The truth about automotive reviews,...

**carlocaraddict** · December 24th, 2006 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by OTEP

Para naman puro eye candy yun.

My standard for an automotive TV show is still MOTORWEEK by Maryland Public Television. They used to show it locally. My uncle in Canada sends me VHS copies of the show.

Sobrang simple lang ng format. Test the cars, show the strengths and weakness, ok na.

http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/

Sample video (Kia Optima Road Test): http://mpt.org/motorweek/video/roadt...0a_flash.shtml

Motorweek Isuzu Vehicross Road Test:

Hindi ba kaya ng local shows iyan? Wala namang ginamit na special effects, ha.

I did watch this tv show (gradeschool pa ako nun). They even tested the Citroen XM (yes, it was sold in the US) and the Mazda AZ-1. Hmm..gandang ganda ako sa Buick Skylark when they tested it. Sa Ch.25 ata yun, tama ba Otep?

**mazdamazda** · January 17th, 2007 08:27 AM

Talk about shameless plugging. Who the heck cares about Isuzu's team building activity? Isn't that suppose to be an internal thingy?

Isuzu’s 3rd year of Team Building
It was in Antipolo City where Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) held its third staging of its Sales Rally last Thursday, January 11.

The event convened sales force representatives from its 19 authorized dealerships nationwide into a two-day, team building and motivational array of activities. It focused on team cohesiveness in building a more competitive and standardized sales skills where dealerships vied for awards.

Team Makati emerged victorious in the Team Building Activities while Team Pasig won the main event — the Sales Skills Presentation.

Mr. Art Balmadrid, IPC’s vp for business development was describing to me how difficult and also amusing to judge as their top-notched salesmen tried to maneuver positively out of negative situations presented to them to test their skills in handling tough customers. But then he’s confident that Isuzu Philippines has some of the best sales personnel after going through the exciting exercises.

MOTORING TODAY By Ray Butch Gamboa SPMJ
The Philippine STAR 01/17/2007

**wakin** · January 17th, 2007 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by mazdamazda

Talk about shameless plugging. Who the heck cares about Isuzu's team building activity? Isn't that suppose to be an internal thingy?

thats maybe to show us that they are united and that they communicate with one another. so pag nag reklamo ang mga customers, meron na silang isang response. scripted ba.

**mazdamazda** · February 1st, 2007 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by wakin

thats maybe to show us that they are united and that they communicate with one another. so pag nag reklamo ang mga customers, meron na silang isang response. scripted ba.

Get this... they featured this again in yesterday's Motoring section of the Philippine Star. What a sharp contrast to the good review by Deakin on the Q7.

And yes, Isuzu was yet again mentioned in RBG's (SPMJ) weekly article.

On the show’s Q&A segment questions from one of the viewers about the newly launched Isuzu Altera would be answered by no less than the senior vice president for business development of Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC), Mr. Art Balmadrid.

Newly launched? :rofl01:

Baka naman bagong model ang Altera sa Alterra? :innocent:

**carlocaraddict** · February 1st, 2007 11:36 AM

facelifted alterra yun m2. hehehhe

**Alpha_One** · February 1st, 2007 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by bayonic

if you think car reviews are for the most part bs stories ... you should read " audiophile equipment " reviews

OT: Oh you mean stuff like "oxygen free high purity gold-plated copper wire" for guaranteed distortion free transfers", best when connected to a "warm natural sounding" tube amplifier? For only $5000! Long live vinyl!

...or you can go get some 12AWG wire from the nearest hardware store for $5?

**powertool** · February 5th, 2007 03:09 PM

of all the so called "motoring journalists" we have here in the philippines, only two come to mind when i am looking for frank, credible and knowledgeable car reviews: james deakin of C! and drew asuncion of Top Gear Phils. deakin is far and away the best automotive writer in town bar none. he mixes intelligent humour with sharp, concise and (often times) spot on observations about the cars he reviews. truly in a class of his own.

drew does have his own brand of self deprecating humour but is not the wordsmith deakin is. however, he tells it as it is, regardless of brand (look at how he bashed the '07 toyota camry for all the fake wood it uses in its interior!); this is what readers appreciate.

ray butch gamboa is so old school, he's like motoring journalist's version of "trapos" or traditional politicians.

tito hermoso (exec editor of C!) sounds too pedantic and "pa-impress" lagi with his stock knowledge and extensive travels that more often than not, he is the only one who understands what he is writing. dude, we know you're smart, quit lecturing already!

vernon sarne (exec editor of TG Phils) is an english teacher's nightmare with his kilometric sentences, fractured phrases and mismatched verb tenses. his brown nosed, name dropping writing style doesn't help either. dude, don't try to hard, keep it simple and stop brown nosing!

**mazdamazda** · February 10th, 2007 08:10 AM

What do we have here...

Isuzu a quiet achiever

Without much drum-beating while achieving, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) has chalked some sales milestones in the year past.

In particular, it has been reported that the sales of Isuzu Trucks have registered unprecedented dominance in the following categories; in Category 3, Isuzu’s N-Series have an huge 61.6 percent share of the market, in Category 4 the Isuzu F-Series registered a dominating 91 percent share of the market while Isuzu’s heavy trucks (18 tons and heavier) a lopsided 85.7 percent share came out in the sales charts.

The Isuzu Alterra was not to be outdone in the impressive line-up of remarkable vehicles in the Isuzu stable ... a 19.5 percent growth from the preceding year with a total sale of 913 units in 2006.

Isuzu top executives were also proud to point out another of their sales milestones by way of their company’s outstanding sales in December 2006 of 860 units, which is a very significant 29.1 percent improvement from the November sales of 666 units.

Isuzu attributes all these sales milestones to the Filipino market’s continued unwavering trust in and support of the brand.

MOTORING TODAY By Rey Gamboa
The Philippine STAR 02/07/2007

:rofl:

**Asus700** · February 12th, 2007 08:24 PM

one guy actually wrote top gear magazine in the Sept 2006 issue asking when will they do a comparison of the Jazz 1.3 and vios 1.3. he pointed out that these are everyday cars and not the luxury SUVs that TG keeps on featuring. He said in quote "let's be realistic".

TG answered "If you want realistic, we'd start racing edsa buses against the MRT".

now, what kind of reply is that from a top car magazine? The guy has a point and i'm sure that TG could have replied in a nice manner.

maybe they are not doing a feature on what the guy has suggested because that is not what car manufacturers want them to feature.

after reading that i just stopped buying their magazine.

**niky** · February 13th, 2007 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Asus700

one guy actually wrote top gear magazine in the Sept 2006 issue asking when will they do a comparison of the Jazz 1.3 and vios 1.3. he pointed out that these are everyday cars and not the luxury SUVs that TG keeps on featuring. He said in quote "let's be realistic".

TG answered "If you want realistic, we'd start racing edsa buses against the MRT".

now, what kind of reply is that from a top car magazine? The guy has a point and i'm sure that TG could have replied in a nice manner.

maybe they are not doing a feature on what the guy has suggested because that is not what car manufacturers want them to feature.

after reading that i just stopped buying their magazine.

Ouch. :hysterical:

Isuzu top executives were also proud to point out another of their sales milestones by way of their company’s outstanding sales in December 2006 of 860 units, which is a very significant 29.1 percent improvement from the November sales of 666 units.

So the extra cash the malls made in December was a significant increase, too? Do tell... That's, that's... unprecedented!