SINGAPORE - If arriving late is fashionable, then Honda must be the most fashionable brand here.
The Japanese company has rarely been able to supply its local agent Kah Motor with new models in a timely way. This partly explains why parallel imports, which regularly arrive at least a year earlier, account for a sizeable percentage of Hondas sold here.
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