Filipino-made Utility Vehicles in the Past

**OyiL** · May 19th, 2007 12:07 AM

*mguy
according to this article: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/6302/vwhist.htm

filipinos had a hand re-engineering it.

**OyiL** · May 19th, 2007 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by A121

* OyiL,

ung Isuzu KC20 ba yung may 4 na headlights? meron sa subdivision namin na mapormang ganun dati. ewan ko kung nasaan na.

i might be wrong pero yung Ford Fiera was designed in the Middle East. I read that in a very old Popular Mechanics Magazine sa library ng school namin.

anyway,

Parejo
Trac
Sprinter (hehehe, uso dati sprinter na face sa AUV)

the blue one, foreground...its the biggest AUV during its time

may pic ka ba nung Trac?

yung sprinter ang face e...tamaraw gen 2 yun diba?

**OyiL** · May 19th, 2007 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

How about "Parejo"? Kasama ba ito? Eto yung local version at kamukha noon ng Pajero.

The atendido parejo
sige na nga! sali na yan. kahit may kaso

**dprox** · May 19th, 2007 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by OyiL

the sakbayan was re-engineered by filipinos. when parts from the australian version ran out, they had to modify it to use brazilian sourced parts. and it was manufactured here, by DMG. i didn't know that it was exported, though

The "Sak" was not a UV, but a "people's car" entry to the Philippine Car Manufacturing Program (PCMP) of 1970.
Its real granddaddy was the Kübelwagen, designed by Ferdinand Porsche for the Wehrmacht & the Waffen SS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubelwagen), and its daddy was the Australian VW Country Buggy.
Baka yung "Trakbayan" pa, pwede pa sana maging AUV, kaya lang DMG ran afoul with Macoy, and when Martial Law was declared, the PCMP fizzled out (only to resurface as a Malaysian program under Mahathir).
BTW, DMG had a cool sports car entry called the "SKB Toro".
Interesting to note that the Sak & the Toro bodies were made of fiberglass.

**donbuggy** · May 26th, 2007 08:26 PM

Actually, the Country Buggy / Sakbayan bodies are made of metal. It's only the roof that's fiberglass. It's a pity that DMG made the Sakbayan a replica of the Country Buggy. They should have made it a bit different to improve the shape (extended wheel arches, beveled corners). Or they should have just copied the VW Type 181 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_181 ) - in my opinion a more rugged looking vehicle. Or combined design details from both so it will look like the VW based 1978 Brazilian Gurgel X12 ( http://www.gurgel800.com.br/meugurge...l.php?id=x1201 ).

Here's a Mexican truck called Muli that looks like the Trakbayan (from http://www.bugland.be/Verschillende_...es_Exoten.html ). According to this website, the Muli is dated 1973 while the Trakbayan is from 1976-1979.

The Muli / Trakbayan is a strange truck. Front-wheel-drive using an air-cooled VW engine and transmission turned around 180 degrees. How would you operate the gear shift? First gear to the right and down? Whenever I saw a Trakbayan during the 70's, I noticed that the front tires were bald. I guess front-wheel-drive is not suitable for trucks. DMG should have kept the engine at the rear like in the Kombi.

**pobreparin** · May 28th, 2007 01:01 PM

magaganda din sana ung porma nung mga AUV from Castro motors....
manipis lang ata masyado yung ginamit na body kaya walang tumagal

**drey** · May 30th, 2007 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by pobreparin

magaganda din sana ung porma nung mga AUV from Castro motors....
manipis lang ata masyado yung ginamit na body kaya walang tumagal

hello sir? may picture po ba kayo nyan?

**pobreparin** · May 31st, 2007 07:48 AM

*drey
wala sir,eh...
pero ang porma nya is similar to toyota fx din.....3 doors nga lang sya....
almost same time lumabas itong mga ito with the toyota fx,eh....

**raine** · May 31st, 2007 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by drey

FACTS about Tamaraw FX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Kijang

In short, its not pinoy. Its just a popular Toyota.

Di ba innova ito hindi FX

**heightdeprived** · May 31st, 2007 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by drey

FACTS about Tamaraw FX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Kijang

In short, its not pinoy. Its just a popular Toyota.

Looking at the page, yes, the Toyota Innova was first designed in Indonesia, but as my perception dictates, the Tamaraw FX was first designed in the Philippines to revive the Toyota Tamaraw having the 'FX' as a suffix implying that it is the modern 'Tamaraw' and later, the same vehicle has been introduced in Indonesia.

It's just my perception, hanap pa 'ko solid proof...

--edit---

1986 pa pala yung Tamaraw FX therefore 'di nga siya pinoy made, indonesia original nga siya...