Do you think Tesla will ever get into the Turkish market?
Hey wonderful Tesla enthusiast;
This is my first ever post on this forum and hopefully there will be many more to come. It will be a long but important post so I hope you care to read and reply.
I am Turkish and I reside in Istanbul, like everyone else here I really want to own a Tesla Model S. The thing is, there is speculation over whether or not Tesla will successfully expand into Europe while growing their services and manufacturing at the same time with sustainable financing. Basic logic shows that considering all of those speculations, Tesla, in short term wouldn't enter into a Turkish market and increase speculations further more.
However I think Tesla's entrance into the Turkish market is very very reasonable for the following reasons;
When you are buying a car in Turkey there is a tax called special consumption tax and on top of that there is 18% VAT. That "Special Consumption Tax" rate is decided on the ICE car's engine volume. 37% for cars with engines between 1200cc-1600cc. 80% for 1600cc-2000cc and a whopping 130% for cars with more than 2000cc. So, cars here are really expensive. (A BMW M5 is 300K USD) Still, car sales are incredible over here. Also the Turkish economy has kept growing constantly even when Europe was in crisis and it has a nice and stable developing economy going on. Also a gallon of gas is 10$/ 2.5$ per liter. (Most expensive in the world) So advantages of Tesla would be;
-Largest special consumption tax rate is 15% for electric vehicles. (still unreasonable I know, but drastically lower than ICE cars' rates)
-Electricity is almost free compared to the price of gasoline.
-Luxury sedan sales are incredible. BMW, Mercedes and Audi all are having a blast with 2000cc or less engined cars. (241,000 sedan cars were sold in 2012 in Turkey. 43% of all automobiles sold in Turkey in the year 2012, which is close to 800,000)
-Only electric cars that are on sale in Turkey are Renault's Z.E. cars which suck compared to Tesla and they are not marketing it at all. In 2012 even when Renault Z. E. wasn't clearly in the market 200 all electric vehicles were sold in Turkey.
So Turkish people would be buying a luxury sedan for a price of cheaper than a BMW 520i or Mercedes E180. They'd have more than double the performance of those and since you won't be paying 200$ to gas per month, it's going to be a lot cheaper in every way. Cooler, faster, cheaper.
Also, Tesla is a really cool looking car and the hype over it would increase the sale seven further.
Lastly, creating a supercharging network would be much easier compared to the US.
What do you guys think? I really want them coming over here and also think it is really reasonable as their next move. I know they've chosen nordic european countries because gas is expensive there and it turned out to be a huge success.
In fact, I am surprised that the real electric revolution has started from the U.S. Because gas is so cheap over there. I've spent the first 6 months of 2013 in California and honestly thought gas was almost free. 3.8-4$ a gallon is nothing in my opinion. Anyways, I think Tesla would be a great success in Turkey. I tried explaining everything briefly. I'd like to hear your opinion.
It sucks that the greatest car ever with the greatest technology ever is out there but we can not have it...
Hey wonderful Tesla enthusiast;
This is my first ever post on this forum and hopefully there will be many more to come. It will be a long but important post so I hope you care to read and reply.
I am Turkish and I reside in Istanbul, like everyone else here I really want to own a Tesla Model S. The thing is, there is speculation over whether or not Tesla will successfully expand into Europe while growing their services and manufacturing at the same time with sustainable financing. Basic logic shows that considering all of those speculations, Tesla, in short term wouldn't enter into a Turkish market and increase speculations further more.
However I think Tesla's entrance into the Turkish market is very very reasonable for the following reasons;
When you are buying a car in Turkey there is a tax called special consumption tax and on top of that there is 18% VAT. That "Special Consumption Tax" rate is decided on the ICE car's engine volume. 37% for cars with engines between 1200cc-1600cc. 80% for 1600cc-2000cc and a whopping 130% for cars with more than 2000cc. So, cars here are really expensive. (A BMW M5 is 300K USD) Still, car sales are incredible over here. Also the Turkish economy has kept growing constantly even when Europe was in crisis and it has a nice and stable developing economy going on. Also a gallon of gas is 10$/ 2.5$ per liter. (Most expensive in the world) So advantages of Tesla would be;
-Largest special consumption tax rate is 15% for electric vehicles. (still unreasonable I know, but drastically lower than ICE cars' rates)
-Electricity is almost free compared to the price of gasoline.
-Luxury sedan sales are incredible. BMW, Mercedes and Audi all are having a blast with 2000cc or less engined cars. (241,000 sedan cars were sold in 2012 in Turkey. 43% of all automobiles sold in Turkey in the year 2012, which is close to 800,000)
-Only electric cars that are on sale in Turkey are Renault's Z.E. cars which suck compared to Tesla and they are not marketing it at all. In 2012 even when Renault Z. E. wasn't clearly in the market 200 all electric vehicles were sold in Turkey.
So Turkish people would be buying a luxury sedan for a price of cheaper than a BMW 520i or Mercedes E180. They'd have more than double the performance of those and since you won't be paying 200$ to gas per month, it's going to be a lot cheaper in every way. Cooler, faster, cheaper.
Also, Tesla is a really cool looking car and the hype over it would increase the sale seven further.
Lastly, creating a supercharging network would be much easier compared to the US.
What do you guys think? I really want them coming over here and also think it is really reasonable as their next move. I know they've chosen nordic european countries because gas is expensive there and it turned out to be a huge success.
In fact, I am surprised that the real electric revolution has started from the U.S. Because gas is so cheap over there. I've spent the first 6 months of 2013 in California and honestly thought gas was almost free. 3.8-4$ a gallon is nothing in my opinion. Anyways, I think Tesla would be a great success in Turkey. I tried explaining everything briefly. I'd like to hear your opinion.
It sucks that the greatest car ever with the greatest technology ever is out there but we can not have it...