I've recently been seeing a lot of posts on Facebook by local automotive publications that are showing the latest releases of new vehicles here in the Philippines.
While most of these new vehicles are interesting with regards to features and powertrains and looks, I always wonder what other people consider when buying a car.
Think about it, if you can only afford one vehicle with your hard earned money, what would you consider? Would you try one of the newer brands here that have hybrid or EV powertrains? Would you go with a practical, tried-and-tested brand? Or would you go crazy and bury yourself in debt to get one of the flashy, hot sports cars?
The reason I decided to write this blog is because one of the Facebook posts I saw called one of the Chinese hybrid cars an econobox despite the fact that the car was over PhP1 million. That's nuts for me. Anything over a million isn't something I'd consider an econobox. My Wigo? Now that's an econobox. Less than a million, very basic, very practical. But a hybrid car with a lot more features that sells for maybe over three-hundred thousand pesos more than my car isn't an econobox.
Or maybe everything is relative depending on your income and needs. I guess this is it.
Out.
