Price War: PICANTO vs AVANZA

[Dudee]

PICANTO m/t and avanza J... di naman makalayo ang price... does anybody know why? Obviously they are not in the same category..

Picanto M/T is 595T

Avanza J is 593T... (5 seater)

[renzo_d10]

The Avanza J which is priced at 593k looks like a taxi. No hubcaps and only available in white.

Better yet get the Avanza J that's priced at 610k(?). That's a better one.

Anyways, if I`ll just pick between the two, I`d pick the Avanza.

But here are some alternatives.

Nissan Sentra GX ( power ) - 610k

Toyota Vios J - 595k

Avanza J - 610k(?)

Hyundai i10

Suzuki Celerio

[KERSMcRae]

^he he he. medyo malayo ka yata boss Renzo..

sige, try ko rin sagutin si TS.

Maybe because both are not locally assembled, or CBU from somewhere and they are required to raise their price because of tax (not sure what type/kind)

Ganito rin ang sagot ng agent ng Kia nung tinanong ko yung price ng Carens nila, from roughly P900K to P1M na.

[p_borj]

Very well said sir Kers!

CBU so may tax yung Picanto kapag pinasok dito hehe. For me I would rather get the Avanza, locally made pa hehe. Sobrang bare? Ipon ka ng 20k and then palit mags na, maporma na Vanzy mo hehe. Sorry na OT hehe.

[LeOxe]

i think the avanza is also a CBU from Indonesia. so how come the Avanza is priced more reasonably than the Picanto? if i am to choose from the two, i would pick the Avanza if i'm into cargo capacity & roominess. but if ride comfort is my thing, then it is definitely the Picanto. i find the Avanza quite bouncy but tolerable. the Picanto, on the other hand, is a very good city car due to its tinny size and small displacement engine which equates to good fuel mileage.

[meledson]

The Pica is way too expensive at almost 600K+. IMO.

[XTO]

Overpriced mga Korean brand, sorry. Avanza ko RWD pa

[LeOxe]

i agree. i think most of the line-up of Kia Motors are way too overpriced.
but i find Hyundai a bit more reasonable with its prices.

[tidus1203]

i think the avanza is also a CBU from Indonesia. so how come the Avanza is priced more reasonably than the Picanto? if i am to choose from the two, i would pick the Avanza if i'm into cargo capacity & roominess. but if ride comfort is my thing, then it is definitely the Picanto. i find the Avanza quite bouncy but tolerable. the Picanto, on the other hand, is a very good city car due to its tinny size and small displacement engine which equates to good fuel mileage.

Indonesia just like Thailand is ASEAN. Korea where Picanto is from is not a part of ASEAN and thus have no tax advantage. Look at CBU Japan units they are very expensive too (RAV4 anyone?) or are slashed in features to just compete in price.

[KERSMcRae]

i think the avanza is also a CBU from Indonesia. so how come the Avanza is priced more reasonably than the Picanto? if i am to choose from the two, i would pick the Avanza if i'm into cargo capacity & roominess. but if ride comfort is my thing, then it is definitely the Picanto. i find the Avanza quite bouncy but tolerable. the Picanto, on the other hand, is a very good city car due to its tinny size and small displacement engine which equates to good fuel mileage.

same here..

If I have the chance, I'll get an Indon Avanza, bring it here and declare as "second hand" like Pacman did to his toy. Baka mas makatipid pa, at kakaiba and design kaysa sa specced-up models ngayon.

Yun nga lang, kung galing ng Indonesia, baka hindi gumana ng maayos dito, saka iba fonts/language/text ng mga parts niya. Hindi pinoy e. he he he. oops, OT na rin ako.

btt:
yung Picanto na bago, maganda rin, parang cute na "bumpcar", kaso yun nga maganda rin ang price.

[scharnhorst]

just get the Picanto's chassis mate, the i10.

the 1.2 liter AT is priced at 578k

[jeDi13]

avanza is very bouncy for me. yung sinakyan kong taxi na avanza dumaan sa EDSA ng 1030PM southbound * 80kph, maya't-maya yung talbog ng wetpaks ko sa upuan (2nd row). how about the vios j? cash price is * 580K according to a Toyota Balintawak SA

[renzo_d10]

Malayo nga ata ako. Sorry. :hiya:

BTW, thanks sir kers for that point.

Nag-assume lang siguro ako na bibili si TS dahil may balak siyang palitan revo niya sa kabilang thread. hehe. sorry.

[number001]

Avanza is way roomier than a picanto.

Nothing wrong with the Avanza taxi edition, its just Toyota got rid of the hubcaps while still charging the same price.

[niky]

Indonesia just like Thailand is ASEAN. Korea where Picanto is from is not a part of ASEAN and thus have no tax advantage. Look at CBU Japan units they are very expensive too (RAV4 anyone?) or are slashed in features to just compete in price.

Yup.

You can't compare the prices of the Avanza/Vios and the Picanto... the Picanto is severely handicapped due to the extra taxes imposed on it, since it comes from outside the ASEAN.

The i10 is priced lower than a similarly specced Picanto because it's built in India, with lower labor costs than Korea.

[MaxAJ]

^he he he. medyo malayo ka yata boss Renzo..

sige, try ko rin sagutin si TS.

Maybe because both are not locally assembled, or CBU from somewhere and they are required to raise their price because of tax (not sure what type/kind)

Ganito rin ang sagot ng agent ng Kia nung tinanong ko yung price ng Carens nila, from roughly P900K to P1M na.

I think dahil sa sobrang mahal na import tax natin. The government made it high so that buyinh imported products will be discourage hence buying local ones will strengthen the economy

Overpriced mga Korean brand, sorry. Avanza ko RWD pa

I noticed din, kahit sa Korean grocery over priced sila hehe

[Dudee]

Malayo nga ata ako.
Nag-assume lang siguro ako na bibili si TS dahil may balak siyang palitan revo niya sa kabilang thread. hehe. sorry.

Helo Sir renzo, nabenta ko na po ang revo.. I'm now driving an S.I.R... sinamahan ko kasi friend ko sa Kia motors to window shop, then we were offered a swap deal kung gusto kaya I continued to inquire and surprisingly, matataas pala price nila.

My newly acquired S.I.R (That I got at 305T), valued at 350T, opened swap sa picanto... kaya naka interested ako kasi brandnew, pero I think the base price is way too much (595T).. Although KIA gives the highest appraisal in terms of trade-in..

Nagandahan din ako sa picanto kasi cute, pero wala po sila unit for test drive. Are the cosmetics easily get tear? I heard kasi after few months for driving, daming ng loose ends sa interior making it noisy.

What you think po? maganda po ba ang deal? S.I.R + 245T swap with a picanto.

[alwayz_yummy]

pero wala ka nang discount... mataas ang appraisal ng kia kasi kasama na ang discount sa appraisal nila...

my 89 maxima was quoted 85t and my bro's 98 pride gtx-AT at 150T...integrated na ung discount..unlike sa iba bibigay sayo ung totoong kuha ng mga used-car dealer, then papakita sa yo ung discount na bibigay sa car...pilitin mo lang taas pa nila appraisal nila for additional discount and linisin mo pag papa-appraise mo na talaga yan...

kaya eto, utol ko nag-rio AT na....ako susunod na maglalabas.. hehehe...

pero ako, kung kaya mo pa maintain SIR mo, wag mo na palitan yan....

[niky]

i10 ka nalang. For the same money, you can get a pretty loaded i10 1.2... and the 1.1 is still under 500k. Interior is better than the Picanto, hands down... though the Picanto has fold-flat rear seats while the i10 doesn't.

[basti08]

ang alam ko nga 610K na ang Pica MT at 650K na ang AT sa ibang dealers eh...

way expensive considering ang Getz 1.1 ay 498K lang. and to think na nung nag-intro ang Pica dito 319K lang to!