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Questions to ask when buying a car: avoiding problems before they happen

Whenever we walk into a dealership and buy a new car, we often ask a number of questions about the vehicle we’re buying. Unfortunately, we forget to ask about other equally important facts which only surface once…

Bridgestone Philippines celebrates 60 years

To mark 60 colorful years in business, Philippine Allied Enterprises Corp. (PAEC), the country’s official Bridgestone distributor, organized back-to-back celebrations and the launch of the new Ecopia product line. Inspired by the theme “Passion of a Journey,”…

Frankfurt Motorshow 2013: ‘Deutsch zu Sprechen!’

With at least a thousand exhibitors, more than 12,000 journalists and close to a million guests trooping to the Frankfurt Messe, the 65th Frankfurt Motor Show has become the world’s single largest motor show in terms…

Redefining the E-Class

While the S-Class is globally recognized as the flagship of Mercedes-Benz, the E-Class is the Stuttgart-based manufacturer’s core product and most important car in terms of profits generated and derivatives spanned.…

Ford Driving Skills for Life imparts some valuable lessons

Ford Philippines has been a proponent of driving safety through numerous corporate initiatives. One of these is the ongoing Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program. The Ford program, conducted in cooperation with Tuason Racing School, aims to…

Why the best pick is a pickup

Which motor vehicle sold so well in August 2013 that it posted the equivalent of selling one model every 42 seconds, 24 hours a day, 31 days of the month?…

Is the merger of NMPI and UMC for real?

With news buzzing in the industry that Nissan Motors Ltd. (NML-Japan) is planning to become part of the local Nissan operations by year’s end, many are asking so many questions: Will this mean that Nissan’s two distributors,…

Valuable lessons from the last oil shock

Forty years ago, the world experienced an oil crisis, when the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to impose an oil embargo. The price of oil quadrupled within a matter of weeks, and consumers, manufacturers and…

Combining sportiness and elegance in the BMW 530d

A global success story, the BMW 5 Series model line has sold over 6.5 million units worldwide since its launch in 1972. In Asian countries including the Philippines, BMW has been the top-selling luxury car brand for…

Audi Q3: The real urban SUV

The trend for compact crossover SUVs is truly growing, not just here in the Philippines but the world over. Witness how more and more premium market compact ’utes are coming into the global market, which are also…

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