Car sales this year to exceed 900,000 units

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) says the country’s automobile industry is picking up both in production and sales with sales target end of this year to exceed 900,000 units.

 

FTI’s acting vice president and automobile club president Surapong Paisitpatanapong said the general outlook of the industry is improving with production and sales, both for local market and for export in March picking up.

 

He said production in March this year was 195,257 units, up 9.21% from the same month last year, and the highest in the past 56 months since 2013.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/car-sales-year-exceed-900000-units/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-04-25

Looks like someone from TAT has started a new job at FTI

More traffic jams and road fatalities. Bravo!

Waiting for the  new raptor,  so the number should be

899,000

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Car sales this year to exceed 900,000 units

Oh swell, will they all refuse to move from the fast lane?

5 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

Oh swell, will they all refuse to move from the fast lane?

 

...and the average shop house is 4m wide and most cars are 4.5m long so where will they all park?

Forget the traffic and where to park them, where is the money coming from to buy them? Another 900,000 Thais earning 10k a month and paying 10k in repayments.

I'm sure the insurance companies and panel beaters will welcome this news!

IMHO the reason for all the mayhem on the road is , vehicles are easier to buy ( low interest , H.P ) etc.

Plus the fact that there are more automatics readily available , so they become point and go vehicles with out having to learn .

Where as with the manual gearbox , you had to have some road time / learning before you could master the clutch.

 

 
...and the average shop house is 4m wide and most cars are 4.5m long so where will they all park?

Park them at a 45 degree angle with a
"fag paper" space between them.

Yeah, big thing for Thais, having the new pick-up or Mercedes in the driveway. Of course, how many of those car loans get honoured is a different question. 

IMHO the reason for all the mayhem on the road is , vehicles are easier to buy ( low interest , H.P ) etc.
Plus the fact that there are more automatics readily available , so they become point and go vehicles with out having to learn .
Where as with the manual gearbox , you had to have some road time / learning before you could master the clutch.
 

And thatd why my wife and son learnt on manual cars.he just got his first car did not even look at an automatic

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14 hours ago, NE1 said:

IMHO the reason for all the mayhem on the road is , vehicles are easier to buy ( low interest , H.P ) etc.

Plus the fact that there are more automatics readily available , so they become point and go vehicles with out having to learn .

Where as with the manual gearbox , you had to have some road time / learning before you could master the clutch.

 

Spot on. Yet another factor contributing to the world-beating traffic accident-related death rate.

 

Edited April 26, 20188 yr by bluesofa

15 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Forget the traffic and where to park them, where is the money coming from to buy them? Another 900,000 Thais earning 10k a month and paying 10k in repayments.

This is the reason RTP don't issue fines Thais cannot afford to pay a fine, but can afford to go and put a downpayment on expensive vehicle.  Clearly one mixed up country!!!!!!!!

Great!  More smog,

Yes, well, too bad the selection of vehicles in Thailand is incredibly pathetic.

12 hours ago, nausea said:

Yeah, big thing for Thais, having the new pick-up or Mercedes in the driveway. Of course, how many of those car loans get honoured is a different question. 

Had a neighbour in BKK who had a nice shiny merc' in the drive that was only driven during the first week of every month because he could only afford one tank of gas a month.

What happens when they run out of illegal places to park them in?

23 hours ago, webfact said:

production in March this year was 195,257 units, up 9.21% from the same month last year, and the highest in the past 56 months since 2013

Hmmm...

https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/car-production

Hmmm...Must be more that cannot be crash repaired....

The two-lane highway system complete with primitive traffic lights and police roadblocks should be more than adequate to service 20 times that number. Don't worry it'll be great. 

The two-lane highway system complete with primitive traffic lights and police roadblocks should be more than adequate to service 20 times that number. Don't worry it'll be great.