Autobuzz

P100-B plan to end traffic woes in 2-3 years

METRO Manila’s traffic woes can’t be solved overnight, but possibly within two to three years, according to a “Marshall-like” solution being offered to presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte by Filipino consortium Philtrak Inc. Francis Yuseco Jr., who heads…

Mitsubishi president resigns in wake of Japan auto scandal–report

Amidst a controversial fuel-economy testing scandal in Japan on Wednesday, Tetsuro Aikawa, the head of Japan’s largest trading company, Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC), will reportedly step down from his post. Citing a report from The Wall Street Journal,…

Duterte warns taxi drivers: Not giving change is extortion

“It is extortion or illegal exaction.” That was presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning to taxi drivers who refuse to give their passengers exact change. “Yung mga taxi both dito sa Davao pati sa Maynila, alam mo pag…

Honda PH reveals refreshed Accord sedan

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI), Honda’s automobile business unit in the Philippines announces a major refresh for its executive sedan. Here’s the news from Honda: The New Accord is reengineered to carry a sportier and bolder look,…

Subaru tells some Legacy, Outback owners: Don’t drive them

DETROIT — Subaru is telling owners of some newer Legacy and Outback vehicles not to drive them because the steering can fail. The company is recalling about 52,000 of the cars and SUVs from the 2016 and…

Vehicle industry set record sales in April

The Philippine automotive industry has set another record performance in April with vehicle sales hitting 27,697 units, up 30 percent from year-ago level. This brought total vehicle sales in the first four months of the year to…

Bidding for deal to test Mitsubishi cars fails

THE DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry is set to review the terms of reference for the procurement of services from a third party laboratory, which will conduct full vehicle tests on the Montero model produced by Japanese…

Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors finds falsified fuel mileage tests

TOKYO— Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says it found evidence its employees falsified fuel mileage test data for several models of vehicles. The announcement was made in April. The maker of the eK wagon and Outlander sports-utility vehicle said…

What kind of taxi driver is your presidential candidate?

With four days to go before the national elections, Inquirer Motoring shares how its readers liken the five candidates to taxi drivers. Here’s what they say:…

Drivers can check online if they were caught by Big Brother

In a project dubbed “Na-HuliCam Ka Ba? (Were you caught on camera?),” the agency will make the information available online via a Google spreadsheet document starting May 3. The uneditable document contains the updated list of no-contact…

Previous           Next