The 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn created shock and awe when it rolled into view on the last Thursday of July.…
MOVERS and shakers of the Philippine automotive industry were buoyed by the sales results achieved in the first half of 2016 that hit a grand total of 212,901 units, which is more than halfway to this year’s…
WHEN I was conducting research for this supplement on the Philippine auto industry’s sales performance in the first semester of the year, some brands declined to reveal their sales data, whether total sales or the number of…
THE PHILIPPINE automobile industry is racing toward its sales target of 350,000 units for 2016.…
There was a time when Volvo, the Swedish car manufacturer, was known only for building the safest but rather boring, square-looking luxury cars.…
A special report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the auto industry’s first semester sales performance shows that new nameplates have broken into or upended the best-selling ranks.…
Photos by Aida Sevilla-Mendoza IN THIS country, when you mention Volkswagen, the first thing that pops up in people’s minds is the Beetle or the Kombi. Except for car buffs, few people here are familiar with…
THE FIRST thing that stuns you about the 2016 Lexus RX 350 is its gigantic maw—or rather, the trademark spindle grille of Lexus, extremely enlarged. The polarizing front grille heralds what the rest of the ultra-edgy fourth…
Forget the unlamented SsangYong cars of yesteryear.…
THE Toyota Fortuner has a special place in my heart because I witnessed its debut. I was at the regional press preview and test drive of the first generation Fortuner held in Australia in 2005. After several…
