Drives

Toyota Vios: Can the country’s best-selling car get any better?

THE UBIQUITOUS Toyota Vios best represents the face of the Philippine automotive industry. Taxis, sales representatives, private car owners and everyone else in between drive a Vios. …

Suzuki Ertiga: an MPV with a touch of tech

Take a Japanese carmaker that has been most well known for making world-class small cars and compact 4x4 urban offroaders, and ask it to create its own version of a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). The result is a…

12 facts about the Aston Martin Vantage V12S

I had roughly 24 hours to spend with Aston Martin’s very beautiful and alluring, not to mention, sensually seductive Vantage V12S. …

Mazda CX-5 SkyActiv D is the best yet in the compact cross-over segment

For years, I’ve harped about Subaru’s Forester, particularly in XT Turbo trim, to be the best ever, best value, most appealing, enjoyable and fun compact cross-over in its segment. But the goalpost has moved further up, and…

Revisiting the verdant north in the Toyota Prius C

So, this was how the main characters in the action flick “Fast & Furious 7” must have felt like at the movie’s end scene, their “one last ride” before finally parting ways.…

Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé hits the spot for a thrilling drive

AOSTA Valley, Italy—There are times when you need to have unquestionable confidence in your car. In the middle of a hairpin turn, while barreling up the Alps, was one of those times.…

Audi A1: the most fuel efficient entry-level luxury sports-hatch

So Audi yet again reveals a revised A1 which seems to be a simple cosmetic upgrade over the old one. I’m very familiar with the previous, pre-face-lift variant as I have one for a daily driver, a…

10 impressions of the Foton View Traveller

Foton first came to the Philippines in 2006 via the United Asia Automotive Group Inc. Its main goal was to manufacture its own line of commercial vehicles to be marketed locally and exported to the Asean region…

Vectors and the Ford Explorer EcoBoost

The Ford 1-liter EcoBoost engine has basically been on its own for quite a while.…

Fuel ‘ecomaster’ in its element

Lie low, but set the bar high. That’s how Japanese automaker Suzuki projects itself. It has not wavered in this stance. …

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