{"id":10767,"date":"2010-11-17T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=10767"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:54:36","slug":"buy-drive-and-save-on-cars-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/buy-drive-and-save-on-cars-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy, drive and save on cars in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10937\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10937\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10937\" title=\"Volvo S60 R-Design\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Volvo-S60-R-Design.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Volvo-S60-R-Design.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Volvo-S60-R-Design-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get your new Volvo on your next overseas trip.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=europe&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Europe<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;off-season&#8221; for travel begins in November and that conveniently dovetails with the availability of the 2011 models of some of the continent&#8217;s finest cars. If you&#8217;re thinking of heading overseas for a <a title=\"Europe vacations\" href=\"..\/..\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=europe&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">vacation to Europe<\/a>, you might consider buying a vehicle while you&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The advantages: You get to tool around Europe with the car you&#8217;re going to own, you keep the cool European license plates, the manufacturer ships the car back to the states for you and you may knock as much as 10 percent off U.S. sticker prices. These days, the best way to do overseas delivery is via a local dealer. In fact, with some manufacturers, you must do it through a dealer.<\/p>\n<p>Not all Europeans offer a program. But those that do now post extensive details on the Web.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The <strong>Volvo<\/strong> program is still probably the best known, no matter that Volvo is no longer in Swedish hands. <strong>Ford <\/strong>recently sold the brand to a Chinese company. (Its purported Swedish competitor,<strong> Saab<\/strong>, is out of the overseas delivery market now that the brand is owned by a small Dutch firm after a disastrous tenure in the GM family.)<\/li>\n<li>Three <a title=\"Germany\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=germany&amp;cnt=OVI&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Germany<\/a>-based carmakers &#8212; <strong>BMW<\/strong>, the fast-growing <strong>Audi<\/strong> and even stodgy <strong>Mercedes<\/strong> &#8212; have programs. So does <strong>Porsche<\/strong>, although it doesn&#8217;t offer discounts and its new parent company, <strong>Volkswagen<\/strong>, doesn&#8217;tplay the overseas-delivery game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Europe vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=europe&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Europe vacations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Germany vacations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=germany&amp;cnt=PKH&amp;type=blog\" target=\"_self\">Germany vacations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sweden hotels\" href=\"..\/..\/hotels\/Sweden\/\" target=\"_self\">Sweden hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hotels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/hotels\/\" target=\"_self\">Hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PrepareFlightsTab\" target=\"_self\">Flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Travel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_self\">Business travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JoeSentMe.com<\/em><\/a><em>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. 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