timechaser
Well-Known Member
Re: Nissan GT-R Officially Revealed
The flip side to things! Had an interesting conversation today about the GTR.
Told by a colleague that Tan Chong Bukit Timah have a GTR Black Edition displayed prominently so gave them a call. Got picked up by a lady (lets call her XX, and avoid the unpleasantness of mentioning her name here).
Here is how it went:
XX: How Can I help you?
TC: Heard you have the GTR in the showroom - is this Nissan bringing it in or not?
XX: It is not Nissan, but a subsidiary of Tan Chong.
TC: So basically another PI...
XX: No no sir, this is a subsidiary of Tan Chong, who are the authorised sellers of Nissan in Singapore
TC: So it IS Nissan bringing it in?
XX: No sir, not Nissan, a subsidiary of Tan Chong...
TC: So NOT Nissan means another PI (I realised we were going around in circles here)
XX: No sir, this is not PI - this is partly Nissan because Tan Chong are...
TC: (I cut in at this point, realising the futility of the conversation) OK, what are you selling it for?
XX: We are selling it for 3300000 (that is exactly what she said - three three hundred thousand).
TC: OMG! You realise that is 3.3 million!!!
XX: No no, sorry sir - I meant 330,000
TC: So what are you selling the base model for (I was assuming this was the premium she's talking about)
XX: No base model sir, this is the black edition we are bringing in only
TC: Oh ok. So why the high price? Other PI are selling same car for $280 around!!!
XX: Our car is different sir... it is not the same as PI
TC: (Interested suddenly - basically thinking that this is the English edition i.e. buttons with english on them etc.) - How is that?
XX: Sir the spec on our car is different from PI
TC: (Getting confused now as I know there are only 3 editions and the spec is standard) How?
XX: (reaching for some papers from her colleague) Sir our car comes with a twin turbo V6 engine...
At this point I lost it and asked her point blank whether she had any clue what she was talking about.
Talked to a more knowledgeable person later who confirmed the price was $335,500. The OMV would be $117K. This is the black edition, and the servicing will be done by another subsidiary of Tan Chong called Auto Refurbishing Centre.
So basically, Tan Chong trying to get into the act - but no Nissan visibility here! Another PI, and this one's a rip-off!
The flip side to things! Had an interesting conversation today about the GTR.
Told by a colleague that Tan Chong Bukit Timah have a GTR Black Edition displayed prominently so gave them a call. Got picked up by a lady (lets call her XX, and avoid the unpleasantness of mentioning her name here).
Here is how it went:
XX: How Can I help you?
TC: Heard you have the GTR in the showroom - is this Nissan bringing it in or not?
XX: It is not Nissan, but a subsidiary of Tan Chong.
TC: So basically another PI...
XX: No no sir, this is a subsidiary of Tan Chong, who are the authorised sellers of Nissan in Singapore
TC: So it IS Nissan bringing it in?
XX: No sir, not Nissan, a subsidiary of Tan Chong...
TC: So NOT Nissan means another PI (I realised we were going around in circles here)
XX: No sir, this is not PI - this is partly Nissan because Tan Chong are...
TC: (I cut in at this point, realising the futility of the conversation) OK, what are you selling it for?
XX: We are selling it for 3300000 (that is exactly what she said - three three hundred thousand).
TC: OMG! You realise that is 3.3 million!!!
XX: No no, sorry sir - I meant 330,000
TC: So what are you selling the base model for (I was assuming this was the premium she's talking about)
XX: No base model sir, this is the black edition we are bringing in only
TC: Oh ok. So why the high price? Other PI are selling same car for $280 around!!!
XX: Our car is different sir... it is not the same as PI
TC: (Interested suddenly - basically thinking that this is the English edition i.e. buttons with english on them etc.) - How is that?
XX: Sir the spec on our car is different from PI
TC: (Getting confused now as I know there are only 3 editions and the spec is standard) How?
XX: (reaching for some papers from her colleague) Sir our car comes with a twin turbo V6 engine...
At this point I lost it and asked her point blank whether she had any clue what she was talking about.
Talked to a more knowledgeable person later who confirmed the price was $335,500. The OMV would be $117K. This is the black edition, and the servicing will be done by another subsidiary of Tan Chong called Auto Refurbishing Centre.
So basically, Tan Chong trying to get into the act - but no Nissan visibility here! Another PI, and this one's a rip-off!