Toyota Camry Hybrid

[dickie58]

While I was having my Fortuner serviced last week, i noticed a new Toyota Camry Hybrid in the showroom, looked very nice 1.78 million baht.

Just looked them up on the inet, & goes through to the US web site, what states they are just over $26,000 there, that works out to just under 900,000 Thai baht.

Why are they so much more hear than in the US?

Personally not intrested in buying a Toyota Hybid Camry, but looks a very nice car

[stingray]

While I was having my Fortuner serviced last week, i noticed a new Toyota Camry Hybrid in the showroom, looked very nice 1.78 million baht.

Just looked them up on the inet, & goes through to the US web site, what states they are just over $26,000 there, that works out to just under 900,000 Thai baht.

Why are they so much more hear than in the US?

Personally not intrested in buying a Toyota Hybid Camry, but looks a very nice car

Camry Hybrid you can buy from 1'590'000 Baht

Almost every car is more expensive, not only the Hybrid Camry. Even Thailand made Altis, Vios, all more expensive than in the US. Bought a Fort Ranger Wildtrack, cost 800'000 Baht, same truck in Europe cost over 40'000 USD. This is the opposite way.

[ThailandLovr]

And why are V6s so expensive in a new Altis or Camry here? Somebody here on TV said the V6 is 1.2 million baht extra

That's about $36,000 USD!!! Just for the V6 vs the four??? Makes no sense at all. Hopefully my information is faulty.

[soundman]

Heavy taxes on imported cars??

[aussiebebe]

In answer to the original question; American dealers sell cars at notoriously low prices compared with the rest of the world purely because of America having a large, affluent population. High-volume sales means low prices. This situation leads to common export scams where SUVs are purchased in the US and sold on in South-American countries for thrice as much.

The price of cars sold in Thailand can depend on the engine capacity - above 2.5litres, cars are taxed significantly higher which is precisely why Camry and Accord have 2.4l models - clever, eh?

As the Camry Hybrid doesn't have significantly improved efficiency, perhaps a 2.0 model would be a better choice for the fuel-conscious, and look at the depreciation on year-old models at the trustworthy Toyota 'Sure' centres for more reasonable prices!