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The best of the sweet ’16 year

  Photos by Aida Sevilla-Mendoza   If 2015 was an exciting year for the automotive industry due to surging sales that topped the 310,000 target, 2016 will be even sweeter as new car sales are expected to…

Toyota ups market share to 44.34%

Satoru Suzuki, who assumed the presidency of Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) this year, had good news for both the automotive industry and consumers at TMP’s annual media appreciation lunch.…

All we want for Christmas is smooth flow of traffic on Edsa

There was a time when we all loved Edsa as the symbol of freedom and democracy, the centerpiece of a people power revolution in 1986 that ousted a dictator. …

Lexus’ executive express blends manners and machismo

  Text and photos by Aida Sevilla Mendoza   Revealed at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit for the 2016 model year, the Lexus GS F is the four-door sedan version of the RS…

Q3 CAMPI performance spurs sales target to 370,000

Buoyed by its first semester sales totaling 221,901 motor vehicles, the Philippine automobile industry recently raised its 2016 total sales target from 350,000 to 370,000 units. The industry leaders have reason to be bullish. In an online…

CAMPI’s biggest challenge in 2017

The whole world was stunned when Donald Trump won the United States presidential election.…

Allure of a French hatch

Watching the 2016 Peugeot 308 approaching you at night is an experience. With its slim LED projector headlights bordered above by downward curving LED daytime running lights (DRLs), the 308 approaching in the dark looks like…

All-new Mercedes-Benz E-Class: Masterpiece of intelligence and elegance

The moment you mention Mercedes-Benz, many people picture a big luxury car with a uniformed chauffeur at the wheel.…

A magnum opus welcome for Volvo’s 90 series cars

After Volvo and Ford Motor parted ways in 2010, the Swedish automobile maker, with a $11 billion investment from its new owner, China’s Geely Holding, set about reconceiving, redesigning and re-engineering a new lineup of cars in…

Higher taxes could derail auto industry’s resurgence

Traffic gridlock in Metro Manila, Cebu City, Davao City and other urban centers has elicited numerous suggested solutions, but the Department of Finance has come up with a novel one: reduce the number of new cars on…

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