NEWS: Local car firms urged to revive Tamaraw, Fiera [MERGED]

[ghosthunter]

Yes... but then doesn't that take away valuable seat space? Philippine PUJ drivers would never approve of that considering the way they jam passengers in the jeepneys in terminals. Kanan kaliwa! Sige pa! Tig-sasampuan yan!

Its about the same considering the space at the back where the traditional entrance is located is now a seat.

[Monseratto]

If the goverment wants to revive a long dead program, they should put incentives for the manufacturer, mandate a law so that someone buys them to create a demand like PUV operators and put in subsidies to help them pay for those. Kaya hangang wish na lang iyan...

[eggman]

Wasn't there a Nissan AUV that was based on the body of the last Fierra before? Bilis mabulok yung body. Is there any specification what the 21st century Philippine AUV is supposed to be? Baka naman yung no frills seats, no safety features, no doors, no windows, only windshield na sasakyan.

Nissan Bida yan..Mayroon nyan yung kapitbahay ko na mayari ng hardware store at okay pa naman yung sa kanya..Madali talagang kalawangin yan just like nung Nissan D70 Pickup namin na wala na(dun based ang Nissan Bida AFAIK)!

Yung Isuzu KC na AUV mayroon pa akong nakikita nyan sa roads these days.Yung pintuan nya na parang pintuan ng bahay ang dating.

[uls]

dyan talaga magaling ang pinoy, inuuna muna ang media saka government intervention, before presenting a prototype.

haha

tama

lagi press release muna

the govt is now telling automakers what they should produce?

mas magaling pa ang govt people kesa sa mga automakers mag determine what cars and saleable?

the automakers should hire those people haha

here's the thing -- if there's demand for tamaraw type vehicles, the automakers would have already been producing them

di na kailangan gobyerno pa ang magsabi

why is it Mitsubishi still sells the L300?

it's coz there's demand

[ParticleX]

if they would replace the jeepneys, why not? FC of the FXs are waaaaaay better. may aircon pa.

[anonemus]

Ford opposes AUV, introduces Fiesta
by Julito G. Rada

Ford Group Philippines rejected the government’s proposal to revive the local production of Asian Utility Vehicles, including the Fiera, saying it will not benefit the consumers.

“We want to introduce new products. We don’t want to go back and introduce old products that were known decades ago. That is not our plan and I don’t think that is right for consumers,” said Randy Krieger, Ford Group Philippines president, at the sidelines of the launching of a new car Monday evening.

The government earlier urged car assemblers to revive AUVs, like the Ford Fiera, Toyota Tamaraw and General Motors’ Harabas to spur growth in the parts and components industry in the country.

Krieger said it would not be a good business decision to revive old models while other car companies were developing new products.

“We want to introduce world-class products and technology around the world with lots of efficiency,” he said.

Ford the other night launched the Fiesta, Ford’s globally popular small car. “Fiesta is part of the small car segment, the segment which comprises 20 percent of Ford’s sales,” Krieger said. The model will be available in the market in October.

Krieger said the Toyota Vios, Honda Jazz and City are the Fiesta’s primary competitors. The Fiesta comes in two models—four-door sedan and five-door hatchback.

Ford Fiesta starts at a price of P670,000 for a 1.4-liter, four-door sedan with manual transmission and P685,000 for a four-door or five-door manual transmission. The 1.6-liter models with 6-speed automatic transmission, available in either sedan or hatchback, costs P766,000. The Ford Fiesta Sport variant, meanwhile, is priced at P816,000.

Krieger said he expected sales of Fiesta, which are assembled and imported from Thailand, to surpass those of the Focus models this year. Over one million Fiestas have been sold globally since its introduction over a year ago in Europe.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/i...2010/august/18

[uls]

hahaha

mas marunong pa kasi ang gobyerno kesa sa mga automaker

ayan, sumagot na ang Ford

[Monseratto]

Same thinking ng mga nag aassemble ng PUV jeep. Still stuck in the past...

[myas110]

sabi ko sa inyo...bakit nga gagawa pa sila ng ganung sasakyan gayong yung mga current line-up ng mga sasakyan ay magaganda na?

gumaya tayo sa China na gumagaya sa Japanese technology and cloning of vehicles, only to patch a different brand.

[shakatak70]

High tech na raw yung ipagagawang fiera ng gobyerno....push button at wala na gamit na gulong... :plane: