BYD's Racco: $13k kei car in Japan, Rs 11.45m here — still worth it?

BYD's tiny Racco kei EV launched in Sri Lanka on October 9 — John Keells CG Auto's first unit outside Japan — at an introductory price of Rs 11.45 million (about $34,600), valid only until November 9. In Japan the same four-seat, 3.4m-long car starts at roughly ¥2.145 million (about $13,000) before subsidies for the smaller 210km-range battery; even the bigger 320km version there stays under $16,000. JKCG is targeting 3,000 sales in the first year here. Fans say it's still cheaper than most other new EVs on our roads once taxes are added, comes with a real distributor warranty and service network instead of a grey-market gamble, and is a perfect low-cost city runabout with near-zero running costs. Skeptics say you're paying nearly triple the Japan price for a cramped kei body most buyers here would outgrow in a year, and for Rs 11.45m you could get a much bigger locally-used SUV or hybrid with proven resale value. Would you pay this much for a car this small, or is the badge and warranty worth the gap? ඔබ මේ මුදලට මේ කුඩා කාරය ගන්නවාද, නැත්නම් වැඩි මුදලට වෙනත් වාහනයක් ගන්නවාද?