Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has a new price list for its Nissan vehicle line-up, and this should officially come into effect from June 1, when the 6% goods and services tax (GST) that is in place will be zero-rated as per the announcement made by the new Pakatan Harapan government on May 16.
The new on-the-road (OTR) excluding insurance prices will remain in effect until GST is eventually replaced by the sales and services tax (SST). The exact return of SST has not been revealed, but according to Tun Daim Zainuddin, head of the government’s Council of Eminent Persons, SST should be back in place within a two to three month timeframe.
With the removal of GST, savings range from RM3,861 for an Almera 1.5E manual transmission to RM9,420 for an X-Trail 2.5L Premium Impul. The Almera 1.5E manual, which is priced at RM68,500, will be RM64,639 once GST becomes zero-rated. The X-Trail 2.5L Premium Impul, meanwhile, will see its OTR price being adjusted from RM167,600 to RM158,180 from the start of next month.
As is the case everywhere else, the differences as listed are never directly six percent, based on an OTR price comparison with and without GST. As mentioned in earlier reports, the 6% GST is only applied on the selling price of a car (and in the case of CBU models, a Puspakom inspection fee), with road tax, registration fee as well as an ownership endorsement fee then added on top of that (these with no GST applied) to form an OTR price without insurance.
During the launch of the C27 Serena S-Hybrid, ETCM had stated that a price protection scheme similar to what Motor Image announced for Subaru vehicles – would be introduced to protect customers against impending price movements.
Under the programme, customers who purchased their cars starting this month will get the difference refunded to them should prices go up with the move from GST to SST, although exactly what form the refund will take has yet to be decided.
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this is manyak baguss news! only in malaYsia this trend right now!!,,but p1 better kot deswai people will not buy boring as h__ nisSang cars…ooo wai!
Smart money buy Accord 2018
Accord? good luck to wait til late 2019
Toyota design also boring to max, only good for uncles and aunties
You speaking language? Don’t understand a word you said @ j0hn
Syabass ETCM! Salam Pakatan, rakyat cemerlang!
Bayar GST 9Ribu, dapat balik Br1m 1.5ribu
Dah tau layak dapat brim, gatai beli kereta mahal buat apa
I thought etcm going to increase the price after gst abolished…
Yes I read same news last week, what a U turn. Director of TC clearly mentioned it. Pelik
it’s the implementation of SST la mangkuk!
Just go to Nissan Thailand website you can see the kind of cars they offer there:
GTR
Note
March
Sylphy
Pulsar
Juke
Plus the cars that we already sell here:
Almera
Livina
X-Trail
Teana
Navara
Only thing is they don’t sell the Serena
Seriously, Nissan Asia Pacific or Japan should let Tan Chong family to run as dealers. Not competitive in terms of new model offerings, specs, pricing and brand image
cheaper nissan cars also cannot take number 1 spot in malaysia.
Someone needs to investigate that Puspakon inspection fee applied to each new CBU unit as I believe it may be duplicate to approval (eg steering wheel position and headlamps for driving on left of road) that vehicles already have satisfied to be imported.
meanwhile…nissan malaysia is still stuck with the ancient model… still no news on new nissan sylphy as facelifted nissan sentra in US..heard that the all new sentra is coming next year in US..
Any news from mazda? Got price drop?
Still have people buying their car? Very old tech vehicles apart for the new Leaf.