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<blockquote data-quote="Schwepps" data-source="post: 181130" data-attributes="member: 3592"><p>European car parts are always more expensive than Jap, especially luxury brands like Merc, BMW and Volvo. Anytime you send one in to the official workshop for a repair, it will be a 4-figure bill. Even a normal service will be near 4-figure.</p><p></p><p>It's just premium pricing. Eg, I changed the batteries for my wife's Merc key-fob at C&C: cost RM48. Batteries! But BMW and Merc are nothing compared to say Porsche. Changing anything major in a Porsche is usually 5-figure. An overhaul can be 6-figure.</p><p></p><p>But the premium tag is why people want to own luxury cars, especially German. No Jap marque has the same street cred and brand cred. The Japs are trying very hard with brand-in-a-brand strategy, eg with Lexus and Infinity. But still not there yet lar...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Schwepps, post: 181130, member: 3592"] European car parts are always more expensive than Jap, especially luxury brands like Merc, BMW and Volvo. Anytime you send one in to the official workshop for a repair, it will be a 4-figure bill. Even a normal service will be near 4-figure. It's just premium pricing. Eg, I changed the batteries for my wife's Merc key-fob at C&C: cost RM48. Batteries! But BMW and Merc are nothing compared to say Porsche. Changing anything major in a Porsche is usually 5-figure. An overhaul can be 6-figure. But the premium tag is why people want to own luxury cars, especially German. No Jap marque has the same street cred and brand cred. The Japs are trying very hard with brand-in-a-brand strategy, eg with Lexus and Infinity. But still not there yet lar... [/QUOTE]
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