Car Profiles Hyundai Genesis 2008 2013

2008-2013 Hyundai Genesis

The Good: Has everything you want in a luxury car for less

The Bad: It lacks the brand cachet of one

The Say: If youre not a badge snob and a sucker for savings, get this if you can find one.

Go For: 3.8 V6
Avoid:

Price Range: P1,100,000-P1,200,000
Our Rating: ****

Related Review: None as of the Moment

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2008-2013

Car Features 10 Commonly Repossessed Vehicles 2015 Edition

Last year, we had published a list of vehicles that are commonly repossessed by banks. For this year, let us see the top 10 repossessed vehicles (last time was 12 due to a tie) overall with a top five per bank. This list also aims to help buyers on which bank to go in finding a specific vehicle they want. With automotive sales on the rise plus the fad of Uber/GrabCar services, there would come a time people would default on their monthly payments.

Do take note the list is accurate as of October 2, 2015. Sources include: PS Bank, Banco De Oro, RCBC Savings Bank, East West Bank, Unionbank, Sterling Bank of Asia, Maybank, and BPI.

TOP 5 PER BANK

Top 5 PS Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Toyota Innova	25
2	Hyundai Eon< /td>	21
3	Nissan Urvan	17
4	Mitsubishi Adventure	16
5	Mitsubishi L300	15

Top 5 Banco De Oro

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	26
2	Ford Fiesta	20
3	Mitsubishi Lancer	18
4	Mitsubishi Adventure	16
5	Nissan Frontier	10

Top 5 RCBC Savings Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Nissan Urvan/Mitsubishi Adventure	11
2	Kia Rio/Nissan Frontier	7
3	Hyundai Eon/Suzuki APV	6
4	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	5
5	Chevrolet Cruze/Suzuki Celerio/Toyota Innova	4

Top 5 EastWest Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Hyundai Eon	19
2	Kia Rio	17
3	Hyundai Accent	12
4	Mitsubishi Adventure/Ford Everest	11
5	Toyota Vios	9

Top 5 Unionbank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Rio	30
2	Hyundai Accent	16
3	Toyota Vios	10
4	Foton View	9
5	Foton Tornado	6

Top 7 Sterling Bank (Due to tie)

Top 5 Maybank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Mitsubishi Adventure	2
2	Ford Everest	2
3	Hyundai Accent	2
4	Kia Rio	2
5	Mazda 3	2
6	Ford Ranger	2
7	Mitsubishi Mirage	2

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Hyundai Accent	16
2	Ford Everest	14
3	Ford Fiesta	14
4	Kia Rio	11
5	Nissan Almera	8

Top 5 BPI

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Rio	21
2	Toyota Vios	19
3	Chevrolet Aveo	18
4	Mitsubishi Adventure/Nissan Sentra	17
5	Ford Everest	15

OVERALL TOP 10

1. Kia Rio

2. Mitsubishi Adventure

3. Hyundai Accent

4. Ford Everest

5. Ford Fiesta

6. Toyota Vios

7. Hyundai Eon

7. Mitsubishi Montero Sport

8. Nissan Urvan

9. Mitsubishi Lancer

10. Toyota Innova

For this year, a tie happened and no more Mazdas in the top. Mitsubishi had dominated the list with three vehicles while Ford and Hyundai have two vehicles each. We had no idea on how numerous Montero Sports and Lancers had ended up in Banco De Oros repossessed lots and the Rio is still the leader. We have one culprit here: all in low downpayment promos thrown in by dealers to entice buyers (small cars such as the Eon and Vios attracts first time owners).

Here is the full list:
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	VEHICLE	PS Bank	BDO	RCBC	EastWest	Unionbank	Sterling	Maybank	BPI (Buena Mano)	TOTAL
1	Kia Rio	5	4	7	17	30	2	11	21	97
2	Mitsubishi Adventure	16	16	11	11	3	2	5	17	81
3	Hyundai Accent	13	6	2	12	16	2	16	2	69
4	Ford Everest	14	8	3	11	1	2	14	15	68
5	Ford Fiesta	13	20	1	6	1	1	14	11	67
6	Toyota Vios	12	7	2	9	10	1	1	19	61
7	Hyundai Eon	21	2	6	19	2		1	4	55
8	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	13	26< /td>	5	1	3	1	3	3	55
9	Nissan Urvan	17	8	11		2	1	3	8	50
10	Mitsubishi Lancer	9	18		2	5	1	3	7	45
11	Toyota Innova	25	4	4	4	2			3	42
12	Nissan Frontier	5	10	7		1	1	6	8	38
13	Kia Picanto	11	1	2	8	2		3	10	37
14	Nissan Sentra	2	2	2	5	5			17	33
15	Mitsubishi L300	15	5	2	6	2			2	32
16	Chevrolet Aveo	1	5	1	2	2	1		18	30
17	Mazda 2	4	6	1	6	2	1	3	6	29
18	Mazda 3	4	7	2	2	2	2	2	5	26
19	Hyundai Elantra	2	8	1	6	4		2	3	26
20	Hyundai Tucson	4	3	2	3	2		2	8	24
21	Suzuki APV	3	6	6	2	2			3	22
22	Mitsubishi Mirage G4	4	5		3	2		1	5	20
23	Nissan Almera		6		2	1		8	3	20
24	Toyota Corolla Altis	4	4	2	1			3	5	19
25	Isuzu Crosswind	6	6	1		2		1	2	18
26	Ford Escape	3	7	1	3	1		1	2	18
27	Kia Carens	1	4	2	3	5		1	2	18
28	Toyota Avanza	6	3	1	2	2		1	2	17
29	Hyundai i10	5		1	3	2			6	17
30	Ford Ranger	2	4		2		2	4	3	17
31	Chevrolet Sonic		3	1		2		4	7	17
32	Kia Sportage	3	4		1	1	1	2	3	15
33	Mitsubishi Strada	3	6		2		1		3	15
34	Foton Tornado			3		6		1	5	15
35	Foton View			1	1	9		4		15
36	Suzuki Grand Vitara		4	2	3	1		3	1	14
37	Ford Focus	4	1		1	1	1	3	2	13
38	Toyota Fortuner	4	5	2		1			1	13
39	Honda City	2	4	2	1	1			3	13
40	Hyundai Starex	2	3	2		1		3	1	12
41	Suzuki Celerio	3		4	1				3	11
42	Suzuki Alto	2		2	3	1		1	2	11
43	Chevrolet Captiva		5	3	1			1	1	11
44	Chevrolet Cruze		4	4				1	2	11
45	Mitsubishi Mirage	2	3	1	1		2		1	10
46	Kia Sorento		3	2				3	2	10
47	Toyota Hilux	4	1	1	1			1	1	9
48	Hyundai H100	2	2			3		1	1	9
49	Chevrolet Spark	1	2	1	1	1	1		2	9
50	Chevrolet Colorado		3					1	5	9
51	Suzuki SX4	1	2	1		2			2	8
52	Kia Soul				3	2		2	1	8
53	Chevrolet Optra		2		1	3		1		7
54	Isuzu D-Max	3	2	1						6
55	Foton Thunder	2		1	1			2		6
56	Nissan X-Trail	1		3		1		1		6
57	Suzuki Swift Dzire	1			4				1	6
58	Chevrolet Orlando		4			1			1	6
59	Kia Forte/Forte Koup		1		1			3	1	6
60	Hyundai Getz	2		1	1				1	5
61	Suzuki Swift	2		2					1	5
62	Kia K2700	1		1	1	1			1	5
63	Toyota Hiace	1	1					1	2	5
64	Chevrolet Spin		1	1		1		1	1	5
65	Honda Civic		2					2	1	5
66	Kia Carnival		2	2					1	5
67	Suzuki Kizashi				1		1	1	2	5
68	Subaru Forester	2			1				1	4
69	Foton MP-X	1		1		2				4
70	Honda Jazz	1	1	1					1	4
71	Subaru Impreza	1	2			1				4
72	Chevrolet Trailblazer					1			3	4
73	Haima Freema		2		1			1		4
74	Honda CR-V		2	1					1	4
75	Mazda BT-50	1	1				1			3
76	Mazda CX-5	1							2	3
77	Nissan Grand Livina	1				1		1		3
78	Toyota Wigo	1					1		1	3
79	BMW 3 Series					2		1		3
80	Ford E150		2			1				3
81	Hyundai Sonata		3							3
82	BMW X5	1	1							2
83	Audi A4					2				2
84	BMW 1 Series		1			1				2
85	BMW 5 Series		1				1			2
86	BMW X3		1						1	2
87	Haima 2			1		1				2
88	Isuzu Alterra		1					1		2
89	Isuzu Trooper							2		2
90	JAC King				2					2
91	Jinbei Hiase							2		2
92	Lifan 320					2				2
93	Mazda CX-9			1	1					2
94	Mazda Tribute					1			1	2
95	Mercedes Benz C Class		1			1				2
96	MinI Countryman		1			1				2
97	Nissan Teana							2		2
98	Porsche Cayenne		2							2
99	Toyota RAV4		1	1						2
100	Volvo XC90								2	2
101	Ford Explorer	1							1
102	Isuzu NHR	1								1
103	Subaru BR-Z	1								1
104	Audi 90		1							1
105	Audi A3						1			1
106	Audi A6		1							1
107	Audi A8								1	1
108	BMW X6				1					1
109	BYD L3				1					1
110	Chery A1		1							1
111	Chery QQ							1		1
112	Chery V2		1							1
113	Chevrolet Malibu					1				1
114	Chevrolet Traverse		1							1
115	Chrysler Town and Country					1				1
116	Ford Expedition		1							1
117	Foton Blizzard			1						1
118	Haima 3								1	1
119	Haima 7				1					1
120	Haima Family					1				1
121	Haima F-Star				1					1
122	Honda Accord			1						1
123	Hyundai Santa Fe		1							1
124	JAC DFM		1							1
125	Jaguar XJR		1							1
126	JMC Orion			1						1
127	Kia Mohave		1							1
128	Lexus IS					1				1
129	Lincoln Aviator		1							1
130	Lincoln Navigator		1							1
131	Mercedes Benz B Class					1				1
132	Mercedes Benz E Class		1							1
133	Mini Paceman					1				1
134	Mitsubishi ASX		1							1
135	Mitsubishi Grandis					1				1
136	Mitsubishi Outlander								1	1
137	Mitsubishi Pajero		1							1
138	Mitsubishi RVR							1		1
139	Nissan Patrol		1							1
140	Nissan Sylphy							1		1
141	Peugeot 3008	< /td>							1	1
142	Peugeot 508			1						1
143	Suzuki Ertiga		1							1
144	Tata Xenon					1				1
145	Toyota 86				1					1
146	Toyota Prius			1						1
147	Toyota Revo						1			1
148	Volvo S80		1							1
149	Volvo XC70		1							1

Buying a repossessed car? Check this buying tip.

Airside Citroen host fashion extravaganza

Over 140 people attended Airside Citroen’s fashion event in their showroom on Friday last to coincide with the Citroen Open Week from 6-12 November 2017, writes Trish Whelan.

Attendees were treated to a night of fashion and fun with a catwalk fashion show hosted by Citroen Ambassador, Shirley Lane, featuring all the latest clothing trends from the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.

Guests also had the opportunity to check out the New Citroen C3 Aircross compact SUV. 

Airside Citroen is owned and managed by Avanacar Ltd, a subsidiary of Brightstone Trading Ltd. The dealership is managed by Dealer Principal and Director, Damien Smyth.

On the fashion event, Damien commented “We were delighted to host this special event to help raise funds for two local groups, Loreto College Swords and Robyn’s Life Trust. Being an active member of our local community is very important to us at Airside Citroen so we were thrilled so many people from the local area turned out to support the event.”

Some €2,000 was raised through ticket sales from the event to be split between these two local groups.

Car Features 12 Commonly Repossessed Vehicles

With the new car market expected to boom in the coming years, theres no escaping of other people who will default on their monthly payments on buying their car. So here is the top 10 vehicles that are commonly repossessed by major banks who primarily offer auto loans.

Do take note the list is accurate as of October 2014. Sources include PS Bank, Banco De Oro, UCPB, RCBC Savings Bank, EastWest Bank, Union Bank, Sterling Bank of Asia, Maybank, and BPI


1. Kia Rio

2. Ford Fiesta

3. Hyundai Accent

4. Mitsubishi Adventure

5. Ford Escape

6. Nissan Urvan

7. Nissan Sentra

8. Toyota Vios

9. Hyundai Eon

10. Ford Everest

11. Toyota Innova

12. Mazda 3

Based from the vehicles above, Ford dominated with three vehicles but do take note that the Escapes we found are mostly 2012 and 2013 models, Everests which are mostly the 2009-2013 models but some post facelift ones are being sold, and Fiestas that are the pre-facelift especially good deals are to be found here. Hyundai had two cars each, same with Nissan and Toyota and one for Mitsubishi and Kia. Most of the vehicles are cheap to buy due to low down promotions thrown by dealers, which is the main cause of these vehicles being commonplace on the repo lot.

Here are the other runner ups w hich can be seen in this PDF file.

If you want to buy one, go to this used car buying tip.

Toyota Echo Verso Generation 1 2000 2004

TOYOTA ECHO VERSO (2000-2004)

The MPV version of the Echo, the Verso is made available in 2000 and sold until 2004. Apart from a larger body and engine, the Verso has numerous items standard than its lowly sibling including an airbag, rear fog lamp, rear wiper among others.

See the overview of this Echo Verso

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OWNERSHIP DETAILS	1.5
Years Available	June 2000-2004
ENGINE SPECS
Engine	1NZ-FE 1.5 DOHC 16V I4
Horsepower	106hp @ 6,000rpm
Torque	145Nm @ 4,200rpm
Fuel Type	Gasoline/93 Octane
Fuel System	VVT-i
Transmission	5-Speed Manual
Fuel Tank Capacity	45 Liters
DIMENSIONS
Length	3,860mm
Width	1,690mm
Height	1,680mm
Wheelbase	2,500mm
Curb Weight	1,000kg
Body Style	5 Door Hatchback
Engine/Drive Type	Front Engine/Front Wheel Drive
Seating	5
SUSPENSION & TIRES
Front Suspension	McPherson Strut
Rear Suspension	Torsion Beam
Front Brakes	Ventilated Di sc
Rear Brakes	Drum
Tires	175/65 R14
Wheels	14 Inch Alloy
SAFETY
Airbags	1
Anti-Lock Brakes	None
Traction/Stability Control	None
Other Safety Features	Immobilizer
EXTERIOR
Fog Lamps	Rear
Other Exterior Features	Black Radiator Grille, Color Coded Bumper and Door Handles, Rear Wiper, Rear Defogger
INTERIOR
Steering Wheel Adjustment	Tilt
Steering Wheel Material	Urethane
Seating Adjustment	Manual
Seating Material	Fabric
Other Interior Features	Center Placed Meters and Speedometer, Headlamp Leveling Adjuster, Day and Night Mirror, Digital Clock, D ouble Glove Box, Coat Hook, Front Map Lamp, Rear Accessory Socket, Foldable Rear Seat
CONVENIENCE FEATURES
Power Amenities	Steering, Windows, Door Locks, Mirrors
Climate Control	Manual
Audio System	AM/FM/CD
Speakers	4
Steering Wheel Controls	None
Alarm	None
Keyless Entry	None
NOTES
RIVALS	Hyundai Matrix

Car Profiles Hyundai Grand i10 2014 2016

2014-2016 Hyundai Grand i10

The Good: Luxury car qualities in a lower segment

The Bad: Luxury car prices in a lower segment when brand new

The Say: Improved, but it comes at a price.

Go For: 1.0 S, if you can find one
Avoid: 

Price Range: P350,000-P460,000

Our Rating: ****

Related Review: 

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2014-2016

Hang back a bit in colder weather

Now that the temperatures are regularly dropping below the 7degC mark, its time to adjust driving style, writes Brian Byrne.

Thats the datum line for when lower temperatures mean less grip from your tyres, because the compound theyre made from gets harder.

And most drivers in Ireland dont use winter tyres, which compensate for this as well as dealing with other technical characteristics to cope better with the season. Tyre for tyre, the difference can mean a 5m shorter stopping time from 100km/h on a wet road, if you have winter tyres.

So take it a bit slower and leave yourself more distance from the vehicle in front. Even if the road ahead look s dry, or ice-free.

And at the risk of further repetition, get out and check your tyres regularly, especially these winter days.

Tread depth â€" at minimum 1.6mm and arguably twice that â€" along with inspection for cuts, crack and bulges, and for stuff caught in the treads and sipes. Pressures check at least every couple of weeks.

And, again, hang back a bit.

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