As other comments mentioned, there is a massive difference of tax between imported goods vs local products slapped with japanese badge

Indonesia uses NCAP as opposed to IIHS. Specifically avanza, is rated 5 stars. ASEAN has a higher NCAP standard than global, but probably lower than Australian one

Specifically for avanza, they don’t get taxed at all. You only pay regional government levy/fee. Indonesia only tax cars that meet at least one of few requirements:

1. Local production factor (conceptual design, R&D, raw material, and spare parts) of less than 80%

2. Displacement of 1.5L or higher

3. Sedans

1. Exchange rate obviously. I converted 14k eur to idr, it’s not cheap at all. Only 10-20% of the people in jakarta make that amount annually. They won’t be able to buy them cash

2. Many comments here are not aware of the existence of avanza. That’s because toyota in indonesia is only the brand. At least 80% of the production from conceptual design, raw material, to spare parts are designed, engineered, and produced locally by astra. In the avanza case, it’s a toyota-daihatsu joint. There are some toyota models that are designed based on the japanese concept and produced in indonesia, but they are entitled to a progressive regional government levy/fee. Corolla cross and vellfire are some popular examples

3. Implication of #2 is lower production costs, from R&D, labor, bill of materials and components, to supply chain