Replacement Engines for Jeepney/FX/Revo Made by Isuzu [Merged]

[RedHorse]

from inq/27may05




ISUZU may be toiling under the shadow of market leader Toyota, but the smaller Japanese vehicle manufacturer has found a way to make money, rather than just eat dust, from the trail of its giant competition.

The local Isuzu will launch in July a diesel-engine replacement campaign targeting not only Industrial Revolution-era clunkers of the country's 200,000 jeepneys but also the engines of hundreds of thousands of Toyota Tamaraw, FX and Revo.

Costing P200,000 to P250,000, the brand-new, Clean Air Act-compliant Isuzu diesel engines come equipped with conversion kits to fit the engine bays of the target vehicles.

According to the grapevine, Isuzu has secured a government commitment to provide cheaper financing through transport cooperatives for the ambitious undertaking.

Excluding the Toyotas, P200,000 for 200,000 jeepneys translates to a whopping P40-billion market, a business that Isuzu had quietly cornered even before the Clean Air Act.

Proof? Just go and pop open the hood of any jeepney.

[BlueBimmer]

200,000? kinda expensive imo..

[nugundam93]

mautak ah...hehehehhe....

[yellowjip]

Isnt that kind of expensive for a jeepney driver to obtain?

[yebo]

P200k for a jeepney/fx/revo engine? di ba nila alam na dami surplus engines selling for just 20% of that? ano yan battle of the brainless?

[Juan Tamad]

P200k for a jeepney/fx/revo engine? di ba nila alam na dami surplus engines selling for just 20% of that? ano yan battle of the brainless?

Iba pa rin yun bagong engine.. If you are willing to spend 200k and the FX body is ok... this is better alternative than getting a brand new AUV which cost more than 800k.

[luloym]

tapos kailangan ang maintenance sa isuzu casa para tumagal... patay kang jeepney driver ka!

[BlueBimmer]

sa ugali ng pinoy na lakas magtipid coupled with a high asking price for the engines, not to mention the thousands of available surplus engines available at a fraction of that price, sa tingin ko di yan papatok

[BlueBimmer]

oh n just imagine, sa mga may tsikot nga pag nasira ang ECU, surplus ang hinahanap. what more sa engine ng jeepney driver/owner na nagtitipid

[Mojo]

heh ehehe lagot sila sa clean air act,