, there were no extras in it at all, and the CVT gearbox was diabolical. Anyway we had to sell up everything and return to the UK in 2017, when my wife developed cancer. Loved our time in Turkey, and really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your lovely video .my question which southern city you suggested to buy a real estate and live for retirement.I need your expertise please
Antalya
@@mickandtrudie thank you so much
Araçların haline bak fiyatlara bak tam bırak kaçlık bir ülke oldu artık cennet ÜLKEMİZ
Great view by a foreigner, you see the fact of being a citizen in Turkey. You can make a comparision for mobile phones, p.c. and laptops also.
these videos are brilliant
Please make video of Honda Showroom price of brand new different model car like Honda CRV 2022
Thank you so much Dear Mick for these important news about car prices in Turkey.😊
Türkiye İngilizler için gerçekten yaşanabilecek bir yer ucuz ve güzel. Bizim içinse pahalı ama güzel. Araçların pahalı olmasını önemsemeyin kaza yapmazsanız satarken de pahalı satacaksiniz. Türk lirası pounda karşı değer kaybetmeye devam ederse satarken kar bile edebilirsin
Saçma bir mantık. Neden önemsenmesin. 250 dolara araba aliyo Avrupa'da bir insan. Sen 250 TL ile market alışverişi yapınca 2 poşeti doldurup çıkıyorsun. 250 dolarlık 2.el Twingo bizde 37 milyar. İngiltere'de 37 bin birime sıfır Audi aliyorsun
@@peacehero4194 2 poşeti doldurursan öp başına koy pirinç tavuk peynir alınca o para bitiyo :) baldan pekmezden bahsetmiyom bak
Bize göre önemli onlar açısından bakıyorum. Biz alsak da satsak da çok birim ödüyoruz. Enflasyon ve vergiler karşısında zarar ediyoruz. Onlar bir miktar daha şanslı bu konuda
Videoyu tek cümle ile özetleyeyim. Güleriz ağlanacak halimize!
Dayıcim şok olmadık biliyoruz zaten biz
😂😂😂 Kanka bu adamı sevdim adam yabancı onun bile zoruna gitmiş ülkenin pahalı olması video çekmiş 😂😂. Bide bizi düşünse
I’m from united state and cars here in turkey is waaay expensive than I thought.
God bless America.
The same goes for thailand.they have mental import duties.up to 300% on big engine cars.
Durmak yok yolmaya devam! 👍❤️
Bu fiyatlara rağmen deli gibi araba alıyorlar eğer fiyatlar normal olsaydı sokakta adım atacak yer kalmazdı Mick amca :))
Aynen öyle hep kredi ile
Yanlış. Kimse "deli" gibi araba almıyor. Tezinizi hiçbir araç satan esnaf doğrulayamaz. Ailede bunu uzun yıllardan bu yana yapan kuzenim var. Araç ticareti yerlerde sürünüyor. (Kalkınma "hızı", nüfus artışı gibi verileri de dikkate alacaksınız)
Asağıda Ian Reid adlı yorumcunun gözlemlerini okuduğunuzda anlarsınız. Türkiye'de yaşayan başka bir yabancı (İngiliz?)
Thanks guys love your videos. What if I wanted to take a car from the Uk for private use could I use it or leave it there? And for what time frame ? Thanks in advance 😊
If you don’t have residence you can keep it up to 2 years, but if you leave the country, you must leave it at the customs or take it with you, there’s a lot of red tape and it’s not really cost-effective either. It costs about £1500 to bring a car to Turkey in fuel and tolls. and eventually you’ve got to take it back.
Hi guys great video as usual ,we are coming over at last for the whole of November ,1st week in Antalya then spending 3 weeks driving down cost toward fethiye ,can you recommend a car hire company that have good rates ,regards Dave ps will keep an eye out for you in fethiye
Not in Antalya but Pegasus in fethiye are cheap in the winter
@mick where is the car park that you went to where people sell their cars?
The ones in Turkey are near Gunlukbası not far from Fethiye
@@mickandtrudie thanks
That 2015 model BMW 520i price is 17-22k in California.
So, does the forecourt price of second hand cars in Türkiye also include Special Consumption Tax and VAT?
The special consumption tax is only put onto cars when they are brand-new or imported, but the owner of that car when he comes to sell it obviously wants to recoup the money spent on the tax so the price stays high
I noticed you waved two driving licences. I read somewhere that on getting a Turkish licence that you had to surrender your UK one. Is that incorrect or did you find a work around?
Alan
I got my Turkish license 30 years ago at that time it didn’t apply
Thank you for posting this Mick and Trudie! I didn't know the prices here were that awful. It's almost like we were brainwashed into thinking the prices are normal hahaha. Great video
Thanks for this amazing info. Can you please make a detailed video on how to import a car in Turkey and get it registered permanently? For both Expats and Turkish Citizen.
Sorry it’s not worth the hassle buy a Turkish car
Sorry it’s not worth the hassle buy a Turkish car
Sorry it’s not worth the hassle buy a Turkish car
Thank you Mick and Trudy the information you provide is excellent and much appreciated. 🇹🇷🫶