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Tips on minimizing car break-ins in traffic

There has been a series of viral videos on social media showing people attempting to open doors of cars while stuck in traffic. …

Keeping safe driving habits

Everyday we get into our cars, start our engines and drive off without ever giving things much thought. While driving should feel natural, light and easy for everyone (through proper techniques), in reality, driving is a very…

A90 Toyota Supra drive in Spain

Supra. The name in Latin loosely means "from the Heavens," and has identified every single flagship rear-wheel drive sporting GT from Toyota since 1981, although Toyota's sports car lineage traces further back all the way to the…

BMW 530d Luxury: castle on a cloud

In the 1990s, both the wife and I shared one automotive aspiration: the BMW 5-Series, or 5er, as the Germans would call this.…

Inflation-busting fuel saving tips

As gas prices continue to soar (no doubt due to soaring inflation, rising forex rates, and increased mobility/movement caused by the incoming ‘ber months), we are all trying to find ways to eke out every single bit…

Expedition EL: Big, bold and beautiful

I've always had a soft-spot for the Ford Expedition. Back in 1997, as a freshman in college, our family bought a grey-market toreador red Ford Expedition in Eddie Bauer V8 trim with the bigger 5.4-liter engine that…

Mazda CX-9 AWD Grand Touring: best in class

People movers come in many different shapes and sizes: SUVs, pickups, MPVs. They also have varying underpinnings and engines: body-on-frame, unibody crossovers, gasoline and diesel powerplants.…

What’s new with the 2019 HR-V

Despite 2018 being a very challenging year, Honda Cars Philippines shared a ray of hope for the industry: its SUV sales (BR-V, HR-V and CR-V) are up 9 percent in the same period compared to 2017.…

Five points to consider when buying your next brand-new car

With the automotive industry experiencing a slowdown in 2018, the entire industry is pushing forward to help continue the momentum in growth it has enjoyed in the last several years.…

Toplander power

Currently, the mid-size PPV (pickup platform vehicle) 7-seat SUV segment is dominated by Japanese brands (Toyota, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, and soon Nissan with the Navara-based Terra), followed by the Thai-American hybrids from Ford (Everest) and Chevrolet (Trailblazer, which…

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