Comparisons: Lancer EX GTA vs Ford Focus TDCi A/T vs Subaru Impreza 2.0R A/T

**renzo_d10** · January 19th, 2010 07:54 PM

Make Hyundai Model i30 CRDI
Engine 2.5-liter DOHC 16-valve Inline-4 Turbo Intercooler CRDI
Max. Power 115 PS * 4000 rpm
Max. Torque 255 Nm * 2000 rpm Transmission 5-speed M/T
Rating

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c/o autoindustriya.com reviews.

The sticking point has to be the price, as the i30 is somewhat teetering at the upper echelon of the class at PhP 1,048,000

**niky** · January 19th, 2010 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Make Hyundai Model i30 CRDI
Engine 2.5-liter DOHC 16-valve Inline-4 Turbo Intercooler CRDI
Max. Power 115 PS * 4000 rpm
Max. Torque 255 Nm * 2000 rpm Transmission 5-speed M/T
Rating

?

c/o autoindustriya.com reviews.

It's the review that's in error. It's a typographical mistake. They do happen, y'know.

It'd be a very sad Hyundai 2.5 that only makes 115 ps... seeing as how their 2.0 CRDi already makes 140 ps...

Besides, the current 4D56-based 2.5 CRDi doesn't fit undedr the i30's hood.

**eggman** · January 19th, 2010 09:05 PM

BTW Ford Manila is giving away Piaggio 150 FLY Scooter sa mga buyers ng Ford Focus TDCI mapa Cash or Financing!!

**renzo_d10** · January 19th, 2010 09:40 PM

*Niky ::

I was looking at bigbigcar.com and haven't found a review of the car.

So, I went to AI and, they indeed had one. Yup, errors happen. ;) Maybe it's time for me to correct them.

Thanks for clarifying

*Ghosthunter ::

If ever you buy the TDCi now, you can sell the motorcycle and get the cash for future modding.

**ghosthunter** · January 19th, 2010 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

*Ghosthunter ::

If ever you buy the TDCi now, you can sell the motorcycle and get the cash for future modding.

Personally, I would rather have Ford Manila keep the scooter and just give me additional discount in the same value of the scooter, if it is all the same.

Saves me the hassle of disposing the scooter by myself later.

**s_quilicot** · January 19th, 2010 11:55 PM

SO! GH is single again/pala/pa?

joke

I've driven the focus tdci and hell, gotta love the torque!!!

So Focus for me too and impreza for the second place.

Impreza for second coz you're single . . . . you know!!

:bwahaha:

It might help. Hahahahaha

**blue_gambit** · January 20th, 2010 12:01 AM

Lancer gt-a, in red. it simply looks good, handles well i think... a few mods and its an evo-x.

**niky** · January 20th, 2010 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by blue_gambit

Lancer gt-a, in red. it simply looks good, handles well i think... a few mods and its an evo-x.

Actually... no.

The 4B11 engine in the Lancer can take some boost, but the Evo-X engine is built with upgraded internals and a more reinforced bottom-end. The EVO transmission is completely different, the rear subframe is completely different to take the rear differential and drive-axles. The track width of the EVO is different and requires different body work (I don't know if you can roll the rear-quarter panels enough to accomodate the wheels or if you'll have to cut them up with an acetylene torch) and there's the usual differences in body-construction such as seam-welding and increased buttressing.

This is not to mention suspension upgrades, the different computer box needed to control the AWD system and the big brakes.

I know some guys who do the EVO upgrade for older Lancers (EVO 5-6)... and the cost of the components, the work done and the swap-car (a local Lancer) are such that you could just about buy a whole secondhand EVO for the cost of the conversion (which requires cutting a hole in the rear floor and welding a new subframe in...). And it'd still drive better than the conversion.

Well... you can make a Lancer look like an EVO X easily, but such conversions are obvious when you look at them from the side... and even more so when you put it beside a real EVO. grin:

Besides, this is GH we're talking about... he's more into "go" than "show".

**beni23** · January 20th, 2010 10:47 AM

I've been into the ford focus since it was born! focus ftw na yan!

although may nababasa akong mga issues na may namamatayan daw ng makina in a speed of 80 kph ata un sa gitna ng kalsada.

**Type 100** · January 20th, 2010 05:45 PM

The Impreza, odd-looking as it may seem for longtime Subaru fans, is actually pretty attractive to the opposite ***. My girlfriend likes it in red. ;)

If you're into modification...I hear the Focus is a dead end in terms of suspension. CMIIW

Isn't the Lancer supposed to get cheaper in the future due to production moving to our shores?