Poverty happens because there is no business opportunity and job opportunities for the people. Also, low salary but high direct and indirect tax through sales of necessity goods and services caused people have not much remaining cash left even with very careful spending.

Since no change of new management, the old usual policy stays and car price will keep increase on every facelift and new replacement model.

Else, we would be getting:
- Camry, Mazda6, K5, Sonata 2.0L at RM90k for D-segment
- Altis, K3, Elantra 1.8L at RM70k
- Vios 1.5, Rio 1.6, Fiesta 1.6 at RM40-50k

Other countries, new FL and new replacement do not increase selling price. Unless model 2005 is low quality substandard model but in 2010 upgraded to quality model on par with Japanese/Conti for quality premium made category.

Back in 60's and 70's, there is no such thing as no spare parts despite no IT, no hi-tech communication but only phone and paperwork. In the 80's and early 90's, carmakers would setup plants here and also there is no such thing as no spare part yet. Mid to late 90's onwards, some Japanese carmakers no longer setup plants here when car price began to increase like mad. 2000's onwards more and more carmakers turned to Thailand it became ASEAN automotive hubs. The P1/P2 protection policy and overly high car price eventually turned carmakers away and we lost much of the business and jobs opportunities.

AFTA 2005 did reduced car price a bit and that time many shop for Japanese cars CKD or CBU from Thai. Those who bought earlier paid dearly while used car dealers were all mad.
D-segment Camry 2.0 RM160k to RM130k
C-segment Altis 1.8 RM128k to RM110k
C-segment Altis 1.6 RM112k to RM97k
B-segment appeared for the first time City RM87k then quickly reduced to RM78k after Vios '03 launch priced at RM69k became the cheapest Japanese made ever. Vios later forced to increase to RM75k for being too close to Waja at RM67k.

Conti made remained expensive due to fully imported. Pug406 at RM160k while Volvo S40 at RM169k, they were priced at earlier Camry '01 pricing. Mazda 6 priced at RM160k due to imported sold as premium sports sedan.

Whenever there's facelift, car price up RM2k and when brand new replacement came, up another RM5k. Now car price slowly moving back to square 1. Camry 2.0 priced at RM150 to RM160k. C-segment also slowly moving up crawling back to RM130k. The same goes to B-segment. AFTA is ASEAN treaty therefore, the old management has no choice but to obey.