Why there are so many luxury cars in Vientiane ?

Date: Apr 21, 2008

Why there are so many luxury cars in Vientiane ?

LAO SPY · Senior Member

Those people who can buy cars are business people. They have their own business.

Some can buy cars because they have lots of lands. So they sold their lands and bought cars.

Nowadays the price of lands is increasing.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

some of lao people are very rich and some don't even know what they have to eat. some of them just want to show off.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

THOSE are nice cars. To me personally I dont very care about the expensive cars. here in USA many many nice cars are owned by anyone, but in laos only someone who is rich could have them.
I would say ok, Mr. nice car please help out the poor poeple in laos so they can have some foods and new clothes to wear tomorrow in school.
I hope you are not selling all your grand parent teasure for those cars, just cuz you want to show off and look good. hahahahaha.

Ok, folks please dont get hard feeling.
Those are nice cars, ANYWAY!!!!!!

SeeHarHed · Guru

always amazed me... alot of people in laos are driving nice cars.. remember one thing, they all paid cash for it tooo... there's no downpayments for cars like in U.S. and the prices of the cars there are much more than here in U.S.

for example.. some used honda accord can cost around $7000-8000 in U.S. but in Laos.. that same car can easily goes for around $13,000 or $14,000.

so.. this meant.. lao people in Laos have more $$$ than most of lao folks in U.S.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

from the pix, showed above, i couldn't see the luxury cars.
what i saw were sport cars.
you are right there are expensive for lao socity, but someone can affort it.
even if i have the money, i wouldn't buy any of them.
i used to drive the older model of the suv as the 1rst pix, but my son made
a sanwich of it at the trafic light. BTW it burns to much for me.
nowaday, the better the smaller. at my place the gas will hit $4 at a few nest days. Diessel is already $4.50.
i love fiat 500.

SeeHarHed · Guru

the reason cars in Laos are so expensive cause of the high taxes.. those sport cars are designed for fast driving and handling... there's no roads like that around town that allow them to even go faster than 50 mph.. they have to avoid all those potholes.. hahahhaha

hey.. if you got the money.... who cares right?? i'm sure the gas in here is higher than $4 per gal.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

YEP, Money talks no1 wouldnt care if you are the big bucks, bling bling or whatever? I wish I am the bill gates man who is carry all the Benjamin banknotes. hahahaha. I am only carry the KIp currency and all poo sao lao just ran when I am approaching them, I want to hit on them, but where is my luck?
I might have to call Mister P_Bush to loan me some cash.

Zak · Senior Member

Some of those cars are actually over 10 years old... I don't consider them luxury cars, they're purely sports cars.

IE those Supras, that RX-7, the Skyline and Silvia.

Wealth gap. Only way to stop it is more money into the education system!

Date: Apr 21, 2008

Wrong SeeHarHed, they do have down payment nowaday in Laos. Surprise isn't it, but it's true. As long as those cars are owned by honest businessmen or women, all I can say it more power to them. But in the back of my mind, most of those nice cars are owned proabably by sons, daughters, or relatives to some corrupt Lao officials, illegal businesspeople, who knows. I won't be surprise at all those.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

whoa!!! It sounds pretty scary to hear it as Corruption, so if my father is not a big shot in laos and I won't be able to ride a nice car huh?
So most of the poeple who has the power is money talk then? That is call mafia land oh wow.....................

Date: Apr 21, 2008

many corruption and sale ya-bah in laos. true

Date: Apr 21, 2008

"Vientiane Drift 2008"-see the decals on the cars. I think those cars are brought in from overseas or across the river for the Vientiane Auto Show. It would be silly to drive a slam-Supra in the streets in Laos. I don't time communist Laos has a drift scene.

Date: Apr 21, 2008

there are many levels of quality and many types of cars, strucks and even bikes. so that poor and pro-poor can own, depend on their income. those vehicles are necessary for people life. so it is good to see Lao people can own cars. Just look a round, 85% of Lao population is farmer, but now majority of them can have at least one struck or car or at least " Yanma or Kobota" which they call " long neck cab" these strucks are so useful for them. And you see, pro-poor can own middle guality car like second hand cars such as Houndai...
especially Laos does not have railway network yet, but small number of population, so Lao people have the dream to have car one time in their life.

paris_vientiane · Guru

all those cars need lot of gas and pollute a lot! if i would be rich, i would be ashamed to drive such a car!

Ok, they are luxury and beautifull (and i like beautifull car), but their "concept" belong to the past!

Those people really can't find better use of their money?

Date: Apr 22, 2008

Oh! Probably, bicyle is a new concept, is it right?

chiip · Guru

i don`t see alfa romeo. lamborghini, porsche. benz. jaguar or rolls - royce

Date: Apr 22, 2008

There are a lot of corruptions in Laos, some people earn about $350 per month max. but they can buy a car cash. Once of my friends who works for the government, he owns 2 cars in his family. I asked him where does he get his money to buy the cars, even I am working in a develop country, I still cannot buy a car like him, imagine having 2 of them. Friend of my won't tell me where he gets his money from. By the way, I am still waiting to see Lao prim minister to procecute corrupted government officers. If anyone has any news about this topic please post it here. Thanks.

Lan_Xang · Guru

chiip wrote:

i don`t see alfa romeo. lamborghini, porsche. benz. jaguar or rolls - royce

They have not graduate from the Asian Import car scene like we come to know at this time. I wonder if they will like luxury movies like The Fast and The Furious.
confused

Date: Apr 22, 2008

Bravo,

It's very nice thing to hear that laos poeple can buy a car in laos with their credit or they can get a loan from the owner of car dealer. How is the APR works out in laos, is it fix or adjustable?
Do they need down payment or just give them property deposit?
Maybe they only need cash flow huh?

Zak · Senior Member

Anonymous wrote:

"Vientiane Drift 2008"-see the decals on the cars. I think those cars are brought in from overseas or across the river for the Vientiane Auto Show. It would be silly to drive a slam-Supra in the streets in Laos. I don't time communist Laos has a drift scene.

You'd be surprised... A year ago I was sitting outside with two people in Vientiane drinking soy milk at night. Here comes a newer 2000+ Toyota that takes a turn and.... drifts.

It was RIGHT after Tokyo Drift came out too... LOL!

Date: Jun 6, 2008

Money talks, if you got cash they'll bring them to you !

laopeoplesarmy · Senior Member

Folks,

Those Dream Machines seeing in the pictures are in Laos for the Autoshow and promotion purpose. Pretty much like the Detroit Autoshow where they showcase all the new concept vehicle. None of those vehicles seeing in the picutres are currently not available to the general public.

The original author of this thread is a member of the Anti-Lao Government and this is one of his many misinformation campaign aiming to discredit the Lao Government.

Date: Jun 28, 2010

It really amazes me too about Lao people diving very expensive cars !!! I think they deserved it for working hard ! but what I really don't understand is why tax are sooo expensive. Gosh .. you could buy and extra 1 and a half car just paying taxes for one car !!!

paris_vientiane · Guru

Mee too, i'm very surprised to see so many luxury cars in Laos.
(Or even so many not luxury but quite comfortable and expensive cars like Toyota VIGO)

Where, by the hell, people can find money to buy so expensive cars in a so poor country?

I seriously doubt the money can come from legal source for most of those luxury cars owners.

As someone wrote before, most of people living in "developped" country, and even with a good situation cannot buy such cars!

It would not be surprising to see a few ones, because there are rich people living everywhere and in some country, rich people enjoy a lot to show their succes to everyone (by driving luxury cars..)... but there are so many of those cars in Laos...

Cars for business: when you do business, you need return on investment.. you need card functional and reliable at the lowest possible price... oposite luxury cars

Cars for rich people who own those business? maybe, but what business in Laos can bring enough money to buy such luxury product? There is not so much business in laos, and prices are low (because most of consumers are poor), this mean benefits are low too...
or maybe their business is not legal (illegal import/drug trafic...)?

For officials? With their low salary, even for high ranked official, impossible... or only with corruption.

I hope i'm wrong... but it's really very suprising, even shoking to see so much money spent in such products in a poor country like Laos.

Walk in Vientiane, you'll meet more luxury cars than in Paris! There is clearly something wrong.

-- Edited by paris_vientiane on Monday 28th of June 2010 10:59:42 AM

paris_vientiane · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

Oh! Probably, bicyle is a new concept, is it right?

If you are really rich, the real luxury solution, according to me, is to get one vehicle for each kind of use:

- a very small but comfortable, high level, car to drive in the city when you really need a car, electric if possible

- a big car and comfortable when you have to cross the country with many people/goods

- a good quality bicycle to go 2-3 km from your home easily

- why not a good motorbike (electric if possible) for mid distance use (3-10km) for one or 2 people without goods to carry.

Of course, the big car can bring you everywhere, but it's clearly something inapropriate to carry one single person or 2 in the center of the city, because of pollution it generates, trafic jams it contribute to generate and suffer from, difficulty to park it, etc... So it's not the "universal" solution it seems to be at first.

And what about sports car? of course they are beautifull and funny stuff, but, what is the benefit of those fast cars considering there are speed limits to respect (for your security but others too)? Moreover, did you see the quality of roads in Laos? do you really think such car are appropriaite on this kind of road? clearly not!

Date: Jun 28, 2010

Man, do you know not everyone in Laos is poor.

paris_vientiane · Guru

did you really read my comment?

Of course not everyone is poor.... but i wrote i'm surprise to see that so many people are rich enough to pay for such car in a so poor country.
Seeing a few one would not surprised me... there are rich people everywhere.

But, for instance, the number of Hummer in Vientiane is really surprising regarding the "economic potential" of the country!

lao-boy · Veteran Member

Hey guy These car only few in laos some one brough from another country we don`t have dealer for hummer ,in USA if you fill up gas of tank it will cost at least almost $ 200 US compare to lao money who can affort to put gas like this , I know some peoples very rich in laos only 10 % and 90% are poor those 90% drive motocycle not Hummer

Date: Jun 28, 2010

lao-boy wrote:

Hey guy These car only few in laos some one brough from another country we don`t have dealer for hummer ,in USA if you fill up gas of tank it will cost at least almost $ 200 US compare to lao money who can affort to put gas like this , I know some peoples very rich in laos only 10 % and 90% are poor those 90% drive motocycle not Hummer

****ING HUMMER... CHINESE DON'T DRIVE IT. BUT THERE S A FACTORY IN SICHUAN...

Date: Jun 28, 2010

No wonder how they have those monies? 50% of them come from Government corruptions
25% come from business and their parent, relative who working hard in third country and
old men from USA, CANADA, who has young wife or second wife in Laos
25% come from drug dealers!!

I have only one young wife over there!!
second one just girlfreind!! hehehehe just kidding!!!

Date: Jun 28, 2010

more luxury it mean more nation's currency drain out of country

Date: Jun 28, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

more luxury it mean more nation's currency drain out of country

You talk like your country already know how to build your own cars, that'a very funny. even Japanese spent money to imports some european cars like Germany sport cars, Italy sport cars, and U.S sport cars. if you don't want your kips drain out of Laos why don't you just design your own ???? Stop worry about lao-kip drain out of the country, when you can't even make a plastic bag....

Date: Jun 29, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

more luxury it mean more nation's currency drain out of country

You talk like your country already know how to build your own cars, that'a very funny. even Japanese spent money to imports some european cars like Germany sport cars, Italy sport cars, and U.S sport cars. if you don't want your kips drain out of Laos why don't you just design your own ???? Stop worry about lao-kip drain out of the country, when you can't even make a plastic bag....

That is just one person's opion. Don't you know there is actually Lao Automobile designer here in the US.

You should be proud the fact that your country produces and exports plastic bags to the world...Not!.... I prefer using Banana and Taro's leaves over your fukng plastic bags anytimes....Hahahaha and I am not kidding.

Date: Jun 29, 2010

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

more luxury it mean more nation's currency drain out of country

You talk like your country already know how to build your own cars, that'a very funny. even Japanese spent money to imports some european cars like Germany sport cars, Italy sport cars, and U.S sport cars. if you don't want your kips drain out of Laos why don't you just design your own ???? Stop worry about lao-kip drain out of the country, when you can't even make a plastic bag....

That is just one person's opion. Don't you know there is actually Lao Automobile designer here in the US.

You should be proud the fact that your country produces and exports plastic bags to the world...Not!.... I prefer using Banana and Taro's leaves over your fukng plastic bags anytimes....Hahahaha and I am not kidding.

Date: Jul 4, 2010

Not all Lao citizens are poor! Laos is currently the fastest growing economy in Asia after China.

Real estate is a HOT commodity in Laos. The SEA Games and the new 450 Anniversary Blvd. has made many rice paddies and land owners a multi-millionaires overnight. Take a look at the real estate prices in Vientiane and you'll understand why.

Anonymous wrote:

If I am not mistake, Laos is one of the poorest countries in the world. But why Lao people, especially Vientiane citizen, has many luxury car all over the corners in Vientiane. The tax to import car is not expensive? What is the average salary of Lao people? Is this show us something about the gap in Lao society?

Date: Jul 4, 2010

First, those are not so luxury, they are just nice cars.

Second, how do you know those cars owned by Lao people? There are many Thai, Chinese, Viet businessmen in Laos and they surely own nice cars like those.

lao-boy · Veteran Member

lao-boy wrote:

Hey guy These car only few in laos some one brough from another country we don`t have dealer for hummer ,in USA if you fill up gas of tank it will cost at least almost $ 200 US compare to lao money who can affort to put gas like this , I know some peoples very rich in laos only 10 % and 90% are poor those 90% drive motocycle not Hummer

****ING HUMMER... CHINESE DON'T DRIVE IT. BUT THERE S A FACTORY IN SICHUAN...

Anonymous
Date: 5 days ago
China make it but American own company using chinese cheap labor boy

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chiip · Guru

these vehicles are not owned by chinese or vietnamese but lao businessmen , in business world you have to : 1. make yourself good looking that everyone 'd like to speak with you and to trust you
2. if you drive a common car your customers will hesitate to make an agreement with you but in the contrary, if you drive a benz or a lexus and wearing a beatiful suit will certainly make you customer trust you more and agreements or a transactions would be made more easily and faster.
everyone know that these cars cost a lot and the import tax is about 125-185 % not including super tax but having a delux cars is an obligation for business people.
for me i'm using an old volvo 240 as old as i am, which 's burning crazily my income. but what can i do excepting paying more for gasoline Hehehe !

Dark Angel · Guru

There are more beautiful luxury cars in Laos than there are elephanes and bufferoes and if they could afford it so that is OK as long as the people who own those cars buy them with hard honest working money and as long as they don't pay with the stolen money from the country or briberies and corruptions which will make the whole nation to own the other nation and be in debt for many generations to come. So no need to be jealousy for some Lao people who are hard working and also successeful as long as they don't buy those expensive cars with the stolen money from the country and they don't sell the country and the Lao people for the money so they could buy the private jet or any things that they want that money could buy so who care.

-- Edited by Dark Angel on Monday 5th of July 2010 09:58:44 AM

Date: Jul 5, 2010

Who said there are many luxury cars in vientiane???i hardly find BMW!!! WHERE THE HELL??

lao-boy · Veteran Member

I live in vientian since I born I hardly to find luxury cars maybe once per month I saw on the road don`t know maybe can`t affort gas ? or scare stolen ,not like California I saw almost everyday luxury cars when I was USA 2005

eye_sky · Guru

Are there? Never saw a lot of them, but then I didn't stay there for a month to actually notice. But it's the capital, it should be the showcase of the rich and powerful.

http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2010/07/sri-lankan-tales-perplexing-moment-in.html

Date: Jul 9, 2010

WHO CARE IF YOU JAVE MONEY TO BUY THEM GO FOR IT. if you want anymore care let me know i can get you any care you want . money talk bull**** walk . smile

Date: Jul 9, 2010

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE

Date: Jul 9, 2010

When I see the question

Why there are so many luxury cars in Vientiane ? I almost throw up.

paris_vientiane · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE

This way of thinking is just from XXth century... defenitly not appropriate for XXIst century.

"Enjoy life", you can, yes, but at only one condition: behave responsibly.

Those cars pollute a lot and consume tremendous quantities of rare and not renewable ressources (gas). So consuming and enjoying such "toys" is clearly not a sustanable behaviour, clearly inapropriate.

When we will be able to build such cars, but electric and powered by solar panels mounted on your garage, so OK, we will say again "IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE". But current electric cars and solar panel are clearly not enough powerfull for such big or very fast cars.

Moreover, if you really need such big car to carry many things or person, so OK, they are appropriate tools.

But if you drive alone in the center city, they are clearly not appropriate, because they uselessly occupy a lot of public space (on the roads or in parking lots). When you live countryside, in wide places, no problem, but when you lve in center city, where space is rare (PUBLIC SPACE, mean belong to EVERYONE), respect others mean use just the space you need. If you are alone you just need a small car or a motorbike. Using a big car when you are alone just take more place to other and generate more trafic jams (make EVERYONE loose time and breath more polluted air) and parking difficulties, for nothing, just for your pleasure.

Being rich do not allow you to lack of respect to others... and in a world of limited ressources, respecting others mean also just use the ressources your really need, and no more.

Don't forget that if eveyone in the world would adopt the mean way of life of people in USA, we would need 6 Earth planets to provide us the needed ressources.. but we only have ONE planet, so it's clearly impossible. We ALL have to find a new and sustainable way of life. This mean accept to go back on some points, and find a way to go further for other points, but in a responsible manner (thx to new technologies,etc...). And the richer people are the one who have the strongest responsibility in this issue, because they are the ones who have the worst "ecological impact", and they are also the ones who have the most ressources, so the most capability to change things.

So definitly, you cannot say "IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE". XXth century is finished.

Humans have now to behave like adults, no more like irresponsible children, even if this is not "pleasant".

-- Edited by paris_vientiane on Sunday 11th of July 2010 10:37:11 AM

Date: Jul 12, 2010

paris_vientiane wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE

This way of thinking is just from XXth century... defenitly not appropriate for XXIst century.
"Enjoy life", you can, yes, but at only one condition: behave responsibly.
Those cars pollute a lot and consume tremendous quantities of rare and not renewable ressources (gas). So consuming and enjoying such "toys" is clearly not a sustanable behaviour, clearly inapropriate.
When we will be able to build such cars, but electric and powered by solar panels mounted on your garage, so OK, we will say again "IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE". But current electric cars and solar panel are clearly not enough powerfull for such big or very fast cars.

Moreover, if you really need such big car to carry many things or person, so OK, they are appropriate tools.
But if you drive alone in the center city, they are clearly not appropriate, because they uselessly occupy a lot of public space (on the roads or in parking lots). When you live countryside, in wide places, no problem, but when you lve in center city, where space is rare (PUBLIC SPACE, mean belong to EVERYONE), respect others mean use just the space you need. If you are alone you just need a small car or a motorbike. Using a big car when you are alone just take more place to other and generate more trafic jams (make EVERYONE loose time and breath more polluted air) and parking difficulties, for nothing, just for your pleasure.
Being rich do not allow you to lack of respect to others... and in a world of limited ressources, respecting others mean also just use the ressources your really need, and no more.
Don't forget that if eveyone in the world would adopt the mean way of life of people in USA, we would need 6 Earth planets to provide us the needed ressources.. but we only have ONE planet, so it's clearly impossible. We ALL have to find a new and sustainable way of life. This mean accept to go back on some points, and find a way to go further for other points, but in a responsible manner (thx to new technologies,etc...). And the richer people are the one who have the strongest responsibility in this issue, because they are the ones who have the worst "ecological impact", and they are also the ones who have the most ressources, so the most capability to change things.
So definitly, you cannot say "IF YOU HAVE MONEY ENJOY IT. ENJOY LIFE". XXth century is finished.
Humans have now to behave like adults, no more like irresponsible children, even if this is not "pleasant".

-- Edited by paris_vientiane on Sunday 11th of July 2010 10:37:11 AM

sorry to hear that. you must not have money to enjoy life to the max as you would like.

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Date: Jun 17, 2012

may you hide in the cave for a decade, Laos is not communist, man!