On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:38:01 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce wrote in
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A Honda "auto transmission" motorcycle is about $1100

The 250cc Honda Reflex (I have a 2004 I bought used) sold for $US6,600
in America....just for reference.

A 250 cc motorcycle is a "big bike" in Thailand. I was talking about
the little 90 - 125cc step through Hondas. They are called "puying
hondas" (translation = girl honda).



The same EXACT cycle missing its parking brake but adding an FM stereo
into the console made in Shenzhen, China in the SAME factory as my Honda
sells at a dealer here for $US2,895. It doesn't say Honda on it, of
course. The dealer services my Reflex and we compared them apart during
a recent tuneup he did for me at 13000 miles.....

The Chinese not only make motorcycles, they make cars too. I saw one
the other day. Small three door, four seat, things with about a 950 cc
injected engine. A dealer had imported some and was marketing them as
a sort of trail balloon to see how the demand would be.

I suppose the Tata Nano will show up in Thailand at some point. They'll
be in America but by the time they get here the dealers will have them
loaded up like a Smart ForTwo and priced at $22,800. We're not allowed
to buy a SIMPLE diesel Smart car in the USA.

I don't know about Tata but the Malaysians are now building a small,
Honda Jaz sized car. I don't remember the cost but it is cheap.

http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/
$US2500, nicely loaded in India....
...it even passes the rigorous European crash tests!

US$2500 is quite a lot of money in India. If sold in America you'd
probably want to put another zero on the number.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)