It's higher if you're comparing destination charges for cars made in the U.S. Usually those are around $1,000 because the cars are loaded from the factory directly onto rail cars, then transported by rail to depots where carrier trucks pick them up and deliver them to the dealer. There aren't any charges for loading onto a ship and unloading. That's all done by union dock labor (not cheap), nor is there a charge for the fuel the ship uses crossing the ocean.
The Emira is going to be delivered (probably by truck) from the factory to the sea port, loaded onto a ship, transported to a port of entry where it's unloaded by union dock workers, loaded onto either carrier trucks if the destination isn't too far from the POE, or onto rail cars to be transported across country to a depot, where it's picked up by a carrier truck and delivered to the dealers. That's a lot of gas and union labor wages in between them and you.
I'm expecting the destination charge to be at least $2,000. If it's only $2,200 with the current fuel prices, that would be pretty good actually.
