Korean minivan with Mercedes badges

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:25 am

A Cambodian family just bought one of those Korean minivans with Mercedes badges.

They paid $16,000.

A lot of vehicles that come into Cambodia are second hand, but fixed up to look like new. I think this is the case, but may be it is new.

These vans come into Cambodia with Mercedes badges. I am starting to think Mercedes is connected with the company, and this is legitimate.

These vans are common in Cambodia.

JerryCan · Post by **JerryCan** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:53 am

Mercedes MB series

Not new, probably 15-20 years old.

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:08 am

I asked him what year. He said 2002. It looks new. I thought he didnt understand the question.

Post by **Username Taken** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:43 am

"In 1991, SsangYong started a technology partnership with Daimler-Benz. The deal was for SsangYong to develop an SUV with Mercedes-Benz technology. This was supposedly to allow SsangYong to gain footholds in new markets without having to build their own infrastructure (utilizing existing Mercedes-Benz networks) while giving Mercedes a competitor in the then-booming SUV market.[16] This resulted in the Musso, which was sold first by Mercedes-Benz and later by SsangYong.[17]

SsangYong further benefited from this alliance, long after Daimler-Benz stopped selling the Musso, producing a badge engineered version of the Mercedes-Benz MB100, the Istana and using Daimler designs in many other models, including the second-generation Korando (engine and transmission), the Rexton (transmission),[18] the Chairman H (chassis and transmission)[19] and the Kyron (transmission).["

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Motor

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:30 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:25 am A Cambodian family just bought one of those Korean minivans with Mercedes badges.

They paid $16,000.

A lot of vehicles that come into Cambodia are second hand, but fixed up to look like new. I think this is the case, but may be it is new.

These vans come into Cambodia with Mercedes badges. I am starting to think Mercedes is connected with the company, and this is legitimate.

These vans are common in Cambodia.

Those vans have a Benz engine as well, and the engine is nearly indestructible.

But I wouldn't have paid 16k for it.

Queef · Post by **Queef** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:48 am

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Those vans have a Benz engine as well, and the engine is nearly indestructible.

But I wouldn't have paid 16k for it.
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or $25k for a 2007 Camry... or $17k for a 1998 Lexus SUV. I feel bad for Cambodians sometimes. They're getting fucked over big time and they don't seem to mind it one bit.

I told my gf that her "fancy" $35k Lexus is actually worth less than $7k. She wasn't happy. She told me I looked down on her. I reminded her that I use PassApp. She felt superior. No more hard feelings.

JerryCan · Post by **JerryCan** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:07 am

Charge $16k for a used Korean made van in Cambodia and people will buy it. Offer a NEW Korean made van for $16k in Western countries and no one will touch it. I used to work for Hyundai, and the only way we sold cars was with extreme discounts and very low interest financing. It's how I picked up a 1 year old hatchback w/30,000 km for $2,500. An equivalent Honda at the time would have been $15k.

Worth is all subjective.

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:09 am

The number of people buying cars is continually increasing. There is a shortage of second hand cars. In years to come, when there are more second hand cars, the prices should come down.

JerryCan · Post by **JerryCan** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:14 am

Not here. There's already a bunch of old used Camrys and Corollas for $2.5k or less that no one will buy.

It's a bit like Korea where cars are status symbols, so paying cheap for car makes you low class. That's why everything you see is roughly the same vintage and price. That's why there's even a market for people to spend thousands of dollars to "update" their cars exterior to look like a newer model, whereas at least where I am from, people would just laugh at you for doing so.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:22 am

JerryCan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:14 am Not here. There's already a bunch of old used Camrys and Corollas for $2.5k or less that no one will buy.

It's a bit like Korea where cars are status symbols, so paying cheap for car makes you low class. That's why everything you see is roughly the same vintage and price. That's why there's even a market for people to spend thousands of dollars to "update" their cars exterior to look like a newer model, whereas at least where I am from, people would just laugh at you for doing so.

^this

I know people living a a bamboo shed with a (what they believe) 20k USD Lexus in front.

Hell, some people even change the stickers on the their 2014 Honda dream to make it look like a 2018-2019 model.

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