Seth: Oddly enough, there are tons of Lexus SUVs here in Cambodia. Apparently, the Cambodians who emigrated to the US are exporting cars back to Cambodia, the most popular being Toyota Camrys and Lexus SUVs. Sometimes they still have their state registration tags, such as this one. Other times they’ll have bumper stickers for regional universities, sports teams, etc.
Rumor has it that Cambodia’s rich can order special motorbikes which are then stolen-to-order in Japan. I find that hilarious, but I guess it’s more efficient on a global scale then building a car in Japan and exporting it to Texas, where it is then re-exported to Cambodia.
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kevin pea // May 1, 2008 at 6:31 am
Hey,how you doing i’m Kevin. That funny when i read your story,because i just came back from Cambodia 6 months ago and i came to the same conclusion about the cars in cambodia so quit job of 6years and went back to buying cars.my problem is i can’t get a shipping to Cambodia. So,I in the meantime I’m selling it out of my used dealer lot. Anyway
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