NSX Featured in Taiwan car talk TV show

[Ben]

For those that can understand Mandarin:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7236411360962884034

Good to see the NSX getting some coverage over there.

Unfortunately, their knowledge of the NSX is a bit thin by NSXPrime standards, and they don't mention anything about the '97 and '02 updates. (The car they featured in the show was a 1991-1992 US-Spec car with 1997-2001 wheels)

According to the show, there were 21 NSXs legally imported to Taiwan, and only 13 are left. Heh, make that 14 now that CChung's '03 was exported last month.

 

[NimbleSexyXquisite]

Great Find!

 

[topman2005]

thank you so much! I'm always looking for some chinese show that talk about NSX, this one is great. :biggrin:

 

[my1stnsx]

Very nice!!!!:smile:

 

[mfh]

Haha that chick is out of control.

 

[Zanardi 50]

According to the show, there were 21 NSXs legally imported to Taiwan, and only 13 are left.

What happened to the 7 NSX's that...ahem....aren't around anymore? I think I'm too afraid to find out!

....Heh, make that 14 now that CChung's '03 was exported last month.

From what I gathered, cars sold over there usually costs 2x or even 3X the U.S. sticker price, even if slightly used but in almost new condition. I sincerely hope CChung took full leverage of what was given to him.

BTW, Nice find Ben. Totally made my day.

 

[Zanardi 50]

Haha that chick is out of control.

You ain't kidding buddy. That wannabe cute act she's putting up is quite annoying. I don't know what to make of her funky Mandarin accent. Her only excuse is that she's a "Kuno-ichi" from the land of the rising sun so I'll let her ditzy act slide. Her voice aside, she's still quite nice to look at.

 

[Ben]

What happened to the 7 NSX's that...ahem....aren't around anymore? I think I'm too afraid to find out!

Judging from the NSXs I had a chance to see up close when I was living in Taiwan, I'd say that they were either crashed/totalled or scrapped for lack of parts. If it's the latter, I wonder how cheaply you could buy them, re-import them back to the US, and get them running again, as they would still have clean titles here.

From what I gathered, cars sold over there usually costs 2x or even 3X the U.S. sticker price, even if slightly used but in almost new condition. I sincerely hope CChung took full leverage of what was given to him.

To protect the domestic auto assembly industry, any imported car is heavily taxed on import. If they didn't levy this tax, no one would buy Taiwan assembled cars. I'd be very surprised if government officials didn't get kickbacks from the domestic auto assembly houses to keep this tax in place. To add to this, virtually no prominent government official drives or is driven around in a Taiwan assembled car, further taking away the legitimacy of this tax structure.

For self-imports, by the time the car is legally registered and drivable on the roads, it will have cost you about 2x-2.5x of what it would have cost in the U.S..

Unfortunately for CChung, he probably only got US fair market value for the car. The rest of the $$ went to the Taiwan government and all the middlemen in the import process.

 

[Ben]

You ain't kidding buddy. That wannabe cute act she's putting up is quite annoying. I don't know what to make of her funky Mandarin accent. Her only excuse is that she's a "Kuno-ichi" from the land of the rising sun so I'll let her ditzy act slide. Her voice aside, she's still quite nice to look at.

Actually, I heard somewhere that she's an A/V model in Japan or something like that. :tongue: I did think she was a bit annoying too though.

 

[ETLMD]

Thanks for posting that link. It looks like that '91 had '97+ wheels, an aftermarket shift knob, and HIDs. The engine compartment looked like a 3.2L for some reason.

 

[NSXROC]

It will be very difficult to find used NSX's in Taiwan. You can't legally import cars over 10 years old. A few years back when I was in Taiwan, I came across ads for used NSX's. They were sold (91-93 models) for about $40,000 - $60,000 US $.

Last year when I was in Taipei, I saw 2 red ones and one black one. However, they weren't in very good shape.

Cars cost a lot there, a friend of mine bought a Porsche Cayenne (non turbo) and it cost him $150,000 US.

 

[BD]

I should find a buyer for my car from Taiwan, see if I can sell it for $200k:biggrin: I'll ask my cousins to put up an ad for me. Black NSX-R with T option :biggrin:

 

[Ski_Banker]

:smile: See if you can spot the interesting part(s) of that car -- scroll to around the 10:00 mark. :smile:

Cool video BTW, thanks for posting. Love hearing FRRRI in Chinese... maybe we could get this guy to post in the stupid 348 vs. NSX FChat threads. :biggrin:

 

[NSXDreamer2]

:smile: See if you can spot the interesting part(s) of that car -- scroll to around the 10:00 mark. :smile:

Cool video BTW, thanks for posting. Love hearing FRRRI in Chinese... maybe we could get this guy to post in the stupid 348 vs. NSX FChat threads. :biggrin:

what interesting part are you talking about??

 

[sahtt]

Luckily there were subtitles, I could barely understand anything when that girl, although attractive, spoke.

The guy would be "introducing" something about the car and she'd scream "ZHEN DE" [really!?!] or some other annoying comment constantly. My chinese teachers were all from mainland china anyhow.

Good to see the car still being talked about, especially a 91.

 

[Ultraman]

Cool video coverage!

Jon

 

[Zanardi 50]

:smile: See if you can spot the interesting part(s) of that car -- scroll to around the 10:00 mark. :smile:

Cool video BTW, thanks for posting. Love hearing FRRRI in Chinese...

You mean " FA - LA - LI " ?

Rhymes with "MI - SO - HO - NEE" ?

 

[BATMANs]

I spoke to this gal from Taiwan and she said that they have never heard of a NSX.

Most people don't have that sorta buying power there.

FD over there is $50kUSD after import duties/tax/tariffs.... whatever they call it these days.

You can imagine with some fuzzy math what a NSX would be.

 

[Ben]

I spoke to this gal from Taiwan and she said that they have never heard of a NSX.

Most people don't have that sorta buying power there.

FD over there is $50kUSD after import duties/tax/tariffs.... whatever they call it these days.

You can imagine with some fuzzy math what a NSX would be.

Basically, the short explanation is anything that is not assembled in Taiwan is taxed heavily, whether imported by the manufacturer or by an individual. If you want an imported car in Taiwan, expect to pay anywhere from 1.75x to 2.5x of the actual price. NSXs are between 2 to 2.5x.

 

[UW TL]

Cool video! I think that girl looks ok, nothing special..

 

[BATMANs]

Basically, the short explanation is anything that is not assembled in Taiwan is taxed heavily, whether imported by the manufacturer or by an individual. If you want an imported car in Taiwan, expect to pay anywhere from 1.75x to 2.5x of the actual price. NSXs are between 2 to 2.5x.

u are correct.