• Volkswagen looking at Thailand for ASEAN plant?

    According to German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Volkswagen is seriously considering a factory in Thailand with at least a 100,000 units capacity. Total investment would be about 614 million Euros (RM3 billion), and the […]
     




  • Coke-themed Mazda 3 hatchback in Thailand

    Click to enlarge Reader thechef spotted these cool Mazda 3 hatchbacks in Thailand sporting Coca Cola paintjobs and he wishes to share it with fellow readers, so here they are! I think they look pretty […]
     


  • US$500 million Mazda-Ford plant in Thailand

    We might just be getting the next generation CBU Mazda 6 from Thailand instead of Japan, once Mazda and Ford’s second plant in Thailand goes online in 2009. The US$500 million plant is a 50:50 […]
     


  • Thailand gives Malaysia AFTA rates, finally

    Thailand has finally granted Malaysian AFTA CEPT preferential rates, dropping tariffs for items coming into Thailand from Malaysia from 20% to 5%. Full details of this approval would be announced later by the Finance Ministry […]
     


  • New Toyota Vios launched in Thailand

    [ LATEST UPDATE: Click here to find out more details on the Toyota Vios that will be available here in Malaysia, straight from the Malaysian press preview launch! ] [ UPDATE: Toyota is currently having […]
     


  • Toyota Belta on test in Thailand as Toyota VIOS!

    This lightly disguised Toyota Belta has been sighted doing test rounds around Thailand, and images of it have been circulating around the internet. It was posted in the Automotive Forums by reader stephen_ksf. Have a […]
     


  • New Ford Ranger with 5-speed auto in Thailand

    Ford recently unveiled to the new Ford Ranger Double Cab to the Thai market at the Thailand 23rd International Motor Expo 2006. Along with it’s 7-seater brother the Everest, this new generation of the Ford […]
     


  • Thailand 2006 Honda Jazz Facelift

    The Honda Jazz has been very popular with Malaysians despite it’s high price tag due to it being a CBU imported from previously Japan and now Thailand. It was first introduced in early 2003 with […]
     


  • Thailand and Malaysia negotiation on tariffs

    Previously I blogged about Thailand’s refusal to lower import taxes on vehicles from Malaysia down to an AFTA agreed rate of 5%. It wants to maintain it’s 20% current rate as it considers Malaysia’s non-tax […]
     


  • Thailand: “Malaysia non-compliant under AFTA”

    The AFTA agreement requires that the 6 original ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei) cut import tariffs between each other to zero by 2010. This requirement does not apply to new developing ASEAN […]
     


  • UMW Toyota exports Toyota Hiace to Thailand

    Toyota has begun exporting it’s export version of the Toyota Hiace 2.5 litre turbodiesel van to Thailand, targetting a total sales of 1,300 units (RM143 million) by the year end, with a production of 200 […]