Safe Cars on offer for our house owners
While some of our special serviced Villa is only available with a choice of our car packages, in our normal family Villa's we do not require you to select one of our car packages or Luxury cars. That there can be many good reason for doing so over normal car rental will come clear to you if you read on.
When we select cars for our Villa owners, our first priority is to find the cars available in Thailand with the best active and passive safety. What does that mean? It mean that the car must have good handling characteristics to avoid accidents in the first place and be built and equipped to prevent or reduce injury in the event of an accident.
Click here to read more about active and passive car safety and why it is very difficult, if not impossible, to find cars with very high safety levels available for rent in Thailand.
So with safety in mind we have spent many month testing and researching the car market in Thailand for the best car selection for our Villa owners. This testing and research is continuously ongoing as new car models become available in Thailand from authorized importers. We only use cars from the authorized importers to avoid problems with service and spare parts.
For our cars in the luxury categories, we will normally always select Hybrid versions if available. We not only do this because of their greater fuel economy and often better performance. In Thailand cars are heavily taxed, and that is especially true for luxury cars, and even more for imported luxury cars, and even more for high performance cars. In most countries Hybrids does not make much sense if you only look at the economy, because it often take a very long time to recuperate the added costs of the more advanced drivetrain. This is NOT the case in Thailand, where luxury hybrids have a large tax advantages over the normal luxury versions, so often the Hybrid version will actually be the cheapest choice. So here it is a win - win, you both get the cheapest and most economical car available, as well as better performance. In the UK for example the E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid automatic cost more that 8 % more than the E 250 CDI automatic. In Thailand only the E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid is available because the E 250 CDI would be more expensive here with the same equipment level. I you look at the high performance BMW ActiveHybrid 3 & 5 which both easily exceed the 220 hp tax limit, whereby getting and additional 30% tax on top of all the other taxes in the normal 335i & 535i versions. The Hybrid version avoids this tax thereby in effect halfing its price compared to the no hybrid version, even though the Hybrid is the more expensive car before taxes.
Most of our luxury cars will not be available for rent anywhere in Thailand, but some cars in the lower price range will be available from rental companies in lower spec trims, almost never in top spec trim as offered here. This difference can be very important for you and your families safety when driving in the Thai traffic. Read why here. You will for example be able to find the Honda Accord for rent in Thailand, which is probably the most luxurious car, together with the Toyota Camry, available for rent in the Thai rental market. But you will probably not be able to find the Hybrid available for rent anywhere, and definitely not the Honda Accord Hybrid in Tech spec, the only version with all the advanced safety features. Do we need to say more why our car selection is worth your consideration.
And best of all this extra safety and luxury doesn't have to cost our Villa owners much extra, because the price per day for a top spec version is almost the same as the rental company charge. The main difference is for our cars you have to pay for 6 years in advance. But then you day price will be constant the next 6 years, whereas the rental price will most likely rise during the next 6 years, so the rental price may actually exceed our day prices in just a few years. What make most sense to you is your choice.
When we select cars for our Villa owners, our first priority is to find the cars available in Thailand with the best active and passive safety. What does that mean? It mean that the car must have good handling characteristics to avoid accidents in the first place and be built and equipped to prevent or reduce injury in the event of an accident.
Click here to read more about active and passive car safety and why it is very difficult, if not impossible, to find cars with very high safety levels available for rent in Thailand.
So with safety in mind we have spent many month testing and researching the car market in Thailand for the best car selection for our Villa owners. This testing and research is continuously ongoing as new car models become available in Thailand from authorized importers. We only use cars from the authorized importers to avoid problems with service and spare parts.
For our cars in the luxury categories, we will normally always select Hybrid versions if available. We not only do this because of their greater fuel economy and often better performance. In Thailand cars are heavily taxed, and that is especially true for luxury cars, and even more for imported luxury cars, and even more for high performance cars. In most countries Hybrids does not make much sense if you only look at the economy, because it often take a very long time to recuperate the added costs of the more advanced drivetrain. This is NOT the case in Thailand, where luxury hybrids have a large tax advantages over the normal luxury versions, so often the Hybrid version will actually be the cheapest choice. So here it is a win - win, you both get the cheapest and most economical car available, as well as better performance. In the UK for example the E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid automatic cost more that 8 % more than the E 250 CDI automatic. In Thailand only the E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid is available because the E 250 CDI would be more expensive here with the same equipment level. I you look at the high performance BMW ActiveHybrid 3 & 5 which both easily exceed the 220 hp tax limit, whereby getting and additional 30% tax on top of all the other taxes in the normal 335i & 535i versions. The Hybrid version avoids this tax thereby in effect halfing its price compared to the no hybrid version, even though the Hybrid is the more expensive car before taxes.
Most of our luxury cars will not be available for rent anywhere in Thailand, but some cars in the lower price range will be available from rental companies in lower spec trims, almost never in top spec trim as offered here. This difference can be very important for you and your families safety when driving in the Thai traffic. Read why here. You will for example be able to find the Honda Accord for rent in Thailand, which is probably the most luxurious car, together with the Toyota Camry, available for rent in the Thai rental market. But you will probably not be able to find the Hybrid available for rent anywhere, and definitely not the Honda Accord Hybrid in Tech spec, the only version with all the advanced safety features. Do we need to say more why our car selection is worth your consideration.
And best of all this extra safety and luxury doesn't have to cost our Villa owners much extra, because the price per day for a top spec version is almost the same as the rental company charge. The main difference is for our cars you have to pay for 6 years in advance. But then you day price will be constant the next 6 years, whereas the rental price will most likely rise during the next 6 years, so the rental price may actually exceed our day prices in just a few years. What make most sense to you is your choice.