car for a lady executive (1.5M)

[GTi]

Eh si bro. krinx meron din naman isa pang sasakyan so hindi naman siguro problema ang out of town trips and sending two grade schoolers to school. The Sonata is a 5 seater sedan naman with a large trunk and not a coupe. So a family of four should not be a problem. And since bro. krinx mentioned car for a lady executive then I suppose porma is quite important and none of the choices matches the Sonata in this aspect. But if he wants more space and will be taking it out of town frequently and/or tag a lot of people then the Santa Fe it is.

Just a side thought, if he will be importing a black Kia Optima for himself and a white Sonata for his wife ang ganda ng dating at sabay sila lumabas ng garahe a la Mr. and Mrs. Smith

[Starex_Gold]

Since may out of town trips, CUV/SUV dapat. Diesel din would be good for FE so either SF or MS for me.

But since lady driven, parang mas madali egress-ingress sa SF. Pero kung yung out of town trips ay kung saan-saan, mabuti na yung mataas clearance, MS.

Hindi na rin naman nagkakalayo ang ground clearance ng Santa Fe at Montero Sport.

Kung babae ang magdadala, mas ok ang Santa Fe, mas maiksi. Yung sister ko nalalakihan sa Montero Sport namin dati. Kaya nung bumili ng SF, natuwa rin. Pati ako natuwa, Comfortable talaga, mabilis pa, tahimik pa.

The X-Trail 2.5L 4x4 CVT = P1.5M

Yan ang sakto sa budget nila.

[sachiel]

How much is the X-Trail X-Tronic 4WD? Maganda rin yun na CUV.

Or yun nga, Santa Fe tapos white..

Alam ko P1.550M yun Xtrail 4WD. May promo rin yata Nissan ngayon with financing.

So far wala pa rin makatapat sa Sta Fe, not even yun Sorento or the new Montero. Narrow talaga Montero compared sa Fortuner and Sta Fe.

[Pajoz]

for me..

Sedan - SONATA Premium
CUV - ASX GLS SE (since ayaw mo ng Tucson..hehehe)
SUV - Sta Fe

pero kung may pera ako lahat yan bibilhin ko...jk

[renzo_d10]

for me..

Sedan - SONATA Premium
CUV - ASX GLS SE (since ayaw mo ng Tucson..hehehe)
SUV - Sta Fe

pero kung may pera ako lahat yan bibilhin ko...jk

*bold : Dapat Sorento yan. Hehehe.

[tidus1203]

Santa Fe na...

My mom is borrowing my Santa Fe on a permanent basis! She loves it kaya halos di ko na magamit-gamit. Pero it was intended for her naman eh as a gift back in 2008...

[ghosthunter]

for me..

Sedan - SONATA Premium
CUV - ASX GLS SE (since ayaw mo ng Tucson..hehehe)
SUV - Sta Fe

The ASX GLS (4x2) is better than the GLS SE (4x4) in fuel economy.

[myk384]

If you're willing to add more, why not add the Kia Sorento on your list. The Montero Sport GTV is ok but the wifey might have a hard time driving this truck based suv.

[krinkx]

thanks sa lahat ng comments... just to clear things up...

the two kids are with me and i will hatid-sundo the kids... she will be assigned to another province and that will require the weekend "out-of-town" travels... either us going to her new place or her coming home during weekends...

most likely, we will be using the new car when we will go somewhere as a family... since we dont want to have a cash out, we will stick to the max benefit of 1.5M to 1.6M... so definitely, the sorento, as good as it is, is out (the price is quite ridiculously high anyway hehe)...

i personally like the xtrail pag cuv... santa fe pag suv and sonta pag sedan... honestly, i dont even know what she prefers... parang ang dating eh "kaw na mamili, kaw kasi ang lalaki" hehehehe... typical... but she mentioned that the sonata and santa fe are nice daw...

i will keep you posted when we have a decision already (of course, with pix hehe)

as of now, she (including me) is still confused...

[sachiel]

My advice is to test drive your choices one by one with your wife and kids. No amount of opinion in this forum can explain the driving experience you want with your wife and kids. But based on your new schedule, sedan should be the least of your choices for practical purposes.