Dhaka - Post Report Question and Answers
What kind of vehicle(s) including electric ones do you recommend bringing to post, given the terrain, infrastructure, availability of parts, burglary/carjacking risks, etc.? What kind of car or vehicles do you advise not to bring?
I recommend anything that's small. When a road is two lanes wide it will have three or four cars driving side by side. If you have a big car it will delay you while you wait for smaller vehicles to make space for you (and they wont). The road quality in the diplomatic zones is overall very good and flat. I haven't seen any potholes or any reason why you would need a big SUV. Cars on the local market are EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE ($38,000 for a 2003 Honda Civic for example). They're so outrageously expensive that I truly do not understand how traffic is so bad here. How is anyone affording a car? Most people at the embassy buy a car from a coworker, but supply has been short. You can import a car for much cheaper from the US or Japan, but will need to wait for it to arrive. - Jul 2023
