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