Chevrolet Lumina comes to the Philippines

**cardo** · February 6th, 2006 05:24 PM

This is the Chevy Lumina(buick regal) that drives us around in China. I wish we had the holden on the pic you guys posted

**cardo** · February 6th, 2006 05:25 PM

**carlocaraddict** · February 6th, 2006 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by cardo

This is the Chevy Lumina(buick regal) that drives us around in China. I wish we had the holden on the pic you guys posted

yeh. GM Phils should have brought that and I just couldnt understand why they brought in the China-sourced Lumina, its so fugly. Anyway, the Holden based Lumina is being made in Thailand. :twak:

**niky** · February 6th, 2006 05:50 PM

Made in Thailand? So there is hope that we could get it? But then, it would cost at least 2 million, and the Lumina just doesn't look special enough to take on the other big rear wheel drive American Sedan.

**carlocaraddict** · February 6th, 2006 06:41 PM

they should have brought this here. Damn GM!

**ryan** · February 6th, 2006 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by carlocaraddict

they should have brought this here. Damn GM!

Anung auto sha? just curious

**AG4** · February 6th, 2006 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by cardo

This is the Chevy Lumina(buick regal) that drives us around in China. I wish we had the holden on the pic you guys posted

They sell the LWB version in China, its called the Buick Royaum.

Its positioned above the Regal.
The Chinese version has a standard 2.8 liter V6.

**AG4** · February 6th, 2006 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by ryan

Anung auto sha? just curious

Its the RWD Chevy Lumina that GM sells in Thailand, Middle east, South Africa etc.
Its basically a rebadged Holden Commodore thats been out since 1998(it had a number of facelifts and upgrades throughn the years), the base powerplant is a 3.6 liter V6(one of the possible reasons why it didn't come here).

The RWD Lumina/ Holden Commodore is a cousin of the Opel Omega.

It will soon be replaced by an all-new model based on GM's new Zeta platform.

**cardo** · February 7th, 2006 09:55 AM

Most midsize cars I see here are Honda accords, regals, Audi a6s and vw passats. atchaka yun midsize ng ford, yun mondeo(?). me camry din pero iilan lang. The regal we have is company supplied so i cant complain. Iilan lang naka full size sedan dito(probably since its a province). I have not seen any royaum here, probably its too expensive at 368k rmb which is like php 2.5m. Ang nakikita ko lang mostly are Bmw 7's and a couple of merc s class(which is like the only merc model i've seen)

I've seen worse though, like a rav4 with crv headlights which I thought was the real thing as we were overtaking it. a copy of the lancer(pizza) i saw at a parking lot. and a copy of the CRV i saw on the road. From afar you would thinkthe cars are the japanese cars... yun badge lang iba - and its something i can't read or pronounce

**carlocaraddict** · February 18th, 2006 10:59 PM

power window switches parang switch plate ng ilaw sa house hehehehe

**gearspeed** · February 18th, 2006 11:05 PM

carlo naalala ko yung eject button sa glovebox.

**AG4** · February 19th, 2006 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by carlocaraddict

power window switches parang switch plate ng ilaw sa house hehehehe

ha ha....

But if you look at it as a whole... the interior isn't that bad....

(chinese market version with a screen)

**Autobeat** · February 19th, 2006 03:01 AM

Had a chance to use the Lumina as a rental car sa U.S. Oks naman, especially for interstate. Sarap ng power and suspension. Di ko lang na test ang mileage niya then. Never expected it to get released in the Phils, though. Parang too big to be used here locally.

**AG4** · February 19th, 2006 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Autobeat

Had a chance to use the Lumina as a rental car sa U.S. Oks naman, especially for interstate. Sarap ng power and suspension. Di ko lang na test ang mileage niya then. Never expected it to get released in the Phils, though. Parang too big to be used here locally.

To clear things up, the RP market Chevy Lumina is based on the Buick Regal(Shanghai GM version), the slightly smaller but more luxurious cousin of the USDM Chevy Impala.

USDM Chevy Lumina (1996 model shown)

The Chinese market Buick Regal and RP market Chevy Lumina 2.5 is based on the USDM Buick Regal. (2004 model shown)

The Buick Regal is also known for its comfortable ride.

*the USDM Regal was recently replaced by the LaCrosse, the Shanghai GM version will be launched soon.

*The USDM Chevy Lumina was replaced by the Impala.

**carlocaraddict** · February 19th, 2006 09:32 PM

The Lumina is being offered at around 1.17M plus free 80,000 pesos worth of gas or insurance.

**BlueBimmer** · February 19th, 2006 10:27 PM

the power window switch looks like those generic window switches available in auto shops hehe only painted haha

**number001** · February 19th, 2006 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by carlocaraddict

The Lumina is being offered at around 1.17M plus free 80,000 pesos worth of gas or insurance.

Perfect for the company car! Satisfies the bean-counters and still allow the executives to travel in comfort. And with Php 80K, that's definitely a deal breaker. (Btw, I mean that in a non-sarcastic way) :D

**BlueBimmer** · February 19th, 2006 10:59 PM

executives driving or being driven around in a Lumina wont be closing any deals :D haha

**AG4** · February 20th, 2006 09:32 AM

I saw 2 Luminas in Makati last weekend... they seem to be owner driven (maybe only during weekends?)

**carlocaraddict** · July 3rd, 2006 07:13 PM

Chevrolet Lumina, now only Php999k! bili na! heheheh

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