bazmlb Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thailand International Motor Expo ended yesterday with Toyota recording the highest car orders of more than 9,000 units from a total of 41,083 orders for all brands throughout the 12-day auto show at Impact Muang Thong Thani. Organizing committee chairman Kwanchai Paphatphong said although the motor show was held at the time of political unrest, respond by the people was still satisfactory with a total of 1,367,357 attendees or a 14.5% decline from the targeted 1.6 million attendees. He said car orders reached a total of 41,083 units throughout the 12-day long period with Toyota topping the orders for a total of 9,075 units, followed by Honda 6,099, Nissan 4,007, Isuzu 3,753, and Mitsubishi 3,689. Luxury cars such as Mercedes Benz also recorded 1,227 orders, followed by BMW 763. He said that of the total car orders, sedans have the largest share of 51.4%, while sport utility vehicle or SUV 26.8%, pick-up trucks 14.6%, and others 7.2%. But he noted that what was interesting was the averaged price of car orders is higher at 1,046,457 baht from last years 800,000 baht as demand for eco cars declined after the end of the governments first car buyer scheme, and buyers turning to buy medium size and SUV cars instead. -- Thai PBS 2013-12-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 oh great ... more cars ..more traffic jams ...... exactly what we needed here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSiam Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 oh great ... more cars ..more traffic jams ...... exactly what we needed here or more in the second hand yards that aren't selling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think what is more interesting is that pick-ups have fallen to just 14.6% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvdkerkh Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think what is more interesting is that pick-ups have fallen to just 14.6% Maybe because last year pick-up buyers could also profit from the first car buyer scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 oh great ... more cars ..more traffic jams ...... exactly what we needed here or more in the second hand yards that aren't selling They might sell more second hand cars if they didn't price them just about as high as new cars. Two years ago, there were two and three year old Yaras selling for as much as a new one. We ended up getting a new Mazda for 200,000 baht less than a second hand Yara cost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 They were able to price them that high as Thai people were buying it at that cost...that might start to change soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 oh great ... more cars ..more traffic jams ...... exactly what we needed here or more in the second hand yards that aren't selling They might sell more second hand cars if they didn't price them just about as high as new cars. Two years ago, there were two and three year old Yaras selling for as much as a new one. We ended up getting a new Mazda for 200,000 baht less than a second hand Yara cost. Well, that's all changed now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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