The most overrated car in the Philippines is...

**JCBalunsat** · January 28th, 2008 02:00 PM

What do you guys think? Wag sanang gawing flame thread. Go ahead! Engines Ready!

Para sakin kasi SiR. Daming 96-98 vti's na nagpapaconvert to SiR body. As well as putting in the SiR engine in hatch, esi's 96-00 or later civics. Eto lang naman po ang napapansin ko ah that's why I think it's overrated.

Peace po sa SiR owners and lovers. Opinion lang po.

**niky** · January 28th, 2008 02:27 PM

Depends on what you mean by "over-rated". Is the SiR over-rated? Maybe... there are some people who think it's the fastest thing on Earth. But is it a good car? Definitely. The B16A is legendary for its smoothness, its ability to rev high, and its durability. It has been referred to as the "Chevy small block of the 90's"... a relatively cheap engine that makes great power and is tunable in many ways.

And the 96-00 Civics were also very good cars. Double-wishbone and multi-link suspensions were things you didn't really find on economy cars back then... and, actually, double-wishbones aren't found on economy cars anymore, period. They're very good cars, which get a bad rap for all the cheesy "modified" ones running on the streets.

I wouldn't say it is "over-rated". Over-exposed? Maybe.

**mazingerZ** · January 28th, 2008 02:32 PM

Over-rated, it depends on the meaning bro, some people might take offense if their beloved automobile is cited as such. By overrated meaning overhyped, i would go for the toyota fortuner (since their marketing ploy was to over advertise and understock their dealerships, hence creating an artificial lack of supply). Peace lang po mga fort people (just my 2 cents lang)

**theveed** · January 28th, 2008 02:49 PM

No doubt, AE101 Corollas and EK Civics in terms of their "value" and residual price.

My other candidates would be Pajero and Expeditions

**shadow** · January 28th, 2008 02:56 PM

IMO, Honda SIR and Toyota fortuner....

**albert_b** · January 28th, 2008 03:09 PM

overhype? overrated? ... I think the new lancer... why? kasi puro kwento puro marketing pero wala pa rin dito! nakakainip na sobra!

pero yung vote sa fortuner... tama! I would have to agree na medyo overrated siya

**1D4LV** · January 28th, 2008 03:11 PM

imho... its not the car itself, but the brand... sa akin Honda....

**niky** · January 28th, 2008 04:00 PM

Honda+Toyota... in terms of being over-rated... but then, I do have a lot of respect for some of their products.

Over-rated? Porsche! :lol: Or more like over-priced...

**Type 100** · January 28th, 2008 05:17 PM

The ZZE121 Toyota Corolla Altis. It really isn't that good to drive or ride in...it does score points for low cabin noise though.

**JCBalunsat** · January 28th, 2008 06:12 PM

Well, it's just that Filipinos are talking about SiR's like god-like beings. It's fast, it's this, it's that. I really would hope that Silvia's , Skyline's, MR2's etc. were distrubuted locally para naman hindi puro SiR SiR SiR. Nakakarindi kasi e.

SUV's.. Definitely the Fortuner