IT’S A BATTLE reminiscent of the melee at the climax of “The Avengers.” All major manufacturers launched all-new or refreshed models of their pickups this year. Let’s take a look at the best features of each,…
IT IS INTERESTING how the sedan market has changed. A fair amount of the four-door car segment has shifted over to things that sit a bit higher off the ground. As a result, our stalwart sedans don’t…
WHAT makes sports cars such fascinating pieces of machinery is their singularity of purpose. They are designed to deliver maximum thrill factor. How they do that is open to interpretation. The spectrum of sports cars is…
IT’S A BIT surreal, this sight of an impressive armada of gleaming SUVs plowing through golden sand dunes on a desert floor, casting sun flares on my lens as I track them—traveling swiftly and unhindered, and none…
OUR HUMBLE broadsheet, the Inquirer, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. While I’ve only been part of it for the last five plus years, It’s been a real blast! Here are some of the most memorable ride and…
SURPRISE, surprise! The hottest segment in the urban automotive market is the subcompact SUV/crossover, not only in the Philippines but also in the United States. That is why the Chevrolet Trax, introduced in late 2012 in Mexico…
WHILE it was the pickups that made headlines in 2015, I believe that 2016 will be the year of the pickup-based SUVs. We’ve been teased by Toyota and Mitsubishi for their latest SUVs, and Ford has…
ON THE fifth day of our nine-day journey to Japan for the 44th Tokyo Motor Show (TMS) at the invitation of Honda Cars Philippines Inc., we journalists were treated to test-drive sessions with three new Honda cars…
MY 9-YEAR-OLD daughter and I were in the car on the way to school, and we were talking about the car we were in (an Audi S3) which she particularly liked mainly because the seatbelt went down…
THE NEW Ford Focus promises a new level of refinement packaged with Ford’s new and advanced technologies, and a powerful yet fuel-efficient EcoBoost engine, giving today’s compact sedan buyers a rare combination of performance and fuel economy.…
