Industry supports PKR's automotive policy plan


Car dealers have given a thumbs-up for PKR'sproposed automotive policy, arguing which any depression in automobile prices following excise cuts will usually be temporary.

NONEFederation of Motor as well as Credit Kuala Lumpur as well as Selangor boss Khoo Kah Jin (right) pronounced a marketplace will regulate to changes in cost in "one or dual years".

"The National Automotive Policy pushed used automobile prices down by a lot as well as if a policymakers learn from which it should be fine. The marketplace took about a year to regulate to that.

"As a whole, lower automobile prices have been great for everyone, including dealers," he said, echoing a Malay Vehicle Importers as well as Traders Association (Pekema), who despite scepticism, told theMalaysian Insiderthe same.

"The dealership just needs to clear out a existent stock, as well as when a brand brand brand brand brand new cars come in, it's back to zero."

This contravenes Minister in a Prime Minister's Department Nor Mohamed Yakcop's avowal which dealerships will go bankrupt if excise taxes have been cut.

"When they do away with a excise duty, a cost of cars will go down, which is correct... though if a reduction is sudden, those used automobile dealers with numerous vehicles will definitely go bankrupt.

"What about a people who work during a (second-hand automobile dealer) shops? It will have a side-effec! t upon a economy," he was reported byBernamaas saying.

'Existing owners will feel a pinch'

Khoo, however, agreed which existent owners will feel a splash as a drop in automobile value would mean which they would not be means to cover their remaining automobile loans if they sell off their cars.

This would mean carrying to tip up money from their own slot to have up a difference, he sa! id. But t! his amount is expected to be equivalent by a assets they have upon their brand brand brand brand brand new car.

"You'll end up paying obtuse for a better automobile as compared to prior to (an excise tax cut), so when we compare this assets to a amount we forked out to pay off a loan, a value should offset," he said.

He pronounced which ideally, financial institutions can step in to yield one more financing to cover a shortfall in terms of a personal loan, upon tip of a brand brand brand brand brand new automobile loan.

Khoo pronounced a shortfall cannot be tagged upon to a brand brand brand brand brand new automobile loan, as this would contravene a Hire Purchase Act which caps a credit-to-asset ratio during 90 percent.

"Perhaps it can be finished if a Hire Purchase Act is revised, as well as we hold a revision is timely," he said.

'Not everybody will upgrade'


Institute of Democracy as well as Economic Affairs executitve boss Wan Saiful Wan Jan pronounced which existent automobile owners have "valid" concerns though this is a "bitter pill they have to swallow".

"As a automobile owne! rs, we sha! re a concern though it is something which needs to be finished to repair a original mistake of a excise duties," he said.

Wan Saiful Wan Jan (2)Wan Saiful (left) pronounced which existent automobile owners can usually directly benefit from such a process if they ascent to a brand brand brand brand brand new car, though many will choose to hang upon to their cars.

"Not everybody has a money to upgrade, as well as if you're trying to ascent from a 10-year-old Wira, you're not expected to find a place which will let we traffic it in," he said.

He added which this also means there will not be a swell of cars in a second palm market, as well as a mooted second palm trade industry is expected to develop slower than expected.

However, Khoo is confident in a viability of such a market, adding which dealers have been really keen to expand their marketplace abroad.

"But there needs to be supervision grants to await this," he said, ! supportin! g a mooted thought of incentives for reconditioning for a role of export.

While he agrees which a trade-in total will not spike following a drop in automobile prices, Khoo pronounced a trade marketplace can be supported by a scrapping policy.

"It doesn't have to be imperative scrapping, though rather imperative inspections for cars aged 10 or 15 years. People will then find this heavy as well as voluntarily throw their automobile for newer models," he said.
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