Ford's Sta. Rosa Plant has no future

[tidus1203]

Di naman sila kawalan dahil marami pang car companies na magtatayo ng planta rito pero panay Chinese car companies nga lang like Chery and Foton.

Puro naman mga low end na kotse with low value unlike sa Ford mga high value cars and more importantly pang export pa!

[sachiel]

Almost all manufacturing here can't compete with other ASEAN countries. Mas mataas talaga cost dito kahit ano mangyari. The only advantage we have is we speak good English. There needs to have government intervention if we want to be competitive with other countries.

[Glenn23]

Puro naman mga low end na kotse with low value unlike sa Ford mga high value cars and more importantly pang export pa!

I agree with that one paps!!!!

[hausteam]

High electricity rates+high labor cost+corrupt government officials - I'm surprised that there are still multinationals with plants situated here.

[solomondavid]

kahit sang plant pa gawa yan at mas mahal kesa sa iba basta ako may ford. tapos.

[eggman]

Puro naman mga low end na kotse with low value unlike sa Ford mga high value cars and more importantly pang export pa!

High value daw pero mahirap ibenta sa Southeast Asian market tulad ng Mazda Tribute (RIP),Ford Escape at Ford Focus..Then again biased karamihan ng taga SEA sa Japanese cars kaya ganyan ang sitwasyon..Yung Mazda3 kahit papaano bumenta.

hausteam nagtitipid ang Ford lately kaya binitawan na nila ang Sta Rosa plant at tama ka sa mga sinabi mo.

[blue_gambit]

They should make the fiesta here, since our market likes small cars leave the ranger to the thai's they're the 3rd biggest pick-up market anyway... Atleast if made dito yung fiesta mas sure ang build quality. --- asa ka pa

Di na kelangan, aalis na nga eh... Truthfully I'd rather stake my money on philippine build quality rather than thai..


*hausteam, tama ka bro hayop sa taas ang electricity dito sa pinas nakaka kuryente!

Sabagay pati nga hotels dito ang mahal, kaya nakaka turn off sa mga foreingers even us domestic tourist. Kainis

[Monseratto]

Unlike the Philippines, the Thais have a complete industrial infrastructure. They manufacture the parts in-country, unlike here were everything has to be imported in sub assemblies. That's the difference between a full and a half hearted goverment support.

[eggman]

Unlike the Philippines, the Thais has a complete industry infrastructure. They manufacture their sub assemblies in-country, unlike here were everything has to be imported.

Mas malaki ang local content/parts ng mga cars galing Thailand kaysa sa Pinas kaunti lang ang local content..

[reactor]

dapat talaga may drive ang govt kasi costly sa manufdacturer kung ang sub parts ay imported pa din...pat kasi sa mga export zones eh halo halo ang mga manufacturers.

siguro mas maganda kung may isa place para s mga car assembler at sa mga electtronics o industrial parks. kaya nga office namin (office lang yun) umalis at lumipat ng HK kasi dito lahat mahal (rental at mga utilities like electicity, phone, waters, etc.) hotel accomodation etc...mababa nga ang labor pero mataas naman sa lahat.

sana nga lang continue ang support ng ford kasi kaya mali ang perception ng consumer kasi hindi pang masa ang parts. pero like me as ford owner, happy ako sa performance mahal ang parts pero matibay. i can say quality wise eh american standard (spacious at safety). kaya lang bumabaa ang resale value kasi nasanay na tayo sa japanese brands na umaapaw sa parts pero lahat naman na new model ay wala ka din halos mabili sa labas

sana nga lang wag magsara at madadagdagan ang un employed sa pinas...at i'm a proud and happy ford (escape) owner