If you live outside of Makati, and unless you’re really a die-hard Volvo owner, you’ll find regular vehicle checkups to be a test of patience. Definitely there are no complaints about the quality of service; rather, it’s navigating one of the densest districts of Metro Manila that turns this chore into a bother.
It’s not exactly the most handsome brute on the block, but it sure could get the job done. That about summed up the all-new Chevrolet Trailblazer, the Detroit-based motor vehicle manufacturing company’s latest entry in the SUV-D category.
If this had been just anyone talking about putting up an automotive plant in the Philippines, it could not have elicited serious reaction. But no, this was Satoshi Uchida, president of Suzuki Philippines Inc. (SPH), speaking.
At a Suzuki service camp, you get your vehicle check-up in an hour, and because there are 23 well-defined areas in the checklist, you can be confident that your long out-of-town trip this Holy Week will be trouble-free. The best part is that you don’t pay a single cent for the check-up.
There’s a frisson of excitement in the otherwise normally sedate office-cum-showroom and seat of Volvo’s Philippine operations located along Chino Roces Avenue in Makati City. “We are no longer seen as a boring brand,” says Ai Phing Teh, Volvo Cars Asia Pacific (VCAP) regional business manager, who was recently in the country for an annual [...]
