no lar, the import car tax is not imposed on the port. its after that. the port tax is only a few % only. only when they register the car for sale, then the import tax comes in. whereby they back charge it to us, consumer. btw, they don't impose import tax on what type of car, just what is the capacity of the car and the market price ( determine by bank of course ). Plus, if your declare the car value very low, like a STI for only 20k, your insurance premium for shipping also cheap.. for the company lar. some dare to take the risk. so basically, they are doing a favour for us. if they declare the true value of STI. kena true value of port tax ... guess who they going to back charge it to ...
i know its kinda hard to understand what i say. but try to think of it the company try to increase their margin of profit by reducing cost using customs weakness.