There’s a motoring cliché that claims buying a car is the second-most expensive purchase, next to owning a house. A car also plays an integral, pivotal role in our lives as we spend so much time inside…
I’m a fan of multipurpose vehicles like Volkswagen’s Touran. You can load it up to the brim with people, cargo and bigger, bulkier objects, easy to get in and out of on a typical market day weekend…
I’ve had the pleasure (or should I say displeasure?) of driving a whole load of China-made cars which were generally, in my opinion, unfit for public consumption and road use. Stories of door handles coming off or…
When I got behind the wheel of a Kia Picanto four years ago, first in Laos, then in Turkey, I was amazed by what the modern A-segment car can do.…
A question often asked by many is: What is the best transmission? The answer really is: It depends. …
Coming from last week’s column about the Porsche Sport Driving School, I mentioned that I got a brief ride in Porsche’s latest hypercar, the 918 Spyder.…
While my generation grew up on Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Nissans, Hondas and later, Hyundai, Fords and Kias, on the other side of the world, Volkswagen has ruled for almost half a century now.…
Who doesn’t love track days? When you get to go on the track and drive flat-out, sampling some of the finest four-wheeled machines in the world and experiencing their performance and technology working perfectly together in a…
Despite stricter Bureau of Internal Revenue compliance regulations on luxury items, sales of premium luxury vehicles are slowly but surely growing. The latest entrant into the compact luxury sedan segment is Audi’s A3 Sedan. This is Audi’s…
With 2014 half-done, there have been many significant car and brand launches, and there’s still five months left in the year for other events, particularly the Philippine International Motor Show, in the next few months. Let’s take…
