Well... the price of gas, that has not been discussed for some time, let me put in my 2c;
In the Emirates gas is still 0.20c and you don't pay any taxes on your Lamborghini,
In the Netherlands gas is 1.75€ a liter, at 1.10$ to the euro(€) and 4.2 liter to the gallon that ads up to about 8.40$ a gallon
On top of that you pay a roadtax, which for a mid-size european car (that's a small car to U.S. standards) is about 100€ quarterly !
On the upside historic cars of 40years or older are exempt from road tax, and cars between 25 and 40 years old only pay one quarter per annum, the philosofy behind that is they are not used as daily drivers and have allready paid their share...
And to nudge people into buying a nice Prius they are almost completely exempt from all taxes,
including the 45% BPM "luxury tax" on the price of a new car, you read that right 45% !!!

(on top of that you pay a hefty 21% sales tax on almost everything you buy exept food and medicins)
Come to Europe, you'll love it here !!
