Landing in the East with a five-car lineup (including the new six-seater Freed e:HEV), RMG is promising unparalleled roadshow deals and freebies for buyers.
A whopping seven cars, including the Honda Stepwgn and Toyota Voxy Hybrid, have landed in the North with exclusive roadshow deals for visitors till 2 June.
The roadshow, offering attractive new car deals and high trade-in valuations, is currently up and running at IMM and will move to Waterway Point on 31 October.
According to the Land Transport Authority, parallel-imported car sales between January and September this year have fallen by 13.8 percent.
A parallel car importer was jailed for eight weeks for giving incorrect information on the open market value of cars imported.
Civil servant Mr. Mohamed Anwardeen is taking parallel importer SG Vehicles Global to court over an undelivered car, which he ordered over a year ago.
Royal Automotive made headlines last November when its former sales representative Chua Peng Jun was charged in court for misappropriating $414,564.
Another car parallel importer has failed to deliver vehicles on which deposits have been paid - the second such case in less than a month.
At least seven customers have paid $493,470 to parallel importer Exodus Global since October last year, according to reports seen by The Straits Times.
Non-authorised agents hold a 22 percent share of the market in the first quarter, with Honda, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz being hot sellers.
Authorised distributors complain that parallel importers are competing unfairly due to factors such as the fixed evolution coefficient carbon emission values.
Consumer watchdog Case is proposing an insurance scheme for the motor industry so that car buyers are protected against fraudulent dealers.
The owner of a car parallel importer who allegedly took deposits from customers but never produced their vehicles has left the country.
The parallel imports of cars in the first quarter saw a surprise leap, with the facelifts of popular models among the factors for demand being revitalised.
Parallel imports of cars fell 24.5 percent, but super luxury models chalk up strong numbers as buyers rush to beat new progressive taxes.
Parallel importers in Singapore are resorting to a ploy to trade their new cars as used cars, in a bid to avoid hefty taxes.
LTA has taken parallel importer I-Auto to court over false manufacture dates for a Rolls-Royce Phantom imported for an Indonesian businessman.
The recent slump in car sales has forced some local distributors to supplement their car sales by taking a dip in the parallel importer market