Indonesia's Diehard Automotive Lifestyle at The Elite Car Show in Jakarta

[@LarryChenPhoto]

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[@fhadlysuryaramdani5325]

thank you for coming to Indonesia, It's true that the ban on importing used cars makes cars that should be cheap become very expensive. Therefore, some Indonesians who are fed up with these regulations choose to collect their cars outside Indonesia, for example in Malaysia or New Zealand. We are very happy if these rules can be changed, because if you want to know a fact in Indonesia there are more Evo or VR-4 converts compared to the original and now the price of Evo convert has reached $ 40,000, that is already expensive for us.

[@christopherlaw9184]

Lancerloutions 🏆👍🏻

[@frias2287]

Nice l have eg turbo swap h2ba7

[@AlanFormula12022]

​@@frias2287Turbo Swap BMW also.

[@reiza97]

The Importing of Vehicles in Indonesia were completely banned since 22 January 1974 before it was "relaxed" since 1999 making the whole automotive industries must build their vehicles locally to market them in Indonesia. Also, you might notice that most Indonesians prefer to have Hatchbacks, MPVs, Minibuses, SUVs rather than Sedans because Sedans (no matter it's sizes) were taxed as Luxury goods before it was revised 2 years ago from car models based tax to engine capacity based tax. Edit: thank you for your coverage about Indonesian Car Culture, I hope you come here again soon!

[@anandasyahendar7293]

up

[@rhs_0938]

Komen begini nih yang saya cari, berkualitas dan insightful

[@jabarwicaksonosukmasae6227]

Is it true? I haven't caught up with the recent Indonesia's car tax model. Correct me if I'm wrong but AFAIK, sedans still get luxury goods tax in sales. So it's gonna be more expensive to buy a new sedan rather than a new MVP or hatchback or something else.

[@anandasyahendar7293]

@@rhs_0938 setuju.. Makanya saya up

[@reiza97]

@@jabarwicaksonosukmasae6227 actually the new regulation (2021 ones) is basically removes the old tax regulation (based on news reports)

[@ALLEN_Irawan]

this is probably the most honest and accurate review of Indonesian car culture. i love that "rich people" hobby part 😅, and then you noticed all the modified car parked outside the event, but eventually you choose Brio as your favorite, "cheap" car compare to cars inside the show. you appreciate the Brio owner for whatever he has done to his car.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Ezlink Card Euro Currency

[@AlanFormula12022]

The Honda Brio also has DNA from even the Honda Jazz.

[@someone.............]

Can't said it any better.. thank you Larry for taking your time to provide an insight to your worldwide audience about our non-mainstream car culture here and a small glimpse on how expensive it is to even own or modify any cars here.. What you've seen here is a very rich person's cars show that was meticulously curated, even the "cheapest" one shown still costs much more than an average person's yearly wage makes 😂

[@Plimpert]

I love all the detail and information you got about what makes this show. As an American I could assume, but never know (without doing the research) the amount of EFFORT and money that goes into these cars. And I appreciate you explaining what makes these cars so unique.

[@naufalkusumah2192]

You nailed the summary of Indonesian car culture at the end there Larry. The people who can afford those cars either work in the government, celebrities, or successful businessmen. As an Indonesian working class, our only options are a small hatchback (Honda Jazz/Fit, Brio, Yaris, Suzuki Swift, etc) or 90s/00s Mercedes/BMW. All the cars you find on the street are 4 doors, you need to go to this high-level car show to see the coupe version of the car. When you told the story about smuggling cars it makes me realize that we live closer to Russian oligarch system than a free democratic country 😅

[@zriellzidane]

OOT

[@arisaardi7576]

Oligarch?. Nah mate, not even close.

[@rhs_0938]

I know I know you use fancy English to comment on this, tapi poin Anda tentang "kita hidup seperti di dalam sistem OLIGARKI RUSIA" ITU SALAH BESAR AND IT SHOWS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND... HELL I'M SURE THAT YOU EVEN HAVEN'T READ ABOUT UU PERPAJAKAN DAN UU BEA CUKAI DI INDONESIA, your fancy grammar UNFORTUNATELY SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE 😂

[@naufalkusumah2192]

@@rhs_0938 yeah I guess you are right I am kind of ignorant about it, but heck, I dont even live in Indonesia anymore, so bye bye to sistem perpajakan bodoh dan pegawai pajak korup indo 👋

[@rhs_0938]

@@naufalkusumah2192 Man... your response does show how ignorance you are, you don't even live here anymore... yet acting like you know everything just because you read and watch the news 😅

[@rajamarcelino7792]

I‘m thankful for you forever. Thanks for giving our Car Culture a bit more of exposure to the whole world. I‘ve been trying to tell all the people in the Europe (where Im currently studying at) that our car culture is crazy and very less people believe me. So hats off to you sir🙌🏻. This Video has brought me to tears (literally). Finally someone from the us who only spent a couple of days in Indo has such understanding about our culture in a very short time. Wish you the best of luck for the youtube channel Larry🙏🏻 hope you could present more hidden underrated car culture from different parts of world👍🏻 cant wait to watch more of your videos

[@kieranwilkie1]

I think it’s great that you chose a car that’s obtainable to the masses, it’s important to include the people that haven’t got silly money, something I feel a lot of KZbinr’s miss out.

[@JerichoRandomStuff]

Indonesia is hell for car enthusiasts, the actual car community feels inclusive to only the super rich, celebrities, and people with internal connections. The only budget friendly cars in indonesia for car enthusiasts are e30/e36 sedans, civic eg, honda brio

[@dorianmentor3921]

New found respect for this countries car culture as they don't stop for nothing is massive respect to each individual builder 🥵🥶. So good it's hot and ice cold but the level of the customization is incredible ❤

[@likeitraf]

The show was cool and definitely the cars, but in my opinion the one that really embodies the Indonesian spirit of "just use what you have" is the custom car culture which is unfortunately a dying breed but still very worth a coverage or two

[@Ghostchocobo]

Ngl, when I was in Bali in February. What modified cars I did see were amazing. Supercars looked stupid cos they were too big for the roads but there were some well preserved older cars there. Jakarta looks off the hook

[@Matthew-by6vl]

Larry, you and your teams dedication to global auto coverage is greatly appreciated. You bring us all a little closer together. Top notch production quality as always. Thanks brother and team!

[@zuzuzaza98]

Talking about high taxes, it's actually not just applies to cars it also applies to motorcycle anything bigger than 250cc will get taxed heavily from 100% to 200% or even more. So a $7k motorcycle brand new will cost probably minimum $14k. That's why almost everyone here use motorcycle/scooter smaller than 250cc.

[@figoarigohena1500]

Taxes on imports here are just soo crazy that like you said a car might cost 20 grand in the US costs almost 5 times as much. We had to resort to do things in the grey area just to get them as economical as possible.

[@asp1072]

wow, i didnt expected that you will back to Indonesia so soon. glad you are here, enjoy Jakarta 😁

[@BigSlickRick75]

I love this series on international car cultures!

[@minhucha2569]

The situation is the same here in Vietnam. We can't import legally any vehicle which is more than 5 years old or LHD, even if it's already been imported the registration is very hard. Dealerships are also not imported any interesting cars like the M3, Miata or even GT86, lately we have Civic Type R FL5 but that's a $100.000+ brand new here, and yes modifications is mostly illegal. Therefore the fact that Indonesia's car culture quality looks this good is so fascinating. I do hope someday we will also have this craziness

[@hazelman1]

Never imagine before that Yamaha Mio would appeared in Larry Chen video's 😂

[@kelvin8505]

Can't deny the amount of work, craftsmanship & not to mention money for owning & building this car in indonesia is incomprehensible. I really appreciate it. We Indonesian's love cars, but sadly its not attainable for average person. Even police regulation as simple as changing exhaust get you jail time for "modifying beyond factory objectives" (rules don't applies if you are rich or powerful). Because of this, car culture in indonesia is all about who is got the most rarest, expensive, spec out, bling, or status. it's all about rich people snob tools. The saddest part is the average person only can watch & in some extend of most people here "Worship" this somewhat "car influencers" (For ex. hype around 2JZ, with that cringe tagline "no Sh1t", like wtf?). I understand this snobery phenomenon is not only happening in this country alone but you just can't deny it most of it, is.. when watching car content here (any media even car reviewers). If you think I talk nonsense, just compare indonesia car builds owners answer for Larry Chen's interviews vs US or Japan car build interviews. The most differentiation is there's no humbleness. I wish we have more garage builds for average joe can do like in US, more builds that not unnecessary about bling or hype like the brio you choose (to some degree)

[@rhinonsurya]

Agree on your points about the arrogance and snobbery of some these car influencer or 'builder' , i personally despise those big creators like GD as their content is really just them flexing about expensive cars and the expensive mods that they have "done", i never saw either of the channel owners do any car work themselves, its always some wretched (probably underpaid) mechanics that does the work, which is a shame since i believe that being hands on towards your build is one of the major corner stones of a good car culture content creator such as car throttle for example

[@pawdaypay]

@@rhinonsurya wretched (probably underpaid) mechanics is a good point. Most of these builders probably just paid some other people (or a workshop) to get their cars done. Not exactly sneering at them, but they probably don't really have the time and skills to do this by themselves which is understandable. It does add to the snobbery and arrogance attitude tho since they paid someone else to do the work.

[@Evo1122]

hello from Indonesia, I like how Larry explain it in detail about the culture here in Indonesia, spot on man!

[@satria_hardjakaprabon]

i LOVE every single opinion that you gave, thank you so much Larry for your appreciation for indonesian car culture❤

[@radityaindera3442]

Spot on. It's amazing how you pretty much nailed it after being in Jakarta for few days.

[@gilangojan]

You meet Garasi Drift youtuber Indonesia

[@annuit666coeptis]

Yupp. Huracan here is around 700k. The tax is killing us.

[@AndrewNation13]

some of the most incredibly beautiful images I've ever seen... the cars look beyond phenomenal 😮

[@Op.7mataraja]

Thank you for coming to Indonesia.

[@tinystar3010]

Idk if its just me, but I've much preferred the "lesser" Indonesian builds we've seen prior to this elite show. I feel like they were much nicer builds than these.

[@Валзрии́пачивзнко]

Visit batam auto car show (indonesian island near SG) ,and you will see around 20 GTR and GTT and others cool cars.i've been there and it's sick ,small show but the showcase really nuts !.

[@-Just_Justin-]

This was a great video. I can't agree with you enough about seeing what's in the parking lot. We appreciate you recognizing the believable builds as well as the top quality builds.

[@dienz1]

thq 4 coming to indonesia larry ..let people all over the world that car culture in indonesia not that old

[@SLiX-thatguy11m-]

Man it's basically the same in the Philippines regarding the import ban on used cars with a few exceptions (own the personal vehicle and lived in the country or something), plus they have to be converted to LHD since RHD is also prohibited to be driven.

[@bitelaserkhalif]

Ah yes, port irene ban The only thing that can be imported now is trucks (and by that definition it includes multicab). IDK if buses are still allowed, I have seen Flickr photos of Japan surplus buses and its conversion process. Quality of LHD conversion ranges from factory grade (new steering rack and components, new dashboard, even reorient wipers) to hack job (usage of baki baki, chop and glue dashboard)

[@nantahilman]

New gr86 or brz cost about 60k msrp, you could drive LHD and the last one registered in here are SRT Viper and F150 Shelby. You could drive them but it is a massive inconvenience to drive them here. Brand new usdm car such as the ram trx or the Bronco came already converted to rhd in Australia. The mindset for that kind of cars are it is already expensive anyway why not converted them to rhd so the car are easily useable in Indonesia.

[@dominicbustamante730]

Hks had those compound supercharger+turbocharge set ups back in the day for evo, for mr2, for gtr, and just about any car that came turbo or supercharge from the factory.

[@Kr8zyVids]

Love this content!!! Wouldn’t be able to see it otherwise like this.. Speedhunters is one thing this is immersive and makes me want to travel

[@AlanFormula12022]

Thanks for coming to Indonesia, Larry Chen!

[@DEZ1172]

Great to see Car culture from around the globe , BIG Thanks Larry for letting us see it 💯👌

[@YusrizalArdy]

Indonesia charges a large tax for cars entering Indonesia. the Indonesian government has forgotten, if it gives a large tax, Indonesia should be able to produce its own car brands to provide choices to the Indonesian market. It might very well happen, but there are some "hands" playing behind the scenes that make an Indonesian-made car never happen

[@m.renaldiprimala9930]

yeah that a big joke, Indonesia can make own tank, war ship, war drone, thank boat, own train, but cant event make own car brand , its because the mafia monopoly the market lol

[@bitelaserkhalif]

And also Astra gives less products for more price Where's my hiace swb, rav4, and gr corolla?

[@agungwijiarnoko7390]

thanks for opinion good luck always succses for you

[@twilson1973]

Nice video. Awesome review and showcase of the car culture in Indonesia. It is too bad that the cost of importing a car is too expensive for the average person.

[@evilflowx]

Another bomb video Larry! Keep doing what you do!

[@BagasMayank]

The price of cars in Indonesia is very, very expensive, and also the taxes so you could say "hobbies are expensive" thank you for coming to Indonesia and for seeing car exhibitions in Indonesia, bro🙏🥰

[@fziv31]

I love how you highlight that this hobby is for the rich. Indeed, I know a lot of guys here love cars, studied car culture, but can't even afford one. That's why even the cheapest car sold in here is seen as luxury goods, rather than transportation tools. I also love how you choose Brio, solely because it's representing our condition that most of us only could afford cheap car. Thank you Larry!

[@SOLODRIVEN]

Building cars on another level 🔥 thanks for sharing Larry

[@TheJMedia]

Evos for days! Love the jdm car culture around the world

[@fiojio8039]

If they doesn't have those Can't import 2 years car rule. probably there's more insane build in Indonesia.

[@fwfindawan1481]

Yeah it's gonna be wild 😅

[@MartinGT3]

Thanks a lot Larry! Awesome work Man!!!👍🏼

[@amgonegaming9515]

It's the same as in Turkiye. 2022 C8 Z51 3LT Corvette is selling for $830K. 😮✌️💖

[@allangrant1326]

Thanks for the inside knowledge, you made me realise how lucky we have it

[@ghilmanihsanurrahman9852]

You must visit Kupu kupu malam auto custom in Jogja. They have a a lot of crazy modification cars

[@agustnyubie]

Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@UncleManuel]

Inspiring the next generation - this is what all the KZbin creators do. And car nerds like Larry are a huge part of it. 😎🤟

[@FalVael124]

Yow! Didn't expect this channel would finally go to Indonesia, this is nice 👌

[@tottifetucini811]

Thanks larry for coming at show❤

[@chasebrunner]

Damm Those Cars Are So Cool There I Can't Believe They Are That Much Over There

[@neilperry2224]

It was done on the group b Lancia 037 rally car of the early 80's. Had a major sema build of a porsche GT4 and a Nissan 180SX Cause they look similar in wheelbase.

[@jdalzell3354]

Nissan march super turbo is the same also. Its just not been done much in the Evo world ( Or many other aftermarket setups)

[@handoit]

15:18 great choices to resembles people cars, the new generation of this car is the best selling car in this country in recent years

[@kirkchua]

Pls come to SG n show the world how ridiculously expensive our cars r n the cost of drivin it. Let everybody hav a nice laugh bout it n appreciate their own gov more 😸

[@bitelaserkhalif]

We are lucky we don't have mandated scrapping of cars, also tax is not really hilarious. But the bad news, no used imports

[@AMaull85]

Thank you for coming to Indonesia, and introducing car culture in Indonesia.

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

I love how you note that this is a rich people hobby, and the stories about how these people smuggled cars from the jungles and such. We Indonesians likes cars as any other nations, but we really have to make do on some parts, because the conditions and regulations here are just so different from out there. For 99% of layman Indonesians, even just owning the cheapest car is a dream so far out of reach, and that entire car show probably represents the top 0.0001% of what we have. It's like the top tier of rides, like comparing a scooter bike to a private yacht. So far out of the laymen's reach, but the fact that there are people passionate and rich enoug to bring those cars to life is what makes it double more impressive.

[@YungRamo]

Really enjoyed the coverage. The lens of Larry Chen is 100% my favourite lens through which to see car culture around the world. Looking forward to more videos, take care :)

[@jamiebizness1]

I love southeast asia car scene but its easy to see its mostly corrupt folks doing it . These countries have massive wealth gaps . And guess who gets to import/ build the cars . People affiliated with or are corrupt officials. Some of the most beautiful builds yes . that is impossible for most without exploitation .

[@hellogoodbyestaysavage6283]

Facts

[@ainal93]

please come to Malaysia, we have the TOKYO AUTO SALON KUALA LUMPUR starting 9th June. would be glad if you are here soon

[@devinprescott4090]

Larry the Legend with his content made of liquid gold strikes again.. thanks man

[@XiongysaurasRex]

that is a beautiful shade of blue on that AE86

[@rezahardjuni5296]

thank you for introducing Indonesia Car culture, and thank you for the B roll of my Old Evo3Rs @ 8:49 ..

[@deriwhiteswift]

Beautiful speech Larry 👍

[@brendanroemer603]

The radiator on that forged carbon scooter is terrifying

[@Rooster_B18C]

Great speech at the end 🙏🏻✌🏻

[@Kobrakameraid]

True. The brio is the most relatable for the most of indonesian.

[@oj1971]

Hope you'll check out the custom build from the ground up car ✌️

[@Utopiaa887]

I really like your statement on which car you choose, thanks man!

[@LukasWilliam]

Small correction, the price of GR86 in Indonesia is around 65k USD and Subaru BRZ is cheaper around 56k USD

[@rlcardcollection]

“Rich Hobby” is definitely why so many of the builds are fantastic and good. 😅

[@pagegus]

Larry u could get here in brazil to know a little more about our automotive culture

[@bitelaserkhalif]

Brazil, from what I've heard, used to ban car imports around 1974 to 1990, just like Indonesia. In Indonesia, the ban was lifted partially in 1992 with 200% tax, limited quotas, and no parallel importers. In 1999, parallel importers were allowed, this caused JDM car craze that continued until the 2010s. Models like Toyota IST, Wish, Probox, Isis, Honda fit, Elysion, etc.

[@ramonbriones4487]

What a lovely video and coverage. Thanks man

[@AdekpradityA]

enjoy in indonesia 🙌🏾

[@handoko_goblin8880]

Thanky for comming to indonesia sir larry 🙏

[@builtbybobby2417]

Intec racing legend Lawrence in the building, was wondering where he was!!! Epic trip I see

[@carguynewb7856]

13:10 This is the same problem in the Philippines tbh that's why we modify things like old accords, honda jazz or even a toyota yaris sedan

[@alundrasrt]

Thanks for the explanation of the "grey" area on particularities.

[@ruger8412]

My favorite episode yet!

[@mymutmut]

loved it, thanks for the review as well. great choice for Brio...that's most likely common folks car...the rest is out of our reach for sure

[@Greyae92liftback]

thank you Larry for you opinion about Indonesian car culture.

[@Caeser613]

you can get right hand drive bmw from factory.. THE UK, australia and JDM markets came with them and some asian markets so its highly possible that the right hand drive BMW's arent modified to right hand drive

[@pinkpink330]

yes, we here got a right-hand drive BMW, but we changed the BMW M3 E30 from left-hand drive to right-hand drive. For your information, here is no BMW M3 E30 with a legal vehicle certificate.

[@Caeser613]

@pinkcrown thanks for clarification.

[@abalabal8732]

And no RHD M3 E30 ever made actually. Even for UK market

[@Caeser613]

@@abalabal8732 uk has right hand drive M3. And yes there would he left hand M3 for European market

[@abalabal8732]

@@Caeser613 not the e30, if theres any its not official

[@stonetownriders4543]

Absolutely awesome builds

[@eightysevens]

1:40 this is Mio Proper🤙🏻

[@kanenstuff]

Off to Jakarta Sunday loved the milk carton engine cover 👌

[@lvxix9686]

In Indonesia this hobby is very expensive, only rich people can do this especially with imported old cars who supposedly very cheap but became very expensive because greedy tax from corrupt government especially in Bea cukai, normal people in Indonesia cannot afford this hobby, they just drive lcgc who government said low cost green car but of course it is not green car because it's still make pollution just government branding to make their car program is good

[@firzaassakha2627]

well the "average joe" here mostly just done some wheels, coilovers, and exhasut though just for enjoying the car scene, the Scooter/motorcyle scene are sometimes equally insane compared to these and most indonesian usually can afford it.

[@clubafiliasi]

there are many barriers for the cars entering indonesia. but the street of jakarta is always crowded.

[@Driftstreetdrag]

As always killer content☺keep up the good work sir😊

[@MichelleChristiawani]

can you please tell me, what is the name of this event? when? where? who is the organizer of the event? whos event is this?

[@mvp_kryptonite]

In my opinion, this is S Rank level 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@friedbananadoesgames]

I was there with my dad and the experience and the cars there were definitely worth the trip.

[@fachrul_ali]

Thanks Larry, thats absolutly right everything you said. Btw Honda Brio is considered as King of Street here in Indonesia, you really make a good pick like locals do haha 😂

[@psnachtmuzik]

Larry! Please do more stories like this episode!!!! 🙏🏻

[@YogaSido]

Dont forget to visit Bali for the biggest old car collection!

[@marlondatahan7178]

Rich countries should be thankful of having many car choices

[@xniel952]

Are you gonna be in Malaysia for Tokyo Auto Saloon or Retro Havoc soon?