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Meet The Philippines First Supercar – The Aurelio Automobile by pavo_roddy
Started on: 12-16-2014 11:17 PM
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HI all

Does anyone know if this car company has a website?

A thank you in advance....

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The Areola, huh?
Well, if it came with a Philippine-like price tag, I'd take one, underpowered or not.
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At first when I saw the pictures in the dark of night I was thinking "I kinda like it".




Then when I saw the pictures in the bright light of day... I got scerred.




The picture makes the body look so light and flimsy. And it looks like it wouldn't take much to break the car right behind the driving compartment. Something to "fill" in those large open areas so they don't look so "open" would make it tons better. The way it is, it just looks unfinished to me.

The red one here.



It doesn't look like the door is seamed right and you can see in oneside of the large vent at the rear wheels and out the other...

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If it only weighs 1800lbs, I'll forgive it for looking or being flimsy.
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The Areola, huh?
Well, if it came with a Philippine-like price tag, I'd take one, underpowered or not.


Just needs an engine swap.

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Not a bad"starting point"! Looks pretty yummy, reminds me of the "attack" car (the one with the shocks coming through the hood)
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Having lived in the Phillippines, I wonder where you could drive this car. There are a few places on highways somewhat equivalent to our interstates but the traffic load would not generally permit much of a higher speed drive and the super highway section that I drove was relatively short. Most of the roads are secondary type and wind through villages with lots of vehicles, people, and livestock with a lot of "blind" curves. The vehicle may not be fully functional wrt higher speeds in that nation but the style is unique for the area where a Pajero is considered a top flight vehicle for both personal and govermental use.

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http://www.urbandictionary....fine.php?term=Pajero


And I always thought jeepneys and tricycles were the predominant mode of transport in the P.I.



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Originally posted by Stubby79:

If it only weighs 1800lbs, I'll forgive it for looking or being flimsy.


Not to be harsh or anything, it's nothing against you as I've never had a problem with the way you've posted here on the forum that I can recall of the top of my head. However, the "being flimsy" part, it's okay that you will forgive it but anything I might drive at the speeds "supercar" suggests, best be FAR from flimsy.
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It's powered by 2 Briggs and Stratton Vanguard Turbo Diesels coupled to V-Drive 6 spd Transmission:



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lol--a lawn tractor engine.
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lol--a lawn tractor engine.


When I lived in the Phillippines, most of the vehicle engines were supplied as second hand diesels purchased from Japan. They were often installed in the locally constructed jeepneys and that is why Manila was one of the worst polluted cities I have ever been in. Aside from trikes (most of them were sidecar types) there were very few gas powered vehicles in this country. My best guess would be less than 10 percent of the total vehicles.

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Lambos are powered by tractor engines too

It does look unfinished. Doesnt appear to have any windshield moulding in any of the pics, but a clear gap for it
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Originally posted by Pocket:

Lambos are powered by tractor engines too

It does look unfinished. Doesnt appear to have any windshield moulding in any of the pics, but a clear gap for it


Now that you mention that, the door windows appear to be "fixed" in place also. They don't look like they go up and down?
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When I lived in the Phillippines, most of the vehicle engines were supplied as second hand diesels purchased from Japan. They were often installed in the locally constructed jeepneys and that is why Manila was one of the worst polluted cities I have ever been in. Aside from trikes (most of them were sidecar types) there were very few gas powered vehicles in this country. My best guess would be less than 10 percent of the total vehicles.

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I spent lots of time there too in the Subic Bay area, but in the early-mid 70s, and most of the vehicles I saw and rode in were still gasoline.
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I spent lots of time there too in the Subic Bay area, but in the early-mid 70s, and most of the vehicles I saw and rode in were still gasoline.


I also spent some time at Subic in the early 70s waiting for a SE Asia deployment (Vietnam) and my first impressions were similar to yours. However, I lived in Quezon (Lucena City and Manila) in the late 90s while building and operating power plants in the area. That era was when I saw all of the diesel powered vehicles. I was told that Japan made people take vehicles out of service after a specific number of years to minimize pollution issues and that those engines were then imported into the Phillippines for local use. I never saw any specific documentation to support this but would not be surprised if this was the truth.

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