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Toyota offers lower-payment car loans in Thailand to compete with Chinese EVs
Toyota has started offering a new type of car loan in Thailand.
The plan sets an estimated value for the car at the end of a three-to-five-year contract, then calculates monthly payments on the amount left after that value is deducted from the new-car price.
This can make the monthly payments lower than paying off the full price during the contract.
Japanese automakers have long dominated Southeast Asia, but Chinese companies are gaining sales with lower-priced electric vehicles.
Toyota hopes the more affordable monthly payments will help it win customers and protect its market share.
The available information does not say what customers can do with the car when the contract ends.
Toyota has begun offering a car loan in Thailand that lowers monthly payments by accounting for the vehicle’s expected value at the end of the contract.
The move is aimed at helping Toyota compete as Chinese automakers increase sales in Southeast Asia with lower-priced electric vehicles.
The loan sets a future value for the car after a three-to-five-year contract and bases monthly repayments on the difference between that value and the new-car price.
Toyota is promoting the plan’s lower monthly cost and accessibility to win market share.
- Who
- Toyota Motor.
- What
- Toyota has started offering a car loan in Thailand that reduces monthly payments by setting a future value for the vehicle.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Thailand.
- Why
- To compete for market share as Chinese automakers increase sales in Southeast Asia with lower-priced electric vehicles.
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- Contract length
- Three to five years
- Market
- Thailand
- Loan structure
- Monthly repayments are based on the new-car price minus the car’s set future value
- Competitive pressure
- Chinese automakers are increasing sales in Southeast Asia with lower-priced electric vehicles
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