Why are cars in the Philippines expensive?

[baludoy]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Filipino
It's just a parody. But I like that "article", if you can call it that.

'alang hiyang article iyan :rofl01:

[machracer]

You can think of the high tax as a blessing... cuz if cars here were cheaper... we would have more issues with traffic and stuff. Get what I mean? I mean it takes how long to travel 5kms during rush hour here in metro manila? I can't imagine what life would be like if expeditions where like 1.5M and the camry would be for less than a 1M, i'd probably give up and move away hahahaha

[ghosthunter]

You can think of the high tax as a blessing... cuz if cars here were cheaper... we would have more issues with traffic and stuff. Get what I mean? I mean it takes how long to travel 5kms during rush hour here in metro manila? I can't imagine what life would be like if expeditions where like 1.5M and the camry would be for less than a 1M, i'd probably give up and move away hahahaha

Cheaper cars would mean the fleet of cars on the road would be newer and probably safer.

The reason why we have so much old cars on the road is that new cars are expensive. This has an affect on the safety of cars on the road.

Cheaper cars wouldn't result in people buying more cars than they need. A P1M Camry is still P1M of money.

The problem we have now is the high number of motorcycles and scooters on the road who do no have discipline to follow proper road rules.

[roberto_minosa]

Cheaper cars doesn't necessarily mean more people driving them.

[ghosthunter]

Cheaper cars doesn't necessarily mean more people driving them.

Yup. People will not go out to buy new cars simply because they are "cheap".

What would happen would probably be that people would replace their cars more often than keeping it for ten years or more.

[frenchtower]

Another way taking all those junk off the road is to adopt ala US "Cash for Clunkers" program.

[tidus1203]

Philippine gov't has no money to do a cash for clunkers... The auto industry here is very small selling roughly 125,000 units a year for all manufacturers including even trucks and buses... WIth Juan De La Cruz having so few resources there are other more pressing issues thus propping up the auto industry and removing old cars from the road is the least of Juan's concern...

[roberto_minosa]

Not to mention more foreign "junk" being dumped here.

[p_borj]

Cheaper cars would mean the fleet of cars on the road would be newer and probably safer.

The reason why we have so much old cars on the road is that new cars are expensive. This has an affect on the safety of cars on the road.

Cheaper cars wouldn't result in people buying more cars than they need. A P1M Camry is still P1M of money.

The problem we have now is the high number of motorcycles and scooters on the road who do no have discipline to follow proper road rules.

very well explained. Sabihin nating mas mura na ang mga sasakyan. I would buy a Pajero and a Lancer, but that is already enough. It doesnt mean na dahil mas mura, eh magtatatlong kotse ako diba. All I need is two cars pa rin (mas bago nga lang).

and right, motorcycles ang problem.

[Ton66]

I don't think cheaper car prices would equal more car sales. Cheaper cars would mean people who buy cars would just "upgrade" the purchase and buy the the car that they can afford (Car A costs 1M, Car B costs 1.5M ; I can only afford Car A--> With new lower price Car A is P700k and Car B is 1M: Now I'll just buy Car B instead of A).

The only time more car sales would increase is if they offered cars at lower price points (brand new Toyota at say P150k would be an extreme example) thus broadening the market.