Why yikes?
Hindi naman ito Ford Power@h1t

Dry DCTs are inherently bad in city driving, both of refinement and reliability concerns.

But hey, if you are willing to roll the dice its your money anyway.

Ive avoided Ford Power@h1t but got decimated by an EcoBomb.

For those who are still dying to know what my Ford car was - here’s another clue 🤣

Chinese Phevs are the biggest budol.

You could argue that pinoys locking themselves to pricier brands is a bit of a budol itself.

Remember that the only high rise to collapse during the recent Thai earthquake was a Chinese contractor using cheap Chinese steel.

I would not consider vehicles from the CCP Invasion government

Elantra hybrid uses a DRY dct

So far no good on after sales china brands na nauna sa byd. Lets see byd

BYD is very vertically integrated, meaning that they (essentially) manufacture all their parts. That's a big reason why they can sell their cars lower than the competition. Parts shortages from other manufacturers can easily come from problems with their suppliers (and then time spent looking for new suppliers if problems can't be fixed). Is it guaranteed that they won't have problems? No, but they've been rolling out massive numbers worldwide so just keep your eyes open for news if problems are being reported.

Making batteries it is, but making auto parts no. Byd and other china car brands has recently been ordered by china regulators to paid suppliers with in 60 days instead of industries practiced of 200 - 240 days. china car brands too focus introducing new/updated models at breakneck speeds, which could lead to spare parts shortage for older models or at least very long wait as what happening now on china car brands here in ph.

Definitely more than just batteries (motors, transmissions/drivetrains). They have bought out/taken over several big companies that used to supply them (of course these companies also have suppliers to make the final product). So they are still dealing with suppliers but for the most part na cover nila needs nila. Again, not everything.

Also, while there are car brands that are more focused on innovating/updating (gimmicky or otherwise), lumping the massive number of car companies in china together is horrible perspective. If you want to look at BYD in particular as an example you can go to wikipedia and see what models they have and how often they update them and you'll see that mostly cosmetic ang upgrades (same base components - for their PHEVs there's not much pressure to change engine architectures since you're looking for maximum efficiency and the opposite of complex higher power - and higher maintenance - engines that get diminishing returns the more you push the engine). Honestly, anything really innovative will have to deal with improvements with the battery and that's a simple swap out procedure.

Can you speak more about the long wait times for parts happening now (and which brands/models)? I ask because this may be a lingering assumption with what happened with geely before that got them a bad rep, so much so that the main company had to take over the national operations. I've seen a few articles on here nga of them putting up distribution centers around the country, most likely to try and regain trust and not repeat their mistakes.

BYD is like the new geely. Deja vu

Per Google, it uses a dry-type DCT BUT because the combustion engine makes just 105 horsepower, the transmission isn't stressed.

@Ulysses Ang
We made a reservation for Creta N Line Turbo at Hyundai Alabang.
Do you feel na its Dry Type DCT would be a risk for that engine?
Would you suggest we switch to Kona Hybrid instead?

Kona much safer 6 airbags, creta 2

Hyundai engineers good vehicles. However, comparing the engineering of the Kona HEV to that of the Sealion 6 PHEV is not truly an "apples to apples" comparison.

If you compare the 2025 Tucson PHEV(US market) to the 2025 Sealion 6 you'll note that the Tucson PHEV only has a 13.8Kw Li-Ion Battery as against the SL6's 18.3Kw LiFePO4 Battery. Note that the SL6 has about 32% more Kw capacity. So the SL6 can run on pure EV mode further thereby saving more as electricity costs much much less than gasoline

It has been proven scientifically that the LifePO4 battery is not only safer, degrades much less, and is better suited to warm climates (e.g. Philippines) than the Li-Ion battery. Clearly, the LiFePO4 battery is more suited to the Philippine environment.

Also, the SL6's 1.5L ICE engine is NA which is less stressed than the 1.6L Turbocharged ICE of the Tucson PHEV which, taking all things equal, translates to a longer engine life for the SL6.

Yes the Tucson PHEV accelerates a bit faster than the SL6 which may be a priority to some, but how often does one need or want to get to 100Kph <1 (7.6 sec. Tucson PHEV) second faster than the SL6 (8.3/8.4 sec.) in the Philippines?

Given the above BYD's engineering of the SL6 is quite good especially where its market, the Philippines, is concerned.