In 1962 as a member of the USAF in Europe I bought a VW 1200 (Beetle) and paid $1120.00. The price at that time in America was $1595.00 so I saved $475. Doesn’t seem like much until you realize it amounted to a 30% savings.
I made a similar purchase from a VW dealer in Manila and picked up the car at the Burlingame California dealer.
I don’t know who did what but there was a large savings