I just came back from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) yesterday (17 August). Interesting observation. First observation: Left Hand Drive vehicles. Second Observation: Saigon's Infested with Kapcais and Scooters. Lots and lots of them. They were everywhere!!!
Next observation, 70/100 (70%) vehicles there were Toyota OR Lexus. 50% were either MPV or SUV. Heck, most of their taxis were either Toyota Vios OR Innova MPV.
Most popular in its class includes:
Toyota Vios, Innova, Hiace, Fortuner, Altis, Camry, Sienna MPV, Highlander.
LEXUS: LS460, RX350 Harrier, ES, LX470 (Landcruiser)
Popular NON-Toyotas:
Honda Civic FD, Honda Odyssey US 3.8 V6, Chevrolet Captiva, Ford Transit, Mercedes Sprinter (Mostly Luxury Taxi), Ford Everest, Hyundai i10 and i30, Mitsubishi Jolie (same as Kuda 4G18 in Indonesia), Audi Q7 SUV, Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes E-class, BMW 3 series.
NEVER SEEN BEFORE CARS:
UN-Popular Cars:
Nissan (only seen 5 Nissans in Saigon in my 3 days/3 nights stay.
Mazda (same as above)
Volvo, Chrysler/Jeep (passed their showroom but hardly see any on the road), HUMMER, Volkswagen.
AUTOCAR ASEAN VIETNAM:
I flipped thru AUTOCAR ASEAN Vietnam and glanced thru their vehicle price lists. Here's what I found:
Most Popular Car: Vios G spec is 895 million Dong (RM55,000)
Most popular MPV: Innova Basic costs the Same as above.
Honda Civic 2.0 IVTEC costs RM90,000. Almost identical with my dad's Civic except it's LHD and has Glass Sunroof (+) and 16" Rims instead of 17"(-).
Also, ONLY CKD Car's Cheap. Korean cars were cheap too. Only CBU Premium Costs as much as Malaysia. Eg. BMW, Audi, Porsche, Volvo, Mercedes Benz. Some sort of LUXURY TAX.
Well, there's a saying, a picture's worth 1000 words. Here are some pictures:
BACK TO LCCT.
That's all folks, hope you enjoy this PAINSTAKINGLY Created Blog entry. Took me 2 hours to upload and draft this blog entry. An Original Otoreview's production. Jeff Lim's original work.
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