I remember the very first time I rode a proper MPV. It was a Renault Espace, which I rode during a holiday to France in 2001. I had read about it in car magazines, but to actually…
When will Hyundai stop surprising us? In 2009 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai Motor startled the world by unveiling the sixth generation Sonata with a spectacular Fluidic Sculpture styling that set it far apart from…
Getting in touch with one’s feminine side seems to be “in” with car tuners this year. Either that or the Japanese aftermarket industry feels that the strong power of women drivers is here to stay.…
VOLVO HAS an ambitious goal: to ensure that, by 2020, no one would be killed or seriously injured in a Volvo car.…
WITH THE automotive industry booming in recent years and with 2015’s rumored industry sales projection to breach the 300,000 unit, the situation presents itself with a few problems. Admittedly, these are good problems to have. Nonetheless, these…
ONE OF the quiet entries into the Philippine automotive market was Toyota’s FJ Cruiser, slipping without much fanfare in dealerships in the last months of 2013 as a 2014 model.…
THERE’S good news and bad news in this update on shrapnel-shooting airbags, which this column in Nov. 12, 2014, headlined with the question: “Is there one in your car?”…
Forget the Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis. Here are three motor vehicles, launched this year, that I picked for their practicality and/or fun-to-drive element, not for the elitist glamor that comes with owning an astronomically priced luxury super…
With the New Year comes resolutions that, hopefully, won’t go to waste. It’s always a fresh start, full of hope, a desire to do better and achieve milestones in our lives, be it in the areas of…
From January to November 2014, the Philippine automotive industry sold 213,427 units, reflecting a 30-percent surge over the same period in 2013. …
