New car launches - which ones you looking forward to?

[fish fingers]

I have to say I can't wait for the new X1 to be launched here - if I can afford / finance it that may be the one to replace our Honda, and hopefully the wife won't crash it.

[konying]

All BMW are pleasure to drive, but i would prefer the X6 if i could afford it

[NeverSure]

The new Ford V8 F150 4x4 supercrew with the all aluminum body. My favorite hobby is driving over the top of Toyota cars, LOL.

[konying]

The new Ford V8 F150 4x4 supercrew with the all aluminum body. My favorite hobby is driving over the top of Toyota cars, LOL.

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I do think this monsters will be available in Thailand

[stament]

BMW looks a nice ride

[IMHO]

Just give me lower taxes/prices on the Benz GL(S) and I'll be happy - it's just not a 9M Baht car.

[hkt83100]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

[akentryan]

Honda has a convertible that may already be out but perhaps not available in Thailand. I think the suggested price was 650,000 or so. I am a buyer.

[DavisH]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Mazda cx-3, when it's released:) Will need to take the beer to check the cargo area..

[ignis]

All BMW are pleasure to drive, but i would prefer the X6 if i could afford it

one was in front of me yesterday......... wow so ugly in my view

[sometimewoodworker]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Mazda cx-3, when it's released:) Will need to take the beer to check the cargo area..

It's due to be released November/ December and if you only want a driver and passenger it will easily carry the beer, with 4 people you might not be able to fit all 10 boxes in.

[DavisH]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Mazda cx-3, when it's released:) Will need to take the beer to check the cargo area..

It's due to be released November/ December and if you only want a driver and passenger it will easily carry the beer, with 4 people you might not be able to fit all 10 boxes in.

Yes its quite small in the back which is somewhat of a negative in my view. Good ride height and economy though. I wonder if it will be more than 900K baht.

[IMHO]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. 29.4 KM/L, seating for 5 in comfort along with your 10 boxes of beer.

Hills? all roads feel flat with 416HP

I'm not giving it to you though - you'll have to buy your own

[ignis]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. 29.4 KM/L, seating for 5 in comfort along with your 10 boxes of beer.

Hills? all roads feel flat with 416HP

I'm not giving it to you though - you'll have to buy your own

Thought the Hybrid model was something like 12 - 13 KM/L ? still a lot better that the 8 KM/L for the non Hybrid....

or is this some new model ? 29.4 KM/L wow ?

[IMHO]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. 29.4 KM/L, seating for 5 in comfort along with your 10 boxes of beer.

Hills? all roads feel flat with 416HP

I'm not giving it to you though - you'll have to buy your own

Thought the Hybrid model was something like 12 - 13 KM/L ? still a lot better that the 8 KM/L for the non Hybrid....

or is this some new model ? 29.4 KM/L wow ?

The newer S E-Hybrid is a plugin, and yes, gets 29.4KM/L (+ uses 208 Watt-hours/KM) on the combined cycle.

The diesel does 14.7KM/L

[keemapoot]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. 29.4 KM/L, seating for 5 in comfort along with your 10 boxes of beer.

Hills? all roads feel flat with 416HP

I'm not giving it to you though - you'll have to buy your own

Nice car. I see you upgraded from the previous model.

[Skyboogie]

New E Class

[IMHO]

Give me a car, which can take E20 or Diesel, does 20km per litre or more, has comfortable space for at least 4 persons,

storage for at least 10 boxes of beer, and has enough power to cope with the hills of Phuket - fully loaded. I do not want a

pickup truck!

I don't care about the brand, but I want a solid piece of reliable hardware for my money. Do I get any suggestions?

Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. 29.4 KM/L, seating for 5 in comfort along with your 10 boxes of beer.

Hills? all roads feel flat with 416HP

I'm not giving it to you though - you'll have to buy your own

Nice car. I see you upgraded from the previous model.

Actually, no.. Still waiting to see what happens with the GL pricing next year, and should probably check out the new Q7 too then I guess

[jay1980]

I am looking forward to when car manufactures offer the more performance orientated versions of their regular models that are available in other markets such as the Fiesta and Focas ST, the Suzuki Swift Sport, the Honda Civic typeR, Mazda 3 MPS etc

In the last few years Bike manufactures have started selling more performance orientated models officially in Thailand, I hope that one day car manufactures will follow suit.

[Anon999]

There are performance cars here but they're imports and are a ridiculous price with all the taxes and import duties applied here. Toyota GT86 2.75m Baht >£50,000 double the UK price. Same for everything else and I'm not prepared to grease the Thai tax system so a Lancer GT plus extras does the job at 40% of the cost.

[IMHO]

I am looking forward to when car manufactures offer the more performance orientated versions of their regular models that are available in other markets such as the Fiesta and Focas ST, the Suzuki Swift Sport, the Honda Civic typeR, Mazda 3 MPS etc

In the last few years Bike manufactures have started selling more performance orientated models officially in Thailand, I hope that one day car manufactures will follow suit.

We get the Pulsar 1.6 turbo, the Fiesta 1.0L turbo, and the Mazda2 1.5L Diesel turbo (OK, that one doesn't count). Back in the mid 2000's we had a VIOS 1.5L turbo too.

Yep, OK. Not in the same class as your examples

[jay1980]

There are performance cars here but they're imports and are a ridiculous price with all the taxes and import duties applied here. Toyota GT86 2.75m Baht >£50,000 double the UK price. Same for everything else and I'm not prepared to grease the Thai tax system so a Lancer GT plus extras does the job at 40% of the cost.

I hear what you are saying, I meant having the performance versions of the regular car's being integrated onto the Thai/ASEAN production lines and sold at sensible prices (possible limiting BHP to under 220 to keep tax down) , motorcycle manufactures like Honda, Kawasaki and even Ducati have a few Thai/ASEAN produced performance models without ridicules levels of tax, just wish car manufactures would do the same!

BTW I think your Lancer GT is a very nice car and maybe the closest model out there to what I meant, if only there was a manual option I would love one.

[IMHO]

There are performance cars here but they're imports and are a ridiculous price with all the taxes and import duties applied here. Toyota GT86 2.75m Baht >£50,000 double the UK price. Same for everything else and I'm not prepared to grease the Thai tax system so a Lancer GT plus extras does the job at 40% of the cost.

I hear what you are saying, I meant having the performance versions of the regular car's being integrated onto the Thai/ASEAN production lines and sold at sensible prices (possible limiting BHP to under 220 to keep tax down) , motorcycle manufactures like Honda, Kawasaki and even Ducati have a few Thai/ASEAN produced performance models without ridicules levels of tax, just wish car manufactures would do the same!

BTW I think your Lancer GT is a very nice car and maybe the closest model out there to what I meant, if only there was a manual option I would love one.

The good news is, next year that 220HP barrier completely disappears... the top tax level will only be applied to engines > 3,000cc (or >3,250cc for pickups/PPV's).

[jay1980]

I am looking forward to when car manufactures offer the more performance orientated versions of their regular models that are available in other markets such as the Fiesta and Focas ST, the Suzuki Swift Sport, the Honda Civic typeR, Mazda 3 MPS etc

In the last few years Bike manufactures have started selling more performance orientated models officially in Thailand, I hope that one day car manufactures will follow suit.

We get the Pulsar 1.6 turbo, the Fiesta 1.0L turbo, and the Mazda2 1.5L Diesel turbo (OK, that one doesn't count). Back in the mid 2000's we had a VIOS 1.5L turbo too.

Yep, OK. Not in the same class as your examples

Vios 1.5 turbo was manual and a fun car, wish Toyota had kept this model in the current lineup.

Missed the Pulser 1.6 Turbo, just looked it up on Nissan's website, 190 BHP for just over 1M baht, looks good! maybe it does OK it will encourage other manufactures to come up with similar models at similar price levels.

Thanks

[IMHO]

I am looking forward to when car manufactures offer the more performance orientated versions of their regular models that are available in other markets such as the Fiesta and Focas ST, the Suzuki Swift Sport, the Honda Civic typeR, Mazda 3 MPS etc

In the last few years Bike manufactures have started selling more performance orientated models officially in Thailand, I hope that one day car manufactures will follow suit.

We get the Pulsar 1.6 turbo, the Fiesta 1.0L turbo, and the Mazda2 1.5L Diesel turbo (OK, that one doesn't count). Back in the mid 2000's we had a VIOS 1.5L turbo too.

Yep, OK. Not in the same class as your examples

Vios 1.5 turbo was manual and a fun car, wish Toyota had kept this model in the current lineup.

Missed the Pulser 1.6 Turbo, just looked it up on Nissan's website, 190 BHP for just over 1M baht, looks good! maybe it does OK it will encourage other manufactures to come up with similar models at similar price levels.

Thanks

Don't get too excited... the CVT softens it right up

Don't take my word for it though if you're interested

[DavisH]

I am looking forward to when car manufactures offer the more performance orientated versions of their regular models that are available in other markets such as the Fiesta and Focas ST, the Suzuki Swift Sport, the Honda Civic typeR, Mazda 3 MPS etc

In the last few years Bike manufactures have started selling more performance orientated models officially in Thailand, I hope that one day car manufactures will follow suit.

We get the Pulsar 1.6 turbo, the Fiesta 1.0L turbo, and the Mazda2 1.5L Diesel turbo (OK, that one doesn't count). Back in the mid 2000's we had a VIOS 1.5L turbo too.

Yep, OK. Not in the same class as your examples

Vios 1.5 turbo was manual and a fun car, wish Toyota had kept this model in the current lineup.

Missed the Pulser 1.6 Turbo, just looked it up on Nissan's website, 190 BHP for just over 1M baht, looks good! maybe it does OK it will encourage other manufactures to come up with similar models at similar price levels.

Thanks

Don't get too excited... the CVT softens it right up

Don't take my word for it though if you're interested

They will introduce a 1.6 nissan sylphy turbo soon. Same engine as the pulsar. http://www.headlightmag.com/first-impression-nissan-sylphy-turbo/

Fastest out of the current crop of mass produced cars here, even with the cvt. May be worth a look if less than 1M baht.

[Tomtomtom69]

The new Ford V8 F150 4x4 supercrew with the all aluminum body. My favorite hobby is driving over the top of Toyota cars, LOL.

2015.jpg

You might be able to get one of those in Laos or Cambodia, then drive it to Thailand.

[farangmick]

Wife always takes the truck into town for hair/ beauty shop instead of the bike. Looking for a good Suzuki SJ13. Also fun to play with on farm tracks. Oh you mean a NEW car. Sorry.

[janpharma]

It would be nice to see more "middle class" compact SUV's on the Thai market...Why Nissan doesn't have the "Qasquai" here? Why Toyota doesn't have a model compatible to the Honda HRV?

Why the Ford Ecosport doesn't have a diesel?

[IMHO]

It would be nice to see more "middle class" compact SUV's on the Thai market...Why Nissan doesn't have the "Qasquai" here? Why Toyota doesn't have a model compatible to the Honda HRV?

Why the Ford Ecosport doesn't have a diesel?

Import duties pretty much make it impossible to bring them in, and the domestic market isn't big enough to support local production.

A more perplexing question for the Ecosport is why don't they sell it with the 1.0L ecoboost? They fit that drivetrain into Thai made Fiestas...

I the case of Nissan, they'd be going into "SUV overload" if they slotted the "Cash Kai" inbetween the Juke and X-Trail - combined those 2 sell 700-900 units/month adding another option wouldn't increase sales much.