Car Features - Cars Indians Can Buy That Filipinos Can't (And Vice Versa)

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