Brake Record - Is the Honda Civic 1.5TC's brake pads more expensive than a Jaguar's?

Yet, the Honda Civic , a 1.5 liter turbocharged car with only 171bhp and 220Nm of torque, has a set of rear brake pads that cost RM867.64 a set. That's more expensive than the RM776.00 required for a set of rear brake pads for the 2.0 turbocharged, 250bhp, 350Nm Jaguar XF . The Honda service center provided a 15% discount on the brake pads which brought the price down to RM737.49 . Yet it's still more expensive than the rear brake pads of a Mini Cooper S (RM392.35), Peugeot 308 THP (RM546) , the front brake pads of the Peugeot 208 GTi (RM426) and the Volkswagen Polo GTi (RM671.80) , plus the OEM pads of a 997 Porsche Carrera S (est RM500) . All the prices were taken in December 2019, including the Civic, and these are prices from the authorized service centers (excluding the Porsche). In fact, the rear pads of the Civic is more expensive than some disc sets of these cars and they all put out a much higher performance than the Civic, by a long way.

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So why is the brake pads very expensive on what is essentially a bargain car? Would Honda Malaysia be able to offer a more justified explanation for this? What are your thoughts about the Honda's brake pad pricing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!