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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkortum" data-source="post: 328323" data-attributes="member: 8766">Wow this is a very interesting discussion, I do think there should be something done to the Malaysian car industry. Grey imports are making the purchase of cars cheaper and therefore more affordable for the general Malaysian to purchase a car, this is making the roads safer by having newer vehicles on the road. Imagine if there were no grey imports on Malaysian roads prices would be higher for all used cars and the roads would be full of junk.Australia was in a similar situation 20 years ago with high import tariffs and a thriving trade in grey imports, the government decided that they were only supporting a lazy local auto industry as they didn’t have to be competitive and all vehicles were terribly overpriced. The import duties are now very low and still reducing, the local manufacturers have now become more competitive and are now world class. The roads are full of newer cars which has had a marked improvement in the safety of the vehicles. If Malaysia reduced the import duties you would see the industry go in the same direction and all would benefit, the local manufacturers would be forced to improve and the price of all other vehicles would become more affordable which would wipe out the grey import market.</blockquote>