In this update of the Philippine Car Price Guide, there are some new additions as well as minor revisions. Keep yourself updated:

• Chevrolet Sonic 1.4 LS (new model)
• Chevrolet Trailblazer 4x2 L (new model)
• Honda City 1.5 XV MUGEN (new model)
• Honda Jazz 1.5 V MUGEN (new model)
• Hyundai Accent 1.4 L (new model)
• Hyundai Grand i10 1.0 E (new model)
• Hyundai Grand Starex (price update)
• Isuzu Crosswind (new model)
• Mitsubishi L300 XB (new model)
• Nissan NP300 Navara (new model)
• Toyota Alphard (new model)
• Toyota Prius c (new model)
• Volkswagen Polo 1.6 TSI Comfortline (new model)

Happy New Year! This is the first edition of the Philippine Price Guide for 2015. We apologize for not updating in December—I guess we were in the partying mood quite early. Remember, entries that are clickable contain links to our vast database of test drives. Anyway, for this update there are some sizeable updates throughout including updates of:

• BAIC (new entry)
• Ford EcoSport (price adjustment)
• Ford Focus (price adjustment)
• Ford Mustang 50 Years Limited Edition (2015 model)
• Foton Thunder Strike (new entry)
• Foton Thunder Ironman (new entry)
• Foton View Traveller 15/18-Seater (new entry)
• Honda Civic (price adjustment)
• Honda CR-V (2015 model)
• Hyundai Sonata (2015 model)
• Kia Carens (price adjustment)
• Kia Picanto (price adjustment)
• Kia Rio (price adjustment)
• Kia Sorento (price adjustment)
• Kia Sportage (price adjustment)
• Lamborghini Huracan (2015 model)
• Lexus sedans (price adjustment)
• Lexus NX 200t and NX 200t F Sport(2015 model)
• Mitsubishi Mirage G4 (price adjustment)
• Mitsubishi Montero Sport (price adjustment)
• Toyota Fortuner (price ajdustment)
• Toyota Hilux (price adjustment)
• Toyota Prius C (price adjustment)
• Toyota RAV4 (new naming convention)
• Toyota Vios TRD (2015 model)
• Toyota Wigo (price adjustment)

2014 is a renaissance of sorts for the Philippine automotive industry. Record-breaking sales (topping north of 200,000 units), tons of events, and a great number of new entrants—for those covering the industry, it’s been a very busy year. Therefore, picking just the top five cars/vehicles of the year isn’t easy, but it’s something we have been doing for the past three years now (2013, 2012, 2011). As always, we don’t break it down into categories or classifications here. This is pretty straight to the point. No bull crap here. There are only two rules to be considered for CarGuide.PH’s Top 5 Picks: first, we should have driven it; second, it must be mainstream (no cars above PHP 4-million).

Now that we’ve put everything in order, let’s get on with CarGuide.PH’s Top 5 Picks of 2014. The list begins, in preferential order, after the break.

The much awaited, much delayed Philippine Car Price Guide is finally here. It’s been a good two months since the last update, but you know what they say, patience is a virtue. So sit back, relax, and glance through the most up-to-date Car Price Guide researched by yours truly. Seems you don’t need a back office to do these things!

Here are the new things in this update:

• BMW M135i
• BMW M235i
• BMW M3
• BMW M4
• Ford Escape
• Ford Explorer Sport
• Ford Ranger Wildtrak (price adjustment)
• Honda Brio (price adjustment)
• Honda City (new variants)
• Honda Civic (new variants)
• Honda CR-V (new variants)
• Honda Jazz (price adjustment)
• Hyundai Grand Starex (new variants)
• Lexus RC F
• Mitsubishi Mirage (price adjustment)
• Tata Ace
• Tata Indica
• Tata Indigo
• Tata Xenon (price adjustment)
• Toyota RAV4 (price adjustment)
• Toyota Wigo (price adjustment)
• Volvo S60 (new variant)

We know you’ve been eagerly awaiting the September 2014 edition of the Philippine Car Price Guide. Since there were a lot of cars that made their debuts at the recently concluded Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) last week, we decided to delay this update until we could get information on the new and upcoming models that were shown then. And now that we have the info that we need, here’s the September edition of the 2014:

• BMW X3
• BMW X4
• BYD F0
• Chevrolet Captiva
• Chevrolet Trailblazer LTX
• Ford EcoSport (update)
• Ford Focus (update)
• Ford Ranger Trekker
• Honda Brio
• Honda Brio Amaze
• Isuzu D-Max X-Series
• Isuzu mu-X
• Lexus NX 300h
• Mazda3 Speed
• Mazda6 (update)
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class
• Mitsubishi ASX
• Nissan Urvan (update)
• Nissan X-Trail
• Peugeot 508 (update)
• Peugeot 3008 (update)
• Peugeot 5008 (update)
• Subaru WRX
• Subaru WRX STI
• Toyota 86 (update)
• Toyota Fortuner
• Toyota Hilux
• Volkswagen Jetta

Considering that the “Ghost Month” has just set in, we figured there wouldn’t be any new car launches until the third of week of August. Therefore, consider this as our “late for July” but “early for August” Philippine Car Price Guide. For this update, we have the following additions/changes:

• BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe
• Chevrolet Malibu LT (new variant)
• Chevrolet Spin (price adjustment)
• Honda CR-V Cruiser Edition (new variant)
• Honda Jazz
• Kia Picanto (price adjustment)
• Kia Sorento (price adjustment)
• Kia Soul (price adjustment)
• Kia Sportage (price adjustment)
• MINI Cooper / Cooper S
• Mitsubishi Adventure (price adjustment)
• Suzuki Ertiga
• Suzuki Swift 1.2 (new variant)
• Tata Manza Aura (new variant)
• Tata Vista Ignis (new variant)

There are also some models that have bitten the dust, but we will just let you find them for yourselves. Happy hunting!

Sorry for the delay—admitted it was us slacking off. No actually, it’s been a very busy May for us so we forgot to post the Philippine Car Price Guide. Anyway, we’re making up for it by combining it with the June edition.
Here’s a quick rundown on the newest additions and updates this month:

• BMW X5
• Chevrolet Spin (price increase)
• Ford Everest (price decrese)
• Ford Ranger (new variants)
• Honda Civic Modulo and MUGEN
• Hyundai (various model variant and price adjustments)
• Mazda2 1.3 Speed
• Mazda6 Skyactiv (price increase)
• Mazda CX-5 Pro (price increase)
• Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6 MX (price increase)
• Nissan (model adjustments)
• Suzuki Ertiga
• Suzuki Swift

UPDATE: We updated several items for this month including links to test drives (4/29).

We apologize for the slight delay in uploading this month’s Philippine Car Price Guide. Though there were numerous launches at the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) this month, we just had to wait for a handful of vehicles which weren’t launched at the annual motoring event. Well, we think the wait is more than worth it. We’ll also update the test drive links in the Car Price Guide in the next few days.

In this month’s update, we have:

• Honda City
• Hyundai Grand i10 (update)
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Kia Picanto 1.0 LX
• Kia Soul 1.6 CRDi LX
• Mazda3 Skyactiv
• Subaru WRX
• Subaru WRX STI
• Tata Manza
• Tata Vista
• Tata Xenon
• Toyota Yaris

Here is the March 2014 installment of the Philippine Car Price Guide. Several key additions and/or updates this month are:

Yes we know we're a bit late this month. We wanted to include several new models into the Philippine Car Price Guide before the monthly update (at least you don't have to wait until March). Anyway, here are the new additions for this month's update:

• BMW 4 Series
• Chevrolet Sonic 1.4 LT
• Ford EcoSport
• Honda Accord
• Honda City (Price Update)
• Hyundai Accent CRDi Sedan
• Hyundai Grand i10
• Hyundai Grand Santa Fe
• Jaguar XJL 2.0 T
• Lexus CT200h
• Mitsubishi Lancer EX (Price Update)
• Mitsubishi Mirage G4 GX
• Mitsubishi Strada 2.5 (Price Update)
• Peugeot 208 GTi
• Suzuki Jimny (Price Update)
• Suzuki Swift DZire AT
• Toyota Innova
• Toyota Wigo
• Volkswagen Jetta 1.2 TSI
• Volvo V40 Cross Country

Happy New Year! This is the first edition of the monthly Philippine Car Price Guide. Though it's generally a slow month for the auto industry, there are some notable additions/deletions/updates in this price guide including:

• Honda City (added MUGEN model, updated pricing)
• Honda CR-V Modulo
• 2014 Hyundai Accent, 
• 2014 Hyundai Elantra
• 2014 Hyundai Tucson
• 2014 Suzuki Grand Vitara
• 2014 Toyota Corolla Altis

Happy New Year! It’s now officially 2014—the year of the horse. And like that graceful animal known for its speed and agility, this year is bound to be filled with new and exciting cars for every budget. Though car manufacturers are known to be tight-lipped about their whole-year plans, we just had to peer into our magic crystal ball to give you 12 fun-to-drive cars in 2014.

As 2013 comes to a close, it’s actually a great opportunity to look back at the year that’s gone by and to gauge where CarGuide.PH has gone.

This site started out as my personal take on the Philippine automotive industry. Though automotive websites and blogs have become much more crowded compared to when I started 15 years ago, I feel blessed by you, my loyal readers, who sought out my voice amidst the choir of voices. Therefore, I’d like to open this message with a big thank you from all of us at CarGuide.PH. I hope you all continue to stay with us to we see what exciting stuff we have in store for this year.

2013 has been tremendously successful for CarGuide.PH. This year, we’ve gone to more places and driven more cars than ever before. Throughout our journey, we’ve met new friends and got re-acquainted with old ones. This year, we’ve finally gotten an invitation to attend the Tokyo Motor Show—considered to be the most sought-after assignment in the automotive industry. We’ve also gotten recognized once again. At The 2013 Henry Ford Awards, we won Best Smart and Safety Feature Story and Best Published Photograph while being nominated for Online Blog of the Year yet again.

The most important milestone, however, is an explosion in our readership. This year, we’ve seen our best numbers. We now average 44,000 unique visitors (a total of 69,000 individuals) and more than 210,000 page views a month. These numbers are enough to cement us as the third most-read automotive website in the Philippines. And yet, CarGuide.PH is run and maintained by one, yes, one person. Moreover, we’ve seen a drastic increase in our Facebook presence with more than 8,500 Facebook likes on our official page. And our car manufacturer friends can request verified, third-party certified information on our hits at any time.

Through all the successes, 2013 was also beset by tragedies such as the Visayan earthquake as well as the destruction brought about by Super Typhoon Yolanda. We’ve done our part by donating both in cash and in kind to various relief agencies. We’ve also extended help to our personal friends and relatives who were affected by these two natural calamities.

We don’t know what to expect this year, but we’re very excited. We’re pleased to let you know that CarGuide.PH is remaining independent in the near-future. We’ve secured our domain name for the next 5 years. We also remain steadfast in giving you the most up-to-date and most relevant news on the Philippine automotive industry.

In closing, we would like once again to sincerely extend our thanks to all our readers and supporters. Without you, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Happy New Year from us at CarGuide.PH!

Cheers,

Fifty—that’s how many new cars were launched in 2013; and that number is certainly on the conservative side. So picking the best five among the newly launched is a hard task, but one that we’ve been doing for the last two years (2012, 2011). As always, we only have two rules to be eligible for CarGuide.PH’s Top Picks of the Year: first, we should have driven it and second, it must be mainstream—so don’t expect to see cars selling above PHP 6-million to appear in this list.

Let’s get it on for CarGuide.PH’s Top Picks of 2013. The list begins, in preferential order, after the break.

To all our loyal readers and supporters,

We wish you all a Merry and Blessed Christmas! Thank you for all the support that you have extended through the year and hope to continue to read and support us through the years to come!

Always remember to stay safe and NEVER drink and drive.

Cheers!

The final edition of the Philippine Car Price Guide for 2013. We've got a handful of new models that make its way into the Guide:

• Chevrolet Malibu
• Ford Mustang 5.0 V8 GT Premium with Performance Package
• Hyundai Azera
• Hyundai i10 GLS A/T
• Mercedes-Benz S 500 LWB
• Peugeot 508 GT
• Toyota Land Cruiser Prado
• Volvo XC40

See the entire Price List after the break.

We encountered some slight delays, but we're making up for it with this update of the Philippine Car Price Guide. This month, we're featuring the following new additions:

Since the Volkswagen launch is a major event, we've decided to do a second update for the September 2013 Philippine Car Price Guide. Again, here are the notable additions for the month:

• BYD
• Isuzu D-MAX
• Kia Rio 1.4 EX-S
• Mitsubishi Mirage G4
• Toyota 86 Aero M/T
• Toyota Avanza (updated)
• Toyota FJ Cruiser
• Toyota Fortuner 2.5 V 2WD
• Toyota Hilux (updated)
• Toyota Innova 2.5 G Limited
• Toyota Vios Cup Car
• Volkswagen

With the anticipated launch of the Honda CR-Z as well as The World of Toyota Motor Show, we decided to delay the August 2013 edition of the Philippine Car Price Guide until today. And what do we have in store? To name a few:

• Audi R8
• BMW X1
• Chevrolet Spin
• Ford Fiesta
• Honda CR-Z
• Morgan
• MINI Paceman
• Toyota FJ Cruiser
• Volkswagen (NO PRICE YET)

With not much changes last June, I decided to postpone the Philippine Price Guide and combine it instead with the July 2013 edition. So, for the past two months, here are the additional cars/updated prices of cars in the Philippines.

• BMW M6
• Dodge Challenger (price update)
• Dodge Charger (price update)
• Honda CR-Z (image pricing)
• Hyundai Santa Fe 2WD 6 M/T
• Jeep Grand Cherokee (price update)
• Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (price update)
• Kia Carens
• Land Rover Range Rover
• Lexus IS 350 & IS 350 F Sport
• Lifan LF320 (price update)
• Mazda 3 1.6 MAXX
• Mazda CX-5 AWD Sport
• Mercedes-Benz A 250 CGI Sport
• Mercedes-Benz E 250 CDI Avantgarde
• Mercedes-Benz E 300 AMG Sport
• Mitsubishi Adventure GLX SE
• Mitsubishi Adventure GLS Sport SE
• Mitsubishi Adventure Super Sport SE
• Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2 DI-D Limited Edition
• Suzuki APV SGX (price update)
• Toyota Camry (price update)
• Toyota Vios