With 3.2 million square kilometers (including some outlying islands) and a population of 1.2 billion people, India makes an interesting market for most brands since the economy is booming plus people are graduating from their motorcycles and are now buying four wheeled vehicles. What used to be a closed and restricted market is now one of the major players in the world.
Although some manufacturers have to conquer the market (such as Kia and Mazda), a lot had made a dent in this large market. The Philippines has Tata and Mahindra and receives exports such as the Hyundai Eon and Suzuki Alto. Our road conditions are nearly the same, making it one of the huge similarities.
In this series, we shall see the vehicles sold in this former British colony. This list includes items from Mahindra, Tata, and Maruti Suzuki, whose cars are available here. We will not be listing vehicles that were used to be sold locally (India has a number of old models sold alongside its newer counterpart) here.
What we (Philippines) don't get...
CHEVROLET SAIL HATCHBACK
CHEVROLET ENJOY
CHEVROLET TAVERA
It is available in the Philippines, as the Isuzu Crosswind
FORD FIGO AND FIGO ASPIRE
HYUNDAI XCENT
HYUNDAI CRETA
MAHINDRA NUOVO SPORT
MAHINDRA KUV100
MAHINDRA QUANTO
MAHINDRA TUV300
MAHINDRA VERITO
MAHINDRA THAR
MAHINDRA XUV500
NISSAN TERRANO
NISSAN MICRA
MARUTI-SUZUKI WAGON R
MARUTI-SUZUKI STINGRAY
MARUTI-SUZUKI RITZ
MARUTI EECO
MARUTI VITARA BREZZA
MARUTI S-CROSS
MARUTI BALENO
TATA BOLT
TATA NANO
TATA TIAGO
This car is orignally named as the Zica. It was changed in February 2016.
TATA SUMO
TATA SAFARI
TATA ARIA
TOYOTA ETIOS
VOLKSWAGEN AMEO
What they (India) don't get...
CHEVROLET TRAX
CHEVROLET SONIC
FORD FOCUS
FORD ESCAPE
HONDA CIVIC (2012-ONWARDS)
HONDA ACCORD (NEW MODEL)
HONDA HR-V
HYUNDAI SONATA (CURRENT MODEL)
ISUZU MU-X
Side note: The previous generation model is still sold
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE G4
NISSAN SYLPHY
NISSAN ALTIMA
NISSAN X-TRAIL (CURRENT MODEL)
NISSAN JUKE
SUZUKI APV
SUZUKI JIMNY
TOYOTA WIGO
TOYOTA YARIS
TOYOTA VIOS
TOYOTA AVANZA