Aurelio - First Filipino Super Car

[JC-Tsikot]

What can you say about Aurelio? The First Filipino Made Super Car!

Last MIAS (2016) Tsikot partner with Aurelio and joined the carshow and surely it was a hit! Everybody loved Aurelio, felt proud that in front of them is the the First Filipino Made Super Car!

[lowslowbenz]

Yep, there's a car in the picture.

[papi smith]

what car?!

[ice15]

Here's an earlier thread...

IMO, its something we don't need right now...

We once had the PHUV which could have been a good alternative to the FX, sadly it didn't materialize...


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I wonder whose the target market for this car?

What we need is a people's car... Our version of the Tata Nano (India)

[jhnkvn]

I had always wondered about its price point. I heard some rumors about its pricing but nothing concrete yet.

[minicarph]

sobra talaga nature's irony yun payat tapos laki boobs

[Lakwatsero]

It's a start, but don't expect anything big out of this unless investors backs them up with proper R&D. Engines and other parts can be licensed like how Perodua Malaysia does with Toyota. Hyundai also licensed Mitsubishi with the 4d56, the starex/delica, and the galloper/pajero. Point is, if we want a homegrown auto brand, we have to start somewhere.

[ice15]

Aurelio Sports Car - ano na ang nagyari sa first ever sports car ng Pilipinas?
ICTV PH

[cktyu]

I think their social media page, at least on Facebook, is hacked. They constantly post videos of other supercars in Dubai and Goodwood Festival of Speed. I have also seen a handful of complaints regarding non-fulfillment of car orders from unhappy customers.

[Dr.Kamiya]

Aurelio Automobiles | Facebook

[oj88]

Yeah, nothing against using proven and quality power trains and suspension parts from established brands. It's how the ad was delivered. They make it sound like they've built a Ferrari. It's false advertising at its finest.




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[papi smith]

If you read their FB page, price has gone up from 1m+ to 2.5m, seriously? i'd rather get an accord

[Yatta]

So this is like a kit car. Its a good start, a lot of car companies started out as kit car makers (e.g. Lotus).

[glenn manikis]

It looks enticing to produced the first ever phil. Made car.. not neccesary a super car... kahit a small and efficient people mover... it can only be done with foreign support..

Honestly parang gusto ko ganyan bus. Pero wala akong pera.. but i know where to start..

[oj88]

"Super Car" is pushing it. "Kit Car", definitely.

I fully agree that it's a good start but I hope they don't try to make it appear more than what it is.

[glenn manikis]

"Super Car" is pushing it. "Kit Car", definitely.

I fully agree that it's a good start but I hope they don't try to make it appear more than what it is.

Kit car with a surplus engine.. this should be priced cheaper than a vios...

[dct]

I am more interested and proud dun sa salamander tricycle than this. Surplus engine. Tapos super car na?

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[jut703]

Jeep nga mas mahal pa sa Wigo. You have to understand that economy cars can be made cheap because they have economies of scale.

Making a one-off kit car is expensive.


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[niky]

The first prototype, which was featured here on tsikot way back in 2007, was powered by a standard B16A.

The second prototype had a 4G63T, but also used Mitsubishi suspension parts and was compromised by that, since the suspension bits mount higher than the double-wishbones from the Civic.

The third prototype was basically the first one with a new engine and body work, and is the one they've had doing the rounds of the car shows over the past two years. That has a turbocharged B16... tuned to 10 psi and, from the looks of the dyno, about 300-ish whp? But the motor at full tune in its previous home (a drag-racing SiR) made around 450 whp and was good for 13 second quarter miles. I don't know if the engine still has the legs to do that, however.

The latest prototype, which is an all-new car, uses a 3.0 V6 from an Accord. Not sure how far along it is, at the moment, but having an Accord donor car means they can use the bigger, beefier double-wishbones from that car.

So that's three cars that are complete or almost complete, plus two extra bodies in various stages of construction.

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We featured the third proto maybe two years ago. There's a video online at TGP. A bit of a gaffe in the video where I say it does 500 bhp at 10 psi... my bad for misunderstanding the PR material!

At the time, the car was rough (interior) but running. Real kit-car-ish, but props to the builder for sticking it out and holding onto his dream for so long. Many guys who make their own body never even finish... let alone get a chance to build it this way.

[car_fan]

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