Locally assembled vs official import vs parallel import

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Just to add to the posts made above.

Any references to any brands and its variants are based on the assumption that they are brand new vehicles being sold to the market.

Not an extensive nor exhaustive list but hopefully you'd get the picture....

LOCALLY ASSEMBLED includes (but not limited to )
Ford Focus and Escape
Honda City and Civic
Mazda 3 and Tribute
Mitsubishi Adventure, L300 cab and Versa Van, Canter, Rosa, etc...
Nissan Sentra N16 and X-Trail Gen 1
Toyota Vios and Innova

OFFICIAL IMPORT - are the brands that are officially represented by a local counterpart (usually as a distributor) to act on its behalf. It mostly consists of other model and its variants being sold by (but not limited to)the brands listed above. All Euro, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc.. belong to this category.

PARALLEL IMPORT - this simply means that an entity or individual decides to import a similar type of vehicle that is already officially (see definition of OFFICIAL IMPORT) available in the market.

Example: (but not limited to)
Chevrolet Suburban (TCCCI) vs. Suburban (by many grey importers).
Toyota Land Cruiser 200 VX (TMPI) vs. LC200 GX-R, VXR from Standout
Toyota Prado VX (TMPI) vs. Prado TX-L, VX-L from Standout
Hyundai Starex TCi and CRDi VGT (HARI) vs. Starex CVX and HVX from Standout and Pitstop
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR (MMPC) vs. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR from Standout