Car sales in Cuba: just 50 units in H1 2014

Posted on 02-07-2014 at 19:58 by MauritsH – 18 Comments”

That the car sales in the Netherlands this year, not really in the lift is clear. You put the figures against those of Cuba, all in all it’s still.

Earlier this year we reported about the introduction of the free market in Cuba. That the happy few so very few would be we had not thought of. Reuters reports that there are fifty whole cars were sold in the land of cigars, rum and uncle Fidel. Da’s also not as crazy as the bizarre prices shows that for a typical middle class may be deposited. A nice 206 for the woman? That is 91.000 dollars. A handy 508 to your youngsters to pick honkbaltraining? Displays 262,000 dollars), and you may take him.

With an average monthly wage of about $ 20 remains a car for the Cuban Jan Modal just so far out of reach as a Mclaren P1 for the undersigned. That 75% of the proceeds (a total of 1,28 million dollars) is being invested in the public transport is awesome, but with such sales, it looks unlikely in the short term this will make a difference. The streets will temporarily still be determined by old Americans and a handful of Lada from the Soviet era.