Guest Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Hi ! First, Bonjour from France, Paris. I will be relocating from Paris To Phuket next year and I want to buy (in my wife's name) a new car (probably Toyota Land Cruiser). Where can i find on internet the Thai prices for new cars ? I have been looking a lot but was unable to find... Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAsiaHand Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 I doubt you can. I've certainly never seen anything of the sort around. The local dealers aren't nearly that sophisticated. If it helps, the Jeep Cherokee (locally assembled version) is a pretty sound vehicle, reasonably luxurious, and comes with a four year all-in warranty (which you'll need). The going price, last time I heard, was about B2.3-2.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Private vehicles in Thailand are very expensive if not from Asia incidenatally, a Mercedes c180 baby benz is about %60 more in Thailand than here in the UK and we're being ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Yes I know about the taxes beiing wery high. But so how so many thais do have a car ? How can they aford to buy a car with an average salary of 20.000Bath a month ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Hi, You could try some of the websites for the big names, like www.nissan.co.th, www.toyota.co.th, ... (you get the picture). Most, if not all, of the text is in Thai, but I'm sure you could figure it out with the help of your wife. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Try www.time2drive.com for prices. It's mostly in Thai, but useable. A Land Cruiser Prado is 2,574,000 what a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 Marc: Check out the web site www.toyota.co.th. But it is in Thai with some English though. Or you could contact them directly via email.I copied info below from the site. --------- If you have any questions or advise regarding to Toyota Motor Thailand, please contact us at Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. 186/1 Mu 1 Old Railway Rd., T. Samrongtai, A. Phra Pradaeng Samut Prakarn 10130 Tel: 386-1000 CRL: 386-2000 HRD: 386-1469, 386-1451 PR: 386-1422, 386-2086, 386-1456 E-mail: info@toyota.co.th --------- 1111MAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted June 22, 2001 Report Share Posted June 22, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Marc: How can they aford to buy a car with an average salary of 20.000Bath a month ? The answer is...They Can't. Many of these people are in debt up to their eyeballs. Also, you might see someone driving a lovely new BMW and expect they are pretty well off. Wrong. They more than likely live in a 3,500 baht per month apartment, share it with two friends and spend most of their salary paying off the car. "Face" is the thing here. We can see their car, but we can't see their apartment. I would highly recommend buying a used car, there are plenty of reposessed ones out there, they used to be owned buy those very people I just mentioned. Cheers Roger [ June 22, 2001: Message edited by: Roger ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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