This article may interest some: http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/Ar...884&vf=12&pg=1

Basically the ACCC are forcing car manufacturers (and some other industries) to advertise a complete and final price of new vehicles (or products and services). This means no RRP + dealer delivery + taxes etc can be advertised solely.

As much as I always thought having a complete and final price on advertised new cars was a logical solution, I'm not too sure now as looking into it there are quite a number of areas that will be affected. Think about it - each state has different dealer and delivery charges, taxes, registration fees etc. I think only a select few offer 'Drive Away Prices' nationally.

The biggest pain will be on websites where consumers have 'Build and Price' or 'Car Configurators' to add options and accessories to determine a cost and take to a dealer. As these tools can't calculate the different fees for reasons mentioned above, most manufacturers will have no option but to pull them down.

This is coming into effect May 25.

Any thoughts?