Sweet September For Car Dealers
By Ignatius Stephen

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei, a nation of car lovers, is saying `yes' at last. They are saying yes to all kinds of cars and are snapping them up as soon as they hit the market.

So much so car dealers are caught napping and stocks have run out on a number of popular models, thanks to the recent government salary increase.

And the delighted Brunei's car dealers are looking out for a sweet September as they expect fresh stocks soon. Haji Shahrum bin Haji Kadir, General Sales Manager NBT and a Brunei Automobile Association official, told the Weekend, "Compared with previous month August sales continued to increase significantly.

"At 1,218 units for the eight months in August it is the highest ever recorded for some time," he said.

In July 1,049 cars were sold he said. And the sales are going up and up. It appears that the slump in car sales is a thing of the past at least for the time being.

Japanese cars remained the king of the road and in fact they even increased their market share from 76 per cent to 78 per cent. European car sales decreased from 10 to 8 percent. Third country sales, mainly Korean remained the same at 14 per cent.

Haji Shahrum said the market remained buoyant because of increase in salary of more than 30,000 public servants who received a pay rise of up to $200 and more.

"The increase boosted purchasing confidence levels especially in the lower income segment.

"That is indicated by the significant increase in demand of economic, small segment and MPVs with lower capacity engines."

And the immediate future looks good. "With the availability of stock and on going demand, September sales looks rosy," he added. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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