Thread: Controls on illegal passenger vans hurt sales - Toyota complains

Car maker Toyota has complained the clampdown on illegal passenger vans has hurt its van sales nationwide, according to the Transport Ministry.

Teerapong Rodprasert, vice minister for transport, said on Tuesday that representatives of Toyota Motors Thailand complained that the Land Transport Department's strict conditions on van sales, aimed against illegal unregistered passenger vans, had caused a significant reduction in nationwide sales of its vans - which had previously averaged 1,000 vehicles a month.

The company had been informed that strict regulations would remain in place as there were currently about 3,000 illegal passenger vans on the roads, compared with 6,000 legal ones, he said.

The drivers of illegal passenger vans registered them only as private vehicles, did not undergo police criminal record checks.....

Controls on illegal passenger vans hurt Toyota's sales

Toyota is being very irresponsible in expecting the Transport ministry to relax the rules for the sake of their profits.
The rules are there for public safety.

Less accidents = less replacement sales = less profit

Originally Posted by Maanaam

The rules are there for public safety

the rules are there to finance another beauracratic tinpot empire

If I take these vans long distance I only travel after midday, that way there's hope that the driver's hangover won't be so bad by then

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

The drivers of illegal passenger vans registered them only as private vehicles, did not undergo police criminal record checks.....

Just like Uber taxi drivers then...

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Toyota is being very irresponsible in expecting the Transport ministry to relax the rules for the sake of their profits.
The rules are there for public safety.

Thaksin's old regime gave the Jap car makers a lot of leeway re; soft loans for first time car buyers, soft laws and tax regs, etc. This was after the flooding damaged a lot of production here, and the Tsunami in Japan badly damaged their domestic production and spares.
Road fatalities and accident stats would have taken a huge spike around this time, I would bet.