HARI to sell Hyundai Grand Starex units used for ADB event

By Patrick Everett Tadeo

TopGear.com.ph Philippine Car News - HARI to sell Hyundai Grand Starex used at ADB event

If you're planning to buy a Hyundai Grand Starex, then perhaps waiting a week or two would be the perfect time as Hyundai Asia Resources will put on sale all 50 units of the van that it has lent to Asian Development Bank for its 45th Board of Governors' Meeting.

According to Paeng Batuigas of HARI's marketing services department, the 50 Grand Starex units are of the TCI GL 10-seater variant equipped with a manual transmission. Based on HARI's price list for April, this particular variant is currently being sold at P1.283 million.

So, what will happen to these vehicles once the ADB event wraps up? With the Starex units being used for roughly a week, HARI will then have the vans detailed before they will be sold as pre-owned units through its dealers.

"We don’t know yet how much we'll be selling the Starex for after the event, but we're looking at a P170,000 to P175,000 discount," added Batuigas.

Do you think that's a reasonable enough price cut, considering that the units will be used for about a week and that they will probably be babied since foreign delegates will use them? If you don't agree with the discount, how much do you think HARI should sell the vans for?

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  • dsobreo Apr 25 2012 @ 06:41pm
    With stickers? hehehehe
  • dsobreo Apr 25 2012 @ 06:43pm
    dapat 1m flat or below
  • 17Sphynx17 Apr 25 2012 @ 06:48pm
    Awww, its the gas model and a MT.

    But I just rechecked the specs of Starex at HARI website and saw the TCI is Euro 3 compliant and its CRDi is Euro 4 compliant. So I was under the impression these vehicles should top up with the fuel with those ratings as the minimum compliance? I am really confused now.

    As for the discount? Put the price at 1.10m php flat. =) I think that would be enticing but this is the gas model so I don't know how this will play out though.
    • art Apr 25 2012 @ 07:02pm
      wala naman yatang gas model ang starex dito sa pinas. yung TCI ay yung diesel engine na hindi common rail.
      • 17Sphynx17 Apr 25 2012 @ 07:03pm
        Yeah. I just rechecked. Hehe! I was mistaken. My apologies. Then it will sell well if priced between 1.0m - 1.10m php =)
  • yokam888 Apr 25 2012 @ 06:50pm
    950k and these units will fly off the showrooms like pancakes with wings ^_^
  • carwiki9988 Apr 25 2012 @ 06:50pm
    Kasama din pala yung Hyundai sa ADB, akala ko BMW lang. Regarding to the Starex, naireremove ba yung stickers?
    • dsobreo Apr 25 2012 @ 07:12pm
      Dapat daw meron, pag tinanggal babawiin nila =)
    • mindkinetic Apr 26 2012 @ 09:58am
      ung bmw sa mga premier delegates then ung starex sa mga entourage ng mga premier
  • GTi Apr 25 2012 @ 06:57pm
    Since they said they would have it detailed, siguro naman tatanggalin nila ang stickers. And also, this is not a gasoline model, there are no gas Starex's in the Philippines. The TCI is the old school turbo intercooler direct injection diesel variant.
    • 17Sphynx17 Apr 25 2012 @ 07:02pm
      oh, thanks for the clarification. My mistake. =) Then it will sell well =) Cheers!
  • dsobreo Apr 25 2012 @ 07:14pm
    Sana Sonata nalang ginamit nila para magmura! oh kaya tig iisa silang Eon! papatak 250-300k lang yun! =)
  • TJPewter Apr 25 2012 @ 07:15pm
    dapat less 200,000 na or 500,000 din parang sa BM!!!! :
    • TJPewter Apr 25 2012 @ 07:26pm
      And since it's a gas model, prices and it's resale value will be low
      • 17Sphynx17 Apr 25 2012 @ 07:29pm
        It's not gas pala. I was mistaken as well. An old gen engine as some have put it. =)
    • mindkinetic Apr 25 2012 @ 07:41pm
      1m na discount sa BMW na ginamit sa adb
  • dsobreo Apr 25 2012 @ 07:15pm
    BTW ano po yung bundok sa background? Hindi naman Mayon siguro yan?
    • marcha77 Apr 25 2012 @ 08:04pm
      That is Makiling! The area in the shoot is the stockyard of OS1 in Cabuyao, Laguna which is handling all the importation of Hyundai vehicles.
  • lord_cykb24 Apr 25 2012 @ 07:19pm
    asa pa kayo makakabili nyan, naka-reserved na yan sa St. Peter....!!!!
  • red.santiago Apr 25 2012 @ 08:23pm
    With HARI having the units detailed probably meant that the stickers will be removed as well. Though the Grand Starex TCI is overpriced, IMO, the discount I guess is reasonable enough.
  • GTR911R8 Apr 25 2012 @ 09:29pm
    i think 1M to 1.1M will be reasonable enough..,
  • neutral Apr 25 2012 @ 09:58pm
    The TCI is underpowered that is why only few are buying this model. If it was the VGT at 1.3m baka ubos agad yan. TCI is even weaker than the starex(model replaced by grand starex) and just imagine the difference of their size and weight. The TCI has only around 100HP with a torque of around 24kg-m as compared to 179hp and 40kg-m for the VGT.
  • Fernando Amorsolo Apr 25 2012 @ 10:07pm
    SELL IT BELOW A MILLION PESO. 50 Units? Give it 5 days!
  • KERSMcPherson Apr 26 2012 @ 06:27am
    if I was one of those winners of Lotto draws with big prizes, I'll buy all 50 units and start a transport service business that will cater to commuters in the higher bracket.. . :P
  • ceejhay Apr 26 2012 @ 08:19am
    1M would be reasonable. however short the used "time" the units are, they are still used. that would mean . . . it really depreciates.
  • DePendot Apr 26 2012 @ 09:48am
    Hindi sinabe pano dadalhin sa event place o airport?
  • borikyo Apr 26 2012 @ 01:32pm
    P 1M, bibili ako :) basta hulugan ha,
  • torquebender Apr 27 2012 @ 08:08am
    remove the stickers :D
  • barry Apr 30 2012 @ 01:24pm
    lastweek, BMW. ngayon naman, hyundai. what's next? base model pa ha. hehe. yung sa BMW, top of the line pa. hehe
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