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Leonardo Salvador Sarao (13 April 1921 – 31 July 2001) was the founder and owner of the Sarao Motors, a company known for designing, manufacturing and selling the jeepney, the most popular mode of transportation in the Philippines.
A jeepney (Tagalog:), or simply a jeep (Tagalog:), is a type of public utility vehicle (PUV) that serves as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. [1] Known for its crowded seating and kitsch decorations, it is a cultural icon of the Philippines [ 2 ] and has its own art, "Jeepney art". [ 3 ]
A Sarao jeepney in Olongapo in 1973. Sarao Motors was established in 1953 by Leonardo Sarao, a former kalesa driver turned mechanic, as a small automotive shop with an initial budget of ₱700 (equivalent to ₱91,211 in 2021). The company grew into a multimillion corporation that produced the majority of jeepneys in the Philippines.
SR Jeepney Class II 2017 (prototype) Unknown Sta. Rosa Motor Works Exhibited at the Philippine Auto Parts Expo, [3] [33] the SR Jeepney Class II is a prototype model by Sta. Rosa Motor Works which adheres to the standards made under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program while retaining the aesthetics of the traditional jeepney of ...
Bagong Jeep, also known as the Bagong Jeepney, (abbreviated as BEEP) is a public transport service which maintains a fleet of minibuses and vans which are characterized as jeepneys. History [ edit ]
List of modern jeepney models; S. Sarao Motors; T. 2023–2024 transport strikes in the Philippines This page was last edited on 5 November 2021, at 05:02 (UTC). ...
Originally released under the title "Vietcong Palagdas" with the Embees and the MB Rondalla Band, [7] the song was written from made-up Chinese-sounding words, which Villame allegedly came up with by writing down the names of Chinese stores while waiting for a mechanic to fix his broken-down jeepney in Manila's Chinatown; it borrowed from the ...
The motorela, locally nicknamed as "the mini jeepney", is a variant of a motorized tricycle predominantly used in Northern Mindanao, particularly in Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon province. It is a motorcycle with an enclosed cabin rigidly attached, and has four wheels – the two wheels of a motorcycle, and an additional wheel on each side.