Philippine Automotive History Book Project

**KCMenteryo** · April 20th, 2010 03:57 PM

Hi guys,

Is the book "Paglalakbay" for sale? or maybe free? :D

Also, I would like to know your ideas on the "future of the automotive industry in the Philippines".

1. Will it grow 500K by 2020?
2. Will it be dominated by imported cars (CBU)?
3. What will happen to the local assembly?
4. Will the used vehicle market disappear?
5. What will happen to our Jeepneys?

Sorry I do not know how to create a new thread.

But anyways, since the PH automotive history has been documented, maybe we should also look into the future.

**uls** · April 20th, 2010 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by KCMenteryo

Also, I would like to know your ideas on the "future of the automotive industry in the Philippines".

1. Will it grow 500K by 2020?
2. Will it be dominated by imported cars (CBU)?
3. What will happen to the local assembly?
4. Will the used vehicle market disappear?
5. What will happen to our Jeepneys?

Sorry I do not know how to create a new thread.

But anyways, since the PH automotive history has been documented, maybe we should also look into the future.

1. don't know

2. very likely (as long as AFTA remains in effect)

3. it will shrink (as long as AFTA remains in effect)

The Phils. offers no comparative advantage over other Asian countries when it comes to assembling automobiles

Whatever we can do, other Asian countries can also do... at higher efficiency and lower cost

4. you mean imported used cars? there's market demand for imported used cars. The govt has banned the importation of used cars. But the wild card is JPEPA. It could force out govt to allow entry of used vehicles from Japan.

**uls** · April 20th, 2010 05:17 PM

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**uls** · April 20th, 2010 06:41 PM

typo:

It could force out govt to allow entry of used vehicles from Japan.

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**isa1023** · April 21st, 2010 07:19 AM

*Autohistorian:
You might also want to interview a respected motoring editor.

He's my boss in a business daily paper where I used to write for the motoring section. He was a big help in my undergraduate thesis three years ago. He's an acclaimed rally car driver.

Let me know if you're interested

**ehnriko** · June 15th, 2010 10:24 AM

Anyone above 70 years old is a good resource person for this historical research.

I know one who is below 70 but well into the grove of these things.

It was his father who financed Sarao to build his first Jeepney.

did you know how the word Jeepney started?

According to my friend:

After the war WW2, when Manila was in ground zero... many american and Japanese Military jeeps were left abandoned.

Filipinos used them and took them for their own.

Since there were no registration system that time... they placed signs and paints on these vehicles to indicate ownership.

" Jeep ni Juan"... " Jeep ni Pedro".... "Jeep ni Enrico" .... and eventually... people went on recognizing these Jeeps as they evolved into the Jeepni... aka JEEPNEY.

there are more information about this from him, but I didn't have a recording device to remember everything I heard... this is merely the tip of the ice berg.