2012 Compacts: Which would you rather drive?

[jut703]

guys, what with the subaru?

even here in japan, I haven't seen lots of it. mostly toyota, honda and nissan for daily drive.

but I have seen subaru van similar to a suzuki super carry. will pinoys buy that considering it is subaru?

Are you referring to this?



It's the Subaru Dias, which is essentially a rebadged Daihatsu Hijet, hence the resemblance to the similar Suzuki Super Carry.

It won't sell in the Philippines because we don't have a market for kei trucks. And kei trucks don't fit the image that Subaru Philippines (MI) is trying to portray.

[Richardson Chan]

I drive a Grand Livina because of the extra seats. Before we bought the Grand Livina, we considered the 3 and the Elantra. But right now naglalaway ako sa features ng Focus.

[eido]

Yung mga nag vote kaya dito yun yung kotse nila?

[jut703]

Yung mga nag vote kaya dito yun yung kotse nila?

Hindi. Naka-Altis ako. I voted the Focus.

[Noel Salisipan]

Me too, I want to vote for Ford Focus.
Nung unang lumabas ang Focus type ko na ang porma, ngayon ang dmi ng magagandang design pero ang specs at features ng Focus ay top of its class.

[Richardson Chan]

Yung mga nag vote kaya dito yun yung kotse nila?

I voted the Focus. Pero naka-Grand Livina ako

[basti08]

The thread is turning out to be interesting.

People vote for the Focus, Lancer, and Impreza the most; yet, when you look at actual sales figures, it's the Altis, Elantra, and Civic that more people end up buying.

I guess it just shows that brand loyalty still plays a very big part in the car buying process of the average Filipino. Also shows how borloloy is preferred over driving dynamics.

Since the Focus has both borloloy and driving dynamics, it might just sell well. Question is, does the Ford brand exude reliability and easy maintenance for the average pinoy?

Ownership experience siguro ang factor bakit mas preferred ang Altis, Elantra or even the Civic. I heard some expensive maintenance about the Focus (mkII) but isn't first hand info, horror story about previous gen Optra- the Cruze's predecessor, the Sentra 200, Forte and new Mazda 3 is just too expensive to even create the idea of interest among buyers. Probably the reason why the Altis, with its charismatic name, widely affordable parts, solid quality and resale makes it people's choice.

[niky]

Good karma built up from the reliability of the old Corollas. Same thing that buoys up the Civic's sales despite issues that are starting to crop up regarding the reliability of recent variants of these two storied nameplates.

[glenn manikis]

mga sir... when i click this thread may lumalabas na VIRUS MALWARE FUND.... kayo sir?

[glenn manikis]

Yung mga nag vote kaya dito yun yung kotse nila?

i voted for the focus, pero i dont like our focus.... pero yung bagong focus ang gusto ko!!! may park assist... galing.....

[Starex_Gold]

Yung mga nag vote kaya dito yun yung kotse nila?

Naka Focus ako.

Voted for the new Focus

Abangan natin kung darating ang TDCi :clap: :clap:

[eido]

Wala ata darating na tdci. Read it somewhere here in the forum. New Focus din gusto ko kaso ang mahal ng top of the line hehe

[jut703]

from The Ford Focus Deep Dive, Deep Drive - Automotive Features by AutoIndustriya.com:

Just to get it out of the way, we asked the panel responsible for the development of the Focus, headed by Kumar Galhotra and Jon Buttress of Ford Asia Pacific and Africa (APA) if there are any plans of introducing a TDCI variant in the future, but the answer was a simple no. While interest and appeal is high in the diesel versions in the country, the low sales volume of the TDCI-powered Focus in the Philippines made the decision quite clear.

[Starex_Gold]

from The Ford Focus Deep Dive, Deep Drive - Automotive Features by AutoIndustriya.com:

Patay tayo diyan. Sira ang mga pangarap ng future TDCi owners

So.... Kasama na pala ako sa mga maswerte

[jut703]

Kulang kasi yung bumibili eh. Dapat bumili ka mga 50 para masabing may demand ng TDCi locally hahahaha

[Starex_Gold]

Kulang kasi yung bumibili eh. Dapat bumili ka mga 50 para masabing may demand ng TDCi locally hahahaha

Hahahaha bibili akong 50 tapos yung 49 itatapon ko lang sa dagat :hysterical:

Yung isa gagamitin ko.

[basti08]

The Lancer just went past the Impreza. hmmmmm...

as of 7/24/12

1ST Focus
2ND Lancer
3RD Impreza

heck! the Altis is inching closer to the podium places and still no lovers for the Cruze, Forte, Sentra and SX4 hahahaha!

[d_mac]

Suzuki SX4 4x4 gets my vote.

[basti08]

Motor Image just launched the all new Impreza



P 1.158 2.0i MT
P 1.298 2.0i Sport Lineartronic CVT

should that make you wanna change your minds? hehehe

[sandakot]

naka focus tdci ako. after reading sa autoindustriya na hindi magdadala ng MkIII diesel dito, natuwa ako. hahaha