Honda cars will increase pricing by July 2019

There is a price increase on the horizon for Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI). By July 1, 2019, a dealer circular mentioned that the Japanese brand will be seeing a price increase for its vehicles due to some unfavorable situations because of foreign exchange rates. 

The letter that came from the President and General Manager of Honda Cars Philippines, Inc., stated that the brand has been facing challenges. Honda has already confirmed that the letter is indeed genuine so consumers will see a price increase across the board. 

Though the president didn’t detail how much the price will increase, HCPI Head for Sales and Spokesperson, Atty. Louie Soriano, through carguide.ph, stated that approximately 1% will be added to the total price of a brand new Honda vehicle starting July 1, 2019, except for the Honda Odyssey. Again, he cited problems with exchange rates and rising costs. 

Safe to say that prices in the AutoDeal website will remain the same until the price increase. Notably, the Honda Brio is still on its launch pricing until June 30, 2019, and will increase its SRP right after. The increase will affect all other current models in the Honda line such as the City, Jazz, BR-V, Mobilio, Civic, HR-V, and CR-V. 

If we use the statement from Atty. Louie Soriano as a basis, we took the liberty of computing the projected SRPs that will come into effect this July. Base prices are used in this scenario, so all the models are likely to start from these prices. Note that all models are multiplied by 101% to estimate the final pricing. 

For the City, the model that once started from P828,000 will now start at P836,280. The model’s hatchback counterpart, the Honda Jazz will increase from P857,000 to P865,570. For the new S base variant of the Civic, it started at P1,115,000 and can go for P1,126,250 after the increase. Crossovers such as the BR-V will increase from P1,030,000 to P1,040,300. The Mobilio now goes for P884,000 and might go up to P892,840. Bigger Honda vehicles will go up as well. The HR-V in its base trim that goes for P1,295,000 will increase to P1,307,950. The CR-V from P1,658,000 may be sold for P1,674,580. 

Note that these are all the starting prices of these cars, and the approximate 1% increase is going to be uniform for the entire lineup. Also note that if you plan to purchase a Honda vehicle through financing, then the monthly payments will still remain more or less the same, the difference will be slight to none. Regardless, a bargain is a bargain so maybe it is best to buy now while prices are low. 

Source: Carguide.ph