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> You aren't getting into an Escalade, but typically a Toyota or Honda. Keep in mind that popular cars in the US can be luxury cars in Brazil. My Brazilian fri
by cesarbs 10y ago
> You aren't getting into an Escalade, but typically a Toyota or Honda.
Keep in mind that popular cars in the US can be luxury cars in Brazil. My Brazilian friends' first reaction when I tell them I have a Honda Civic here is "damn, freaking awesome, you're loaded!"... and then I tell them that's a pretty basic car in America :)
- mirimir 10y agoThe Fast and Furious franchise ;)
- ascorbic 10y agoThis is probably in part because import duties in Brazil are insane, so an imported car is much, much more expensive than it would be in the US.
- beachstartup 10y agoa lot of rich people in brazil drive cheap/lower end cars because carjacking and literal highway robberies are a huge problem.