Just got my JDM Evo 8 GSR
May 7, 2003, 01:47 AM
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Originally posted by Lee
Another interesting point you bring up there, your import laws must not be as strict as Australia (home) as import dealers can't import anything that is locally deleivered to protect a particular vehicle/models value.
How does the Govt control and local MMC Singapore dealer handle this?
If the import dealer would be underselling these Evo at slightly lower price I'd assume. I understand cars in Singapore/Malaysia are expensive but the Evo was indeed rather expensive last time I noticed on a business trip to Singapore.
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Another interesting point you bring up there, your import laws must not be as strict as Australia (home) as import dealers can't import anything that is locally deleivered to protect a particular vehicle/models value.
How does the Govt control and local MMC Singapore dealer handle this?
If the import dealer would be underselling these Evo at slightly lower price I'd assume. I understand cars in Singapore/Malaysia are expensive but the Evo was indeed rather expensive last time I noticed on a business trip to Singapore.
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You are right; the parallel importers are usually able to offer a lower price compared to the distributor, and historically the distributor has not shown a keen interest in bringing in the cars due to the low volume. However it seems that for Evo 8 they have altered their decision and I was told that these days it is priced competitively.
As for servicing of these vehicles it is an arrangement between the distributor and the manufacturer. The authorized distributor will still service parallel-imported vehicles, however most Evo owners here will bring their cars to some of the more well-known workshops specializing in the cars.
May 7, 2003, 01:50 AM
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Originally posted by redza
Crufty, how much did you pay for it in Sing$?? I'm guessing about $150k? Is that with COE? On an completely unrelated note, the weather here in Austin has been rainy and humid...made me very homesick
Maybe when I get back to Singapore this summer you can give me a ride around town in it to cheer me up! 
J/k, but would love to see one when I go back though. Anyway, congrats on your car, will keep an eye out for it when I'm home. 
Crufty, how much did you pay for it in Sing$?? I'm guessing about $150k? Is that with COE? On an completely unrelated note, the weather here in Austin has been rainy and humid...made me very homesick
Maybe when I get back to Singapore this summer you can give me a ride around town in it to cheer me up! J/k, but would love to see one when I go back though. Anyway, congrats on your car, will keep an eye out for it when I'm home.
Enjoy your stay in the US, I know I sure did when I went to uni there.
May 7, 2003, 01:59 AM
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yeah, enjoying my stay here..just graduated last year and i'm working now...still too broke to afford an evo though...maybe next year.... 
but anyway, will definitely pm you before i go home...is there an evo club in s'pore? would like to meet some ppl and find out more about the scene back home.
but anyway, will definitely pm you before i go home...is there an evo club in s'pore? would like to meet some ppl and find out more about the scene back home.
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