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Formula E: Auto racing’s quiet future

The 20 cars that competed in last Saturday’s inaugural FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing, China, lacked the brutal, thundering wail of their Formula 1 cousins. While these cars have the potential to reach 200 kilometers per…

Infamous traffic jams etched in world history

Next time you complain about being stuck in traffic, spare a thought for some of the unlucky drivers on earth who survived an experience worse than yours.…

Going ‘green’: Bridgestone makes it a family affair

The United States’ Department of Energy says that up to 15 percent of fuel consumed by a car is used to overcome the resistance created by its tires as they roll down the road. For trucks and…

Meeting the challenge with fuel-efficient lubricants

Located just outside Shanghai in China, is a typical-looking truck stop. But there is nothing ordinary about this site located near the Cui Zhuan Road exit of G15 Jiajin Highway. On most days, some 300 trailer trucks…

People who made the news in the first semester

What they did will reverberate not only in the remaining six months of 2014 but for many years to come. Their handiwork, be it baffling or enlightened, comes at a time when the Philippine automotive industry enjoys…

D-Max paces Isuzu’s exceptional sales growth

Sales of the all-new D-Max pickup, already totaling 1,998, enabled Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC) to achieve an exceptional 11.7-percent growth in the January-June period.…

Shell’s Shanghai center to lead way in developing advanced lubricants for trucks

The world’s economy depends on trucks—around 30 million of them are currently in operation—that move billions of tons of virtually every commodity we consume. Without trucks, commerce would grind to a halt.…

Business as usual: Isuzu Truck Fest Manila 2014

When most people talk about the economy, we tend to think of agriculture, mining, construction, banking, automotive, as well as food and beverage. While we know of their importance, we often forget the not-so-obvious things that make…

Forging stronger ties: going offroad with Isuzu

Taking your son to an off-road driving clinic definitely does not fall under any of those usual father-child bonding activities. But for Medina (Misamis Oriental) Mayor Ken Niño Uyguangco and Dr. Antonio Linog, the Isuzu D-Max 4x4…

Toyota Road Trek 10

The very first time Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) held the Road Trek in May 2005, George Lucas just concluded the Star Wars film series with the showing of “Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith”; the must-have…

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