Reality check for those who wish to design a PHUV: the limited fabrication techniques available to the local manufacturers and budget contraints are factors that will affect the aesthetics of the first generation PHUV. The PHUV will have flat glass and flat panels. Curved panels can also be used as long as they are bent in one direction only. And then there is the matter of proportion. It won't have SUV proportions (big wheels in relation to the body), rather it will most likely have AUV proportions (small wheels in relation to body - example: the MVPMAP PHUV). The PHUV will have a ladder frame, making it tall. With these limitations in mind, now try to come up with a beautiful design or at least one that won't be the target of Tsikoteers' derision.

This is not to discourage potential PHUV designers. It's a challenge. And a worthy one at that. Mr. Domingo Guevara, the founder of DMG (which assembled the VW Beetle here), once had a vision for the Philippines. He believed that industrialization is the way to becoming a first world nation. This is what the humble PHUV is all about.