Need advice from Tsikot Gurus (Best buy for 550K)

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For me sir I do not need power to drive so fast, I need it for up hill driving ... So, for city driving from Cainta or Makati to Mandaluyong would you prefer Altis than City sir?

And what would be the edge of City in comparison with Altis sir?

[GTi]

Etong dalawa nalang ba ang pinipilian bro? At matic lang ba? Ayaw mo ng FD 1.8 M/T? FC shouldn't be too bad, lots of power on tap too which would make it more efficient in climbing.

[basti08]

The Altis is actually a rather fuel efficient compact, kahit 4AT lang 'to. Hindi nagkakalayo ang fuel efficiency ng City 1.5E and Altis 1.6 G AT.

The advantage of the Altis? You get slightly better interior room, a more comfortable ride, better seats, and well, it's a compact (not a subcompact) so mas may "dating" 'to - for me at least.

Oh yeah, even if the City says that it has 120 hp and the Altis only has 109, the Altis feels more powerful in city driving because it's tuned to have better low-end grunt, unlike the City which needs to be revved high to feel the power surge.

I can vouch that this is true. With comparison of a 2008 Altis 1.6V and 2011 City 1.5E. They both achieve about 7.5km/l city driving yet the Altis feels more comfortable strolling around with its 4 speed matic than the 5 speeder in the City, which feels a bit more busy. Downshifting more often due to its close gearing and low torque.

My Vios on the other hand consumes

on light traffic


on moderate traffic

8-9km/l on heavy traffic, all on ECO driving.

HTH. Goodluck!