not all such vehicles are products of "kurakot". most are due to misplaced government sense of value and delicadeza

an example: some months back, the new presiding justice of the court of appeals was castigated by the new supreme court chief justice (panganiban) for refusing to avail of the PHP 2M ++ car allowance. the CA presiding justice opted to use his personal battered korean van rather than parade around in a new PHP 2M vehicle courtesy of the taxpayers money. panganiban said that its a must that this CA justice should get a new car kasi stature is important

i admire that presiding justice and have nothing but less than printable words for this SC chief justice due to that incident

in my books, the CA presiding justice earned more stature for what he did