I remember about 15 years back, when i want to order a wira, i was hinted to pay kopi money!! Surprisingly many people were rushing to pay this kind of money to get a "basic car" with a debt!!
While i was in uk, a basic brand new Audi/BMW/Mercedes cost about 20k, if i have not mistaken, monthly installment was 300, but the showroom was empty, i mean no customer!!
Many years back a couple of French unknowingly happen to talk about prices of cars, there were like pointing to an E-class:"how much does one of these cost here?" I gave an estimated quote which happens to be in the 6-figure region, their jaw dropped !! "Why are there so many of these here??" (they must be thinking we have a lot of "millionaires" in bolehland)
The point is, regardless of how high the price and the taxes, people are still rushing to put their orders in new car launches....obviously our people can afford to pay the difference!! If there is no problem, why fix it?