AMW Says 30,000 Nissans & Suzukis Skipped Authorised Dealers — Grey Import or Good Deal?

AMW Group's MD Jawahar Ganesh told the press this month that nearly 30,000 Nissan and Suzuki vehicles have entered Sri Lanka since imports reopened last year through channels outside the official distributor network — meaning authorised dealers now control only around 30% of the real market, with the other 70% going through other routes. He says this is rattling manufacturers, since Nissan and Suzuki now judge Sri Lanka's market by a shrinking slice of "authorised" business before deciding how much to invest here. Buyers who went outside the authorised network say they saved real money on the same model, sometimes with better trims, and never needed the warranty anyway. Dealers counter that you're on your own if something breaks — no guaranteed parts supply, no recall support, and resale buyers get nervous about the paper trail. If you bought a Nissan or Suzuki outside an authorised showroom, did it actually cost you anything later — servicing, genuine parts, resale price? Or is the "authorised dealer" premium just a tax on people who didn't shop around? ඔයාගේ වාහනේ ඩීලර්ගෙන්ද, නැත්නම් වෙනත් තැනකින්ද ගත්තේ?