Bylines Jason K. Ang

Cars landing on you

You know you’ve reached widespread recognition in pop culture when you’ve earned your own acronym. There’s the upcoming FF9 (Fast and Furious 9), GOT (Game of Thrones), and now CLOY—Crash Landing on You, the hit South Korean…

Fast Five: New BMW 520i

Three million pesos is a lot of money. Except when it comes to luxury cars. Three cool M’s would usually be considered the entry point when it comes to German or Japanese cars with alphanumeric model numbers.…

Nissan rolls out Service on Wheels program

Bringing in your car for service (not upgrades or tuning, mind you) must be one of a motorist’s least favorite tasks, ranking somewhere between buying socks and getting a tooth pulled. If the scheduling and service is…

Nine times as Fast & Furious

The engines of tentpole summer-movie season are revving hard once again, as the trailer for “Fast & Furious 92 dropped over the weekend during the Super Bowl LIV (the one which Kansas City, in Missouri, not Kansas…

Nissan rolls out Service on Wheels program

Nissan has been going from strength to strength in the Philippines, racking up another year of growth that has surpassed the industry’s. Nissan achieved 42,694 unit sales in 2019, a growth of 22.2 percent compared to the…

Harmony between driver and car is at the core of Mazda

  This year, Mazda celebrates its 100th anniversary. Founded as a cork manufacturer in 2020, the Toyo Kogyo Co. Ltd. eventually produced tricycles and cars, and was renamed the Mazda Motor Manufacturer. The company's name sprang from…

The Mazda CX-8 carries a big space and still drives tight

  SUVS of all shapes, sizes and price points are hot right now. Almost all car buyers would be considering one, thanks to their attributes of tall seating position, high ground clearance and roomy cargo area. Mazda…

Coming soon: Evoltis, Raize, Stonic

Car models with names needing some serious wikipedia search for what they really mean are just about to be shipped here. So to which brands do models like Evoltis, Raize, Stonic and Taycan belong? Here’s the second…

New Cars 2019

  2019 was a busy, frantic year for the Philippine automotive industry, with wall-to-wall launches of cars great and small. From budget-conscious hatchbacks to money-no-object supercars, Philippine auto companies launched no less than 74 refreshed or all-new…

Peugeot 5008 is now an SUV, too

Three years ago, the 5008 was an MPV. The Philippines practically ignored it. Now, the 5008 is an SUV, and suddenly, everyone’s paying attention. Well, at least anyone buying in the P2-million price range and who doesn’t…

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