Michel Gitano Pinoymade HYBRID sports car

**markdennis** · September 13th, 2011 02:00 PM

If you're a true Pinoy Petrolhead, you will definitely appreciate and celebrate today's event - the launch of Michel Motors' Gitano. Not only is this this Michel's first foray into designing and building its own cars (Michel is perhaps the foremost kit car maker in the Philippines), it is most likely the most ambitious attempt at building a Philippine-made sports car. It also has the distinction of being the first ever Philippine-made hybrid sports car.

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Pinoy Petrolheads: Introducing the Michel Gitano

**ghosthunter** · September 13th, 2011 02:25 PM

The news might be a bit premature given the prototype car is not even complete and no price nor schedule of availability has been announced.

I would prefer to wait until we can have a finished car to poke our collective heads in and around before giving any sort of label to this beyond as a turn-key "kit" car.

**uls** · September 13th, 2011 03:02 PM

the thing isnt even running yet

pinoy talaga

nauuna lagi ang hype and press release

remember all the hype and press release re PhUV?

**uls** · September 13th, 2011 03:16 PM

this thread should be in this section:

Tsikot Auto Design and Research Forum - Tsikot Philippines 2011

**ghosthunter** · September 13th, 2011 03:25 PM

Why is it called a HYBIRD when it's powered by an electric motor?

**ghosthunter** · September 13th, 2011 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by uls

this thread should be in this section:

Tsikot Auto Design and Research Forum - Tsikot Philippines 2011

Nope. It belongs in the "PHILIPPINE CARS" subforum....

**uls** · September 13th, 2011 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

Nope. It belongs in the "PHILIPPINE CARS" subforum....

yeah

along with owner type jeeps

hehe

**niky** · September 13th, 2011 05:04 PM

That's actually the best fiberglass work I've seen locally. Damn... where can we go to see this in person?

**frag** · September 15th, 2011 12:27 AM

hi guys,

as the author of the blog, i think it's best to clarify a few things:

ghosthunter: even the creators of the car will agree it's not a complete car. it's probably about 85%. what most people don't know, however, is that design took just 4 months, pre-production just 2 months, and actual build time just 3 months. and the car is essentially sold - a british automotive group has already signed the rights to distributorship in the UK. that being said, i do agree that there are a lot of things i'd love to see that aren't on the car yet - many of the design features and gadgets and trim pieces are not yet installed.

also, the gas engine is not quite done yet. i'll be posting pics of the engine bay soon - you will see a large space reserved for the combustion engine. not too sure on the timeline to install it, if it will make it for the SEMA show.

uls: the urgency was due to the shipping time to get to the SEMA show in las vegas. the show's organizer insisted it be in vegas a couple of weeks before the show (which means it must be there by mid-october, and with a one-month shipping time, it had to leave immediately), and some of the finishing will be done in the US. but the car's creators decided that they should let filipinos get the first look at the car before anyone else.

niky: it was a miracle rush job, so criticism is expected. hopefully it will be constructive criticism, since that will only help the car improve. but the compliments are appreciated, too.

in any case, hope you guys enjoy the pics.

**markdennis** · September 15th, 2011 11:28 AM

hi sir frag. still unfinished the project looks promising and also i heard theyre planning in the future to build cars that are in the P300k market which i think will be also beneficial here in the philippines. nalaman ko lang itong project na to from my uncle reggie coz he shared from fb your blog which turned out he's part of the team pala. altleast now people are aware that meron pala nito. cheers!