Why is it always our fault? Whenever someone writes an article about the traffic problem in Metro Manila the number of private cars and their taking so much space on the road is sure to be mentioned.…
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (Asean NCAP) held its inaugural Grand Prix 2014 Awards in Kuching, Sarawak, on Aug. 27 to commemorate the achievement of the motor vehicles involved in Asean NCAP tests…
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…
Last year, we purchased an 11-seater van to accommodate our road trip needs. We were a family of five, with one child traveling in a car seat, a nanny, the family driver, and more often than not,…
Our Department of Trade and Industry can learn a thing or two from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planning agency, which found foreign carmakers to be overcharging Chinese consumers in violation of…
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.…
During the years after BMW relaunched the MINI Cooper brand in 2001, some 2.4 million units were sold worldwide. For the third or 2014 iteration of the MINI Cooper, BMW was faced with the challenge of growing…
2015 is just around the corner and with it, the integration of the economies of ten Southeast Asian nations including the Philippines into the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Economic Community (AEC). For each of the…
A question often asked by many is: What is the best transmission? The answer really is: It depends. …
Whenever the Nissan Sentra is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is a taxicab or a dowdy entry-level compact sedan. All that is changing now that the Sylphy, the Sentra’s presumed successor in the keenly…
