Hi, helping out a friend here and would like to hear your thoughts on this. He wants to buy himself a new car and rid himself of the headaches that his old car is giving him now. His basic criteria (in order of importance) are as follows:

1) 600k Budget (preferably less but can stretch maybe 20k more if necessary)
2) Fuel-efficient MANUAL transmission
3) Safety is a must, so ABS and airbags are a necessity
4) Reliability, parts availability, and low-cost of maintenance
5) The roomier, the better (normally has 1 other passenger, but sometimes will need to carry 5 people, him included)

From his criteria, I did my research and tried narrowing down the best options and these three were the best that I can come up: Mirage GLS, Brio S, and the Celerio. Feel free to add any other car options if you have better suggestions.

1) For budget, obviously the Celerio wins here, it is about P100k cheaper from the next cheapest option. The Mirage is most expensive but it has some very nifty stuff (start/stop, nice wheels and rubber (potenzas), only one with console box/armrests for the driver, Navi HU)
2) fuel efficiency, I read that Celerio and Mirage are the best here with Celerio being a little less thirsty? Not sure with the FC of the Brio but it does have the a good power/weight ratio so it must be okay with fuel economy also since manual tranny naman.
3) I guess the Celerio loses out here because from what I have read it is the only one without EBD of the three.
4) Not sure on the parts availability of the Brio and Celerio, but I would guess availability and ease of ownership would be a win for the Mirage... not too familiar lang with PM costs of each.
5) Have yet to check the actual units, but reviews say Brio and Celerio are really spacious... however, dimension-wise, Mirage is the longest of the three, as well as the longest wheelbase. Celerio seems to be the shortest and narrowest at 3600 x 1600mm from the outside dimensions -- but they say that the design is "Jazz-like" in terms of interior space maximization.

I was kinda leaning on the Celerio for him, seems to be the best bang-for-the-buck of the bunch IMO... but he seems to be a little apprehensive of the Suzuki badge. Wanted to know what you guys think...

Thanks.