1.1 Hyundai Getz GL vs 1.3 Toyota Vios J

[OTEP]

I'd go with the Getz, too. Though FYI, Kia has just launched the Picanto De Luxe model with front power windows, anti-theft system, 3rd brakelamp, and MP3 head unit. Not sure if foglamps are now standard fare. SRP is 470 M/T, 510 A/T.

The Getz, however, has power windows on all four windows and the rear headrests are adjustable to accomodate your rear passengers. Central locking can also be added in-house.

Does the Vios have a split folding rear seat? Are the Vio's rear seatbelts of the 3 point ELR variety already?

Yes, the base Vios really screams base model. No side door protective mouldings and fugly steel wheels really make it looked stripped down.

[AG4]

Aside from having larger sedan trunk, the Vios 1.3J also comes with a driver's airbag.
The Vios 1.3J also has a better power to weight ratio than the Getz 1.1 GL.
The Vios 1.3J more pwer and it actually weighs 55 kg less.

Vios 1.3J
horsepower: 85 hp
Curb weight: 930 kg

Getz 1.1 GL
horsepower: 62 hp
Curb weight: 985 kg

[orly_andico]

it kinda doesn't make sense. the getz 1.1 supposedly gets around 12km/L city. so compared to 7km/L it's a 5km/L savings. if the daily usage is 25km, it would take a long time to recover the initial costs considering you'd be saving only about 60 pesos or so worth of fuel a day. of course if daily mileage is higher, the recovery time is less (and the savings are greater).

[OTEP]

Hmmm...maybe he just wants to replace his 7 year old car already. hehehe.

[orly_andico]

true.. if that's added to the reasons, then yes. but a getz is quite a step down from a VTi civic.

[oldblue]

parang malakas yan 7.5km to 7.8km/liter na civic VTi mo.

[homer jay]

parang malakas yan 7.5km to 7.8km/liter na civic VTi mo.

yup... i always fill it up full-tank. And everytime nandoon lang ang range -- 320-330 kms on 42-liters of gas. I drive pure city tapos A/T pa sya (ang madalas ko lang puntahan na areas are Quezon City, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig, and Makati)... madalas moderate to heavy traffic kaya medyo "tutok" driving din ang style ko (para walang makasingit) kaya lalong lumalakas ang consumption ng gas. Pinipilit kong baguhin driving style ko pero hindi magawa ng paa ko na sundin yung sinasabi ng utak ko. ..kaya nga siguro kelangan ko ng lesser-powered car para mapilitan nalang ako magpa-singit sa iba.

[Pro Staff]

yup... i always fill it up full-tank. And everytime nandoon lang ang range -- 320-330 kms on 42-liters of gas. I drive pure city tapos A/T pa sya (ang madalas ko lang puntahan na areas are Quezon City, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig, and Makati)... madalas moderate to heavy traffic kaya medyo "tutok" driving din ang style ko (para walang makasingit) kaya lalong lumalakas ang consumption ng gas. Pinipilit kong baguhin driving style ko pero hindi magawa ng paa ko na sundin yung sinasabi ng utak ko. ..kaya nga siguro kelangan ko ng lesser-powered car para mapilitan nalang ako magpa-singit sa iba.

malamang matempt ka rin na hindi baguhin ang driving style mo kung vios 1.3 ang kukunin mo, mahatak din kasi un ride at medyo mabilis din dahil magaan. I used to get 12 km/l dati nung medyo abuso pa un pagdadrive ko

i'm driving a vios 1.3e also and 14-15 km/l na ang consumption ever since ginawa kong 2.5k to 3k rpm ang pagpapatakbo ko - new years resolution ko for 2006. 7 days a week ko gamit ang kotse ko travelling from cavite-makati/manila-cavite so you know kung gaano katraffic ang byahe ko (i'm a 9am-6pm office slave hehehehe).

how about getting a getz 1.5 crdi, i-down mo lang un ready mong pera then financing un natitira?

[homer jay]

i'm driving a vios 1.3e also and 14-15 km/l na ang consumption ever since ginawa kong 2.5k to 3k rpm ang pagpapatakbo ko - new years resolution ko for 2006.

When I was driving MT before (Lancer itlog GLXi), bibihira lang naman ako mag-downshift ng lampas ng 2500rpm... mas mabilis kasi ang response ng manual tranny kaya nakakatutok parin. Pakiramdam ko rin kasi na mataas ang revs nung Civic A/T bago mag-downshift kaya medyo malakas talaga sya sa gas lalu na pag-traffic. I tested it on normal SLEX driving at nakaka-12-plus km/Li naman sya e. Kelangan ko lang siguro bumalik sa M/T. ...but oh, the convenience of an A/T when driving in heavy traffic!!!

how about getting a getz 1.5 crdi, i-down mo lang un ready mong pera then financing un natitira?

kaya i end up buying city.. not so crampy, plastic interior may onting touch ng chrome, cd indash, all power at syempre yung nagustuhan namin sa getz folding seats... at engine na IDSi (8 spark plugs), so far happy kami with the car...

I am not considering the CRDi Getz because it's too expensive for a Korean car (IMO lang po yun). The 1.3 i-DSI CVT is obviously my top choice for a practical car if money is not a concern (ULT seats, best interior in its segment, CVT tranny, very fuel efficient, etc, etc.)... unfortunately, I can't really stretch my budget to that amount at medyo pilit na nga ang Vios J, so I have to choose between those two.

Ano na nga pala ang binibigay na discounts ngayon for 1.1 Getz, 1.3 Vios J? Kung significantly larger ang discounts ng Vios E, City A, at City S (M/T), baka pwede ko pa silang i-consider (asa pa ako! hehe... ). Thanks!

[jamesvhong]

interesting... mejo mahirap pumili dito... kasi i test drive a getz before muntik na kaming bumili draw back lang kaya nde kami kumuha kasi mahina acceleration at aircon...though cool in-dash cd player, folding seats and power features...

with vios... hmmm... parehas ng interior ng getz sooo plastic at kaso mas mukhang cheap interior ng Vios J... (Note VIOS J) walang power features at crampy... pero mas mukhang reliable in the long run.. specially you have 1.3 VVTi nde masyadong under power...

kaya i end up buying city.. not so crampy, plastic interior may onting touch ng chrome, cd indash, all power at syempre yung nagustuhan namin sa getz folding seats... at engine na IDSi (8 spark plugs), so far happy kami with the car...

[orly_andico]

rather than a getz crdi.. if you're going the financing route mag hyundai matrix crdi ka nalang. konti lang diff price sa getz crdi and it's a bigger car with more features. yun nga lang bigat. pero it can still do 12km/L city and 20km/L highway. it weighs as much as an accord though!

[oldblue]

or the Hyundai accent. kahapon sa SM mall of Asia may showroom sila lapit sa main entrance. Tucson, Sta Fe and Accent ang nakadisplay.

nakasulat sa mga posters: the accent boasts of 38.7 km/liter fuel consumption !!! but of course, this might be true only if you are confined inside SBMA for the rest of your life. hahaha

[BlueJazz]

I will definitely go for the Getz...alam mo ba kung bakit maganda ang exterior looks ng Vios, kasi sobrang panget ng interior nya..

Pag sakay mo pa lang sa Vios .pagsara ng pinto parang lata ng sardinas. aadjust mo side mirrors mo manual pa.. magchecheck ka ng warning lights titingin ka pa sa gitna.. tapos steel rims?? common..

[niky]

In this case, if you can't stretch for any of the CRDi models or the iDSi Honda, then a Getz is a good choice.

Poor mileage from some owners indicates "driving it like a 1.6". That's common among owners of full-sized 1.3s. They drive it at the same speed as a bigger engined car and complain about gas mileage, when in fact, they're getting poor mileage just by driving it that much harder.

The Picanto De Luxe? errrhhh... at just 15k between the MT and the Getz 1.1, it's a no-brainer... Getz pa rin.

*homer_jay: It seems you've got your eye on the Korean but are looking for reassurances... truth is, no one can say how good these cars will be five years from now, but if the Getz is anything like its spiritual forebearer, the Pride, it'll be a relatively painless ownership experience.

I'd personally fork over a little more for the bigger 1.4 or CRDi, but a 1.1 is a perfect commuter car.

But if you can afford the extra for the Vios, go ahead. It's bound to have incredible resale value, and, honestly, since all these cars have such poor interiors, who cares about the interior?

[XRunner]

about dun sa fuel consumption.....yeah mga review nila sa mga korean cars dito, dun sila talo sa fuel efficiency though nagimprove na ang reliability nila.

[homer jay]

It seems you've got your eye on the Korean but are looking for reassurances... truth is, no one can say how good these cars will be five years from now, but if the Getz is anything like its spiritual forebearer, the Pride, it'll be a relatively painless ownership experience.

hehe.. yeah I know. It's gonna be my first real "big purchase" kaya I'm carefully weighing all pros and cons and getting all the inputs I can have. Right now, I'm still undecided about it... I believe that the Getz will turn out to be quite a reliable car naman because Hyundai's giving 5 year warranties in Europe and US (malulugi sila nyan pag sirain parin ang mga binebenta nila)... nagbabakasakali lang na baka may kwento na bumibigay na ang Getz nila after 1-2 years lang.

...the thing that's been debating in my mind is that the Vios has a more powerful, yet more fuel-efficient engine... medyo importante kasi yun para sa akin (external and internal features are a distant third)... but I have to put out an additional P85k at importante talaga yung P85k na yun sa akin (at ito yata yun pinaka-importante, a very close fight for 1st. Hehe... ) ...kaya I was also asking din in my first post about the resale value... but I know with regards to that, syempre no assurances na talaga yan, pure speculations lang ang kinukuha ko from tsikoteers' POV.

[oldblue]

hehe.. yeah I know. It's gonna be my first real "big purchase" kaya I'm carefully weighing all pros and cons and getting all the inputs I can have. Right now, I'm still undecided about it... I believe that the Getz will turn out to be quite a reliable car naman because Hyundai's giving 5 year warranties in Europe and US (malulugi sila nyan pag sirain parin ang mga binebenta nila)... nagbabakasakali lang na baka may kwento na bumibigay na ang Getz nila after 1-2 years lang.

...the thing that's been debating in my mind is that the Vios has a more powerful, yet more fuel-efficient engine... medyo importante kasi yun para sa akin (external and internal features are a distant third)... but I have to put out an additional P85k at importante talaga yung P85k na yun sa akin (at ito yata yun pinaka-importante, a very close fight for 1st. Hehe... ) ...kaya I was also asking din in my first post about the resale value... but I know with regards to that, syempre no assurances na talaga yan, pure speculations lang ang kinukuha ko from tsikoteers' POV.

i can see that you cant make up your mind. it's like choosing between a person who has nothing to prove and a person who has something to prove, Toyota or Hyundai, respectively.

my new philosophy in life, go for the latter. coz mas motivated and mas creative iyun. and that is what Hyundai is doing all-around the world. may heavy machineries pa yan mina-market ng lagay na yan.

but of course it's a risk. in fact a very big risk on your very first big purchase. well siguro nga, be on the safe side na lang, get the Toyota. i'm sure lahat naman tayo nagdaan sa ganyan. understandable talaga ang reservations mo. and if I were in your shoes siguro way way back pa, I would feel the same.

[theveed]

1.4 na Getz ba diesel o gas?

[B2Bomber]

1.4 na Getz ba diesel o gas?

gas sir

[picantorange]

Getz is the logical choice for me now... but as I said, I was having reservations on buying a Korean versus a Japanese.

Have no reservations. Korean cars are getting better these days. Good enough to be daily drivers. Maintenance lang naman ang kailangan. I've had mine for 16 months and have had no problems with it.