By Gawd…plis had a blinder last night and got into the office at 2pm. Not good at all. So anyway I was at the launching of Ela Motors new offering to the PNG market. The Daihatsu Terios
The launch was attended by all these big shots that you never ever see around because you know you’re not a 50 year old managing a million kina company. But interesting to see who’s who in the business world in Pom. And as usual you always find guys your age and you hang out with them to nibble on the nibblies and to talk about the power black outs and rugby.
I’m not a car critique or anything and although the car itself is not bad at all, I have to say that for the SUV market in PNG you still can’t go past the Honda CRV that’s being sold by Wheels. Just looking at the picture of the CRV below, you can see how similar they are.
The main reason I’m leaning more towards the CRV is because the special introductory offer for the Terios starts at around K79,000.00 when you can pickup a CRV at Wheels for K30,000.00. Both cars have very similar specs and my Mum owns a CRV and it’s still running beautifully. The CRV’s are second hands from Japan, but it hardly makes a difference to anyone these days anyway.
Some lady from Hornibrook bought one on the night, which made me wonder whether it was the free drinks at the launch that affected her decision or if she really needed a new car??
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January 8, 2008 at 7:55 am
pngjapancar
haha, the last sentence is funny indeed. Anyways, Honda CRV is prefered as the number one SUV in the world in 2007, esp in the US, taking the place for Ford Explorer which held the position for 15 years. I agree with you that Terios is similar to CRV, although both have improved greatly in their later generations (Terios has 3rd generation and CRV has 2nd). Terios does well in the Japanese (local) market. I guess both should cost at around the same price, although Terios is slightly expensive than CRV. I don’t a CRV should cost around K30 000 except for a second hand. A new CRV would cost around K55 000, the least. I would prefer a second-hand CRV if I was to chose coz they both look the same, as you have said. Performance wise, I’m not sure – leave it to the experts. Catch.
October 22, 2008 at 6:16 am
jaive
Hi bro, i posted a review on the Terios and commented on this post for the intro and linked it back.
cheers
October 22, 2008 at 7:06 am
Emmanuel
No Worries Jaive, Ta