Car Guide and Inspiration Car Features - 10 Commonly Repossessed Vehicles February 2016-Cars Blogging

324,000 vehicles were sold in 2015 and that was throughout the country; a portion of people who bought cars last year (and some in the previous years) will default on their payments either those who wanted a personal ride or those who invested for Grab/Uber units (which is not profitable in the first place). This list also aims to help buyers on which bank to go in finding a specific vehicle they want. For the first time, the Kia Rio takes a rest as the most repossessed vehicle and you will be surprised who is number one.

Do take note the list is accurate as of February 10, 2016. Sources include: PS Bank, Banco De Oro, RCBC Savings Bank, East West Bank, Unionbank, Maybank, BPI, Security Bank, and Chinabank. UCPB does not have any active list as of writing time so we will be skipping them for now.

See the top 10 of  the following months: October 2015, November 2015, and January 2016. Original 2014 article here.

TOP 5 PER BANK

Top 5 PS Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Toyota Vios	37
2	Hyundai Eon	27
3	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	24
4	Kia Picanto	22
5	Hyundai Accent	21

Top 5 Banco De Oro

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	42
2	Toyota Vios	22
3	Ford Fiesta	18
4	Mitsubishi Adventure	15
5	Mitsubishi Lancer	14

Top 5 RCBC Savings Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	21
2	Kia Picanto/Hyundai Accent/Nissan Urvan	13
3	Ford Everest/Mitsubishi Adventure/Honda City	10
4	Hyundai Eon/Suzuki Grand Vitara	9
5	Nissan Frontier/Mitsubishi Mirage	8

Top 5 EastWest Bank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Picanto	31
2	Kia Rio	29
3	Toyota Vios	27
4	Hyundai Eon	21
5	Ford Fiesta	18

Top 5 Unionbank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Rio	24
2	Hyundai Accent	11
3	Foton View	9
4	Toyota Vios/Nissan Urvan	8
5	Nissan Almera/Kia Picanto/Mitsubishi Lancer/Mitsubishi Montero Sport	6

Top 5 Maybank

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Rio	18
2	Chevrolet Spark	16
3	Chevrolet Sonic/Ford Fiesta	14
4	Ford Everest	12
5	Nissan Frontier	10

Top 5 BPI

	VEHICLE	Number of units present
1	Kia Rio	19
2	Kia Picanto	15
3	Mitsubishi Adventure	11
4	Chevrolet Aveo	10
5	Hyundai Accent/Ford Everest	9

TOP 10 FOR FEBRUARY 2016

1. Toyota Vios

2. Kia Picanto

2. Mitsubishi Montero Sport

3. Kia Rio

4. Ford Fiesta

5. Hyundai Accent

6. Ford Everest

7. Mitsubishi Adventure

8. Hyundai Eon

9. Nissan Urvan

10. Nissan Frontier Navara

	VEHICLE	PSB	BDO	RCB	EW	UBP	MYX	BPI	SECB	CHIB	TOTAL
1	Toyota Vios	37	22	6	27	8	1	8		1	110
2	Kia Picanto	22	6	13	31	6	9	15	6		108
3	Mitsubishi Montero Sport	24	42	21	6	6	3	3	1	2	108
4	Kia Rio	6	5	3	29	24	18	19	3		107
5	Ford Fiesta	20	18	6	18	2	14	7	4		89
6	Hyundai Accent	21	9	13	15	11	8	9			86
7	Ford Everest	15	10	10	16		12	9			72
8	Mitsubishi Adventure	15	15	10	10	4	5	11		1	71
9	Hyundai Eon	27		9	21		5	5			67
10	Nissan Urvan	11	8	13	5	8	2	4	1		52
11	Nissan Frontier	6	8	8	1	1	10	5	2		41
12	Mitsubishi Lancer	3	14	4	2	6	5	2	1	2	39
13	Mitsubishi Mirage G4	12	8	4	2	5	2	6			39
14	Nissan Almera	5	3	5	3	6	9	2			33
15	Toyota Innova	13	7	4	4		2	3			33
16	Mazda 2	7	6	1	8	4	2	4			32
17	Chevrolet Spark		3	3	2		16	4			28
18	Mitsubishi L300	7	7	5	2	1	1	4			27
19	Honda City	5	5	10	1			5			26
20	Toyota Fortuner	8	8	2	1		3	3			25
21	Suzuki Grand Vitara		5	9	4	1	3	2			24
22	Chevrolet Sonic		1	2		2	14	4			23
23	Ford Focus	1	3		9	1	4	1	2		21
24	Hyundai Tucson	2	4	2	3	4	3	3			21
25	Mitsubishi Mirage	4	5	8	1			3			21
26	Kia Sportage	2	2	1	3	2	4	4		2	20
27	Mitsubishi Strada	2	9	5			1	3			20
28	Ford Ranger	4	3	2	4	1	3			2	19
29	Hyundai Elantra	3	2	1	5	3	2	3			19
30	Suzuki Alto	6		4	3		3	3			19
31	Suzuki Celerio	6		4	3	2	1	3			19
32	Isuzu Crosswind	3	8	5			1	1			18
33	Chevrolet Aveo		2	1	2			10	1	1	17
34	Mazda 3	2	3	1	1	3	2	4	1		17
35	Suzuki APV	1	4	3		2	1	3		2	16
36	Toyota Corolla Altis	1	6	2	1	1	4	1			16
37	Chevrolet Colorado	1	4	3	2		2	2	1		15
38	Kia Sorento	1	2	5			6	1			15
39	Toyota Avanza	6	5	2				1		1	15
40	Toyota Hilux	3	3	5	1		2		1		15
41	Hyundai Grand Starex/Starex	2	6	1	1	2	1	1			14
42	Foton Tornado		1	3		5	2	1	1		13
43	Foton View	1				9	3				13
44	Suzuki SX4	2	4	1	2	1		3			13
45	Hyundai i10/Grand i10	4	1	2	3	1		1			12
46	Kia Carens		2		3	4	1	2			12
47	Ford Escape		3		2		2	2		2	11
48	Nissan Sentra		1	1	1	1	1	4		2	11
49	Chevrolet Captiva		2	2		1	1	2	1	1	10
50	Suzuki Swift		4	3		1	1	1			10
51	Suzuki Swift Dzire	2	1	2			2	3			10
52	Toyota Hiace	3	2	2	1	1		1			10
53	Honda CR-V	2	2	1		1	1			2	9
54	Mazda BT-50	1	2	1	1	1	1	2			9
55	Chevrolet Cruze		2	2	1	1		2			8
56	Isuzu Alterra		1	1	1		1	2		2	8
57	Kia Forte		3		1		3	1			8
58	Honda Civic		1	1			2	2		1	7
59	Kia Soul		1		3	1	1	1			7
60	Chevrolet Orlando		3		1	1	1				6
61	Chevrolet Spin		3	1		1	1				6
62	Hyundai H100	1	2	2	1						6
63	Hyundai Santa Fe	1		1			1	1	1	1	6
64	Toyota Wigo	1		1	2		2				6
65	Foton Thunder			1			4				5
66	Kia Carnival		1	3			1				5
67	Nissan X-Trail	1		1	2	1					5
68	Suzuki Ertiga		1	2				2			5
69	Suzuki Kizashi			1	2		1	1			5
70	Chevrolet Trailblazer		1	1		1		1			4
71	Ford Ecosport	1	1		1			1			4
72	Ford Explorer						1	1	1	1	4
73	Isuzu D-Max	1	2	1							4
74	Kia Optima		1	1	1				1		4
75	Mitsubishi Pajero	2	1					1			4
76	Nissan Grand Livina	1		1	1	1					4
77	BMW 3 Series					2			1		3
78	Ford E-150		1			2					3
79	Foton Blizzard			1	1	1					3
80	Honda Jazz	1	1	1							3
81	Isuzu NHR	1			1		1				3
82	Kia KC2700		1				1	1			3
83	Nissan Teana						2		1		3
84	Peugeot 3008	1		1				1			3
85	Subaru Impreza	1	2								3
86	Audi A4					2					2
87	Chevrolet Optra	1			1						2
88	Ford Expedition						1		1		2
89	Haima Freema				1		1				2
90	Honda Accord			2							2
91	Honda Brio Amaze			1			1				2
92	Hyundai Getz					1				1	2
93	Hyundai Sonata		2								2
94	Kama KMC				2						2
95	Mazda CX-5		1					1			2
96	Mazda CX-9			2							2
97	Mitsubishi ASX		2								2
98	Mitsubishi Fuzion		1		1						2
99	Nissan Sylphy					1	1				2
100	Audi 90		1								1
101	Audi A8							1			1
102	Audi Q5							1			1
103	BMW M5			1							1
104	BMW X3							1			1
105	BYD L3				1						1
106	BYD F0		1								1
107	Chery A1		1								1
108	Chery V2		1								1
109	Chevrolet Malibu					1					1
110	Chevrolet Tahoe									1	1
111	Chevrolet Traverse		1								1
112	Chrysler Town and Country					1					1
113	Foton MP-X					1					1
114	Haima 1								1		1
115	Haima 2					1					1
116	Haima 3							1			1
117	Haima 7				1						1
118	Haima Family					1					1
119	Haima F-Star				1						1
120	Honda Brio			1							1
121	Isuzu Trooper						1				1
122	JAC DFM		1								1
123	Jinbei Haise						1				1
124	Jinbei Shenyang						1				1
125	JMC Compadre			1							1
126	King Long Max						1				1
127	Land Rover Range Rover					1					1
128	Lexus CT					1					1
129	Lexus IS					1					1
130	Lincoln Navigator		1								1
131	Mazda 6						1				1
132	Mazda Tribute					1					1
133	Mercedes Benz B Class					1					1
134	Mercedes Benz C Class		1								1
135	Mercedes Benz E Class					1					1
136	MINI Countryman			1							1
137	MINI Paceman					1					1
138	Mitsubishi Canter					1					1
139	Mitsubishi Galant									1	1
140	Mitsubishi Grandis								1		1
141	Mitsubishi L200							1			1
142	Nissan Patrol						1				1
143	Nissan Terrano									1	1
144	Peugeot 508			1							1
145	Subaru Forester							1			1
146	Toyota 86	1									1
147	Toyota Camry			1							1
148	Toyota Prius			1							1
149	Toyota RAV4		1								1
150	Toyota Revo						1				1
151	Volvo S80		1								1
		344	351	270	287	171	233	228	34	30	1,948

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Car Guide and Inspiration Used Car Review - Nissan Frontier Navara (2007-2015)-Cars Blogging

A throwback is an order for Hubben Delcatro, in which he reviews a truck that became popular back then.

2007-2015 Nissan Frontier Navara

History
Nissan started with the pick-up craze way back in 1934 under the Datsun name for Japanese consumption until it was exported worldwide after. The Nissan name first appeared in the 720 series until fully used (and ditching the Datsun brand in 1986 but revived 26 years later) in the D21 model. Replacing the rather aging Hardbody truck (D21 chassis), the Frontier was first launched in 1997 and still produced in some countries until now alongside the current model.

The second generation model, known internally as the D40 series, started production in October 2004 in which it graduated to the mid-size class in terms of exterior dimensions. This generation also paved way for a 5-speed automatic and a 6-speed manual, which was absent in its previous iterations. Suzuki sold the similar Equator pick-up from 2008 until 2010 in Canada or 2012 in USA which is virtually the same car but with a different badge.

In response to the modern competition, Universal Motors Corporation introduced the Frontier Navara (the older Frontier was sold as the Bravado mostly to fleets) in late 2007. The ace was the torque that it offered against direct rivals, in which rivals upped later on while the vehicle got old. It was replaced by the NP300 Navara in February 2011. Although it was initially available in both 4x2 and 4x4 versions, numerous spin-offs were added including a utilitarian Brute, Tech Xtreme, and Krome Edition.

Value and Costs
Currently, the cheapest Navara that you can find in the second hand market can set you P600,000 while later models are in the million bucks range, with their warranty being intact. We suggest that you stick with the normal models or the Brute if you can, unless you want more chrome bits or a navigation system and a socket for your pocket wi-fi.

Most Navaras' have a weak point in the EGR (located in the exhaust area that is connected to the engine) caused by mechanical failure and the turbo (a common problem among CRDi powered vehicles) especially when the owner does not have the habit of cooling down the engine or had used low quality fuel. Do check these out for a worry free driving.

Exterior and Interior
Measuring a little longer than its predecessor, the Navara looked longer than most competing trucks but looked lower than some rivals (not including lower models of competitors). If you look closer, the exterior resembles the North American exclusive Titan with its flank giving it a larger appearance. As a pick-up, rubber lining comes standard in the bumper, same goes with the bedliner in the bed. Do take note that the width and height of 4x2 models differ than those of its 4x4 counterparts.

Going inside, the interior is similar to a car than a rudimentary truck especially that it's seating position is more comfortable to be in. Tan is the color of the dashboard which makes you forget you are driving a truck, but grey would be much better though as to avoid any dirt. Good thing it gains more cubbyholes and storage bins for your stuff, a steering wheel similar to the 350z, and controls for the radio and aircon that are easy to use. For 4x4 models, the system can be engaged through a knob situated below the climate control.

Engine
Although the displacement and the engine codes are the same, power output and torque are different for both drivetrain. 4x2 models get the YD25DDTi in mid form with 142hp at 4,000rpm and 356Nm at 2,000rpm while 4x4 variants have the high version that produces 172hp at 4,000rpm and 403Nm at 2,000rpm. Power can be reached as low as 2,000rpm, thanks to a wider powerband that can benefit you in terms of fuel economy.

Driving Impressions
Driving this one will treat you to little body roll and riding comfort is similar to the Patrol SUV. A eight-cross member ladder frame gives the truck added stability and handling when it comes to mountain roads but steering feel is light (albeit numbing). All 4x4 models get a limited slip differential that is beneficial in off-roading situations.

Verdict
The pick-up truck race is a fierce one, especially that rivals outdo one another in terms of power, torque, and amenities. While rivals may have outpaced this one, the Navara can still hold its pace wrapped in a modern package while remaining true to its roots.

The Good:

• Gobs of power and torque
• Civilized than its predecessor
• Car-like

The Bad:

• Somewhat low ground clearance
• Power may be lacking for some
• Interior may get dirty

The Pick: 4x2 LE

THE SPECS

Engine: 2,488cc YD25DDTi mid and high I4 diesel

Power: 142hp @ 4,000rpm (4x2), 172hp @ 4,000rpm (4x4)

Torque: 356Nm @ 2,000rpm (4x2), 403Nm @ 2,000rpm (4x4)

Fuel Consumption: 7-9km/L (city), 10-13km/L (highway) (*estimated and varies)

Transmission: 6-speed manual, 5-speed automatic

Suspension: Front double wishbone with coil spring and stabilizer bar, rear rigid axle leaf spring with telescopic shock absorbers

MORE INFO

Price (New): P1,026,000-P1,545,000

Price (Now): P600,000-P1,100,000

Rivals: Chevrolet Colorado, Ford Ranger, Isuzu D-Max, Mazda BT-50, Mitsubishi Strada, Toyota Hilux

On Sale: 2007-2015

Resources:

http://www.nissan-navara.net/

http://www.navaraownersclub.com/

Contacts:

Nissan Mantrade - (02) 843-3316