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mazda 3 so expensive. honda civic also expensive. yet we see so many people willing to pay a premium for H cars, but not M cars. is the appeal of vtec so strong?

Price even higher than BMW, and Mercedes but Under power, I heard from many owners and read some reviews Reliability not as good as it price, why?

All undermentioned at entry level as @ 15/10/09 (b4 less any rebate) normal regn. 1. h.jazz 1.3---$55,100 2. p.myvi 1.3--$52,999 3. h.getz 1.4----$47,399 4. c.aveo5 1.4---$39,999

Wow...cudnt belif my eyes wen I saw this ad... http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.ph...892&DL=2146 Which carrot will buy this car??

It dawned on me a few months back on how rapid and surreal the rise is property prices are in Singapore. Being an older citizen and someone who has undergone thru a few property cycles, I dread to look into my crystal ball. But I shall not say what I see in the crytal ball but instead I shall lay down some pitfalls our younger generation may get into. 1) Why are the prices rising? In the past, property rise wasn't as rapid as currently. If you think about it, past rises (before mid 80s) were very mild. Even back then the economy was doing well but prices didnt shoot thru the roof! There wasn't many FT importation. So the increase was mainly due to inflation, slowly growing number of citizens and HDB's supply of new units. Currently, the biggest factor leading to escalation is the welcoming of FT. You gotta house an additional 1+ million, there is no way prices wont move. 2) Is the number of FT import increasing? The ans is YES!. As long as we hit double digit growth. But the moment those numbers drop.....watch out! Because we are soplugged into the worlds economy that any little tremor in any market, we will get hit. China, India, Euro, US, SEA....any one of these can potentially devastate us. But the rise in FT number can also not be sustainable. Imaging importing until 10million resisdents? Our physical constarints can never be removed. But what will happen when we hit the limit.....say 6million then stop importing? What happens to property values? They will stagnate or slide just like the early 80s. Then what happens to our younger citizens who bought at inflated prices? They have tied up all their income into just paying the mortgage of 40+years. Once an inflation peak comes, interest rates bumps to 9% ( as it has happen previously) many will be unable to pay their interest, let alone the principal. Many will lose their roofs over their heads. Or if they lose their jobs. Or if theyre retrenched. Or if the get hit will long term illness. Then those who are just able to barely escape all these will find their CPF nestegg empty. All of which have been used up in paying interests. They will have nothing for retirement. The govt will then cajole them to rent, sell or give it to insurance co, just so they can have something to eat. 3) Conclusion? In the future there will be many an FT going back. They will liquidate, esp during a recession. I advise citizens to pay off their mortgage asap of take the least amount of loans possible. Save those bullets for a rainy day. Save it to buy back those property being sold cheap by the returning FTs. Take back your country. When the upturn comes, rent it back at ridiculous $$$.

Just test drove it today. I dont find it that impressive for performance wise. My friend even told me its very powerful. I tapped the gas pedal, acceleration wise almost the same as any jap car on the road. Century sprint in 10s as seen on sgcarmart. He downpaid 15k and took a 10 year loan for it. 115k.

These are my opinions only. 1) Mazda 3 2) Perodua Myvi 3) Civic conti makes need not list as these buyers are rich. they dun mine paying the extra $$.

Yearly depreciation of close to $10k. Is this an overpriced old beetle? http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-nxk8sG3-1000.html If one is really keen to own an old piece of beetle, he could just have bought a much cheaper beetle and spend the money on restoration. It still won't add up to $40k. What do you think?

A Kia Picanto 1.1M is now selling at $43,499, when Cat A COE is $17,000 (5 June 2007). In July 2004, when Cat A COE was at $28K, the very same car was selling for $48,900. You do your sums and tell me if cars now are indeed expensive? ... and with more ERP gantries coming up too.

KOREAN Chevrolet Optra 1.6A - $51K Hyundai Verna 1.6A, Kia Rio 1.6A, Chevrolet Aveo 1.4A - all approx $46K JAPANESE Nissan Sunny 1.6A & Mit Lancer 1.6A - $42K-$43.5K While I agree that the Sunny & Lancer are old models, but they are 100% pure bred Japanese. Would you rather choose the Koreans & pay more or get the cheaper priced Japs?

I was just checking out the prices at the Motorshow. (the show was a complete rip off btw) Octavia A4 (Old Model) - 59K Octavia A5 (New Model) - 69K As a reasonably high quality continental, the stand alone prices offered does look quite ok to me. Most continentals (Ford/Opel/Citreon/PG) of the same size and spec cost about the high 60K to mid 70K region anyway. The VW Jetta is probably going to set anyone back in the the high 80K or even low 90K region...so the Octavia at 70K - looks OK. IMO.

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Heard the new 320 is about $150K, whereas the old 318 costs $120+ discounted... Why compare new 320 with old 318? Because the engine is essentially the same 4 pot! The 2.2 smooth 6 is no longer available for 320 unlike the last gen. Got to go for 325 or 330 for smooth 6 action nowadays. So basically $30K for new body and gadgets...hmmm....