Whenever the third generation Mazda3 SkyActiv is featured, the soul red five-door hatchback always take center stage. So I welcomed the opportunity to test-drive and photograph a pearl white sedan which replaced the soul red hatchback test…
THE EPIPHANY hit me just a few meters before reaching the lip of Taal Volcano’s main crater lake—not the often-photographed Binintiang Malaki, the conical mass on the island’s right side if you are viewing one of the…
When one talks about Mount Pinatubo, people would remember one of the most surreal images ever captured on film, the one which was taken on June 15, 1991, by Filipino photojournalist Alberto Garcia, which is also…
The 2014 Toyota Yaris subcompact hatchback, with its aggressive-looking, Lexus-inspired façade, looks all-new and very different from the outgoing cutesy model. But not everything is new. After all, car manufacturers are reluctant to change a successful…
The Honda City has come a long way since its intro as an entry-level subcompact in 1996 in Thailand. With 2.2 million units sold since its global debut, the City is Honda Motor Company’s leading brand…
With recent improvements of the 116.37-kilometer Baler-Casiguran Road in Aurora, Baler beckons irresistibly not just to surfers, beachcombers, filmmakers, travelers, backpackers and weekend warriors these days but also to the most jaded motoring journalists. What…
First of two parts In a perfect world we’d all be driving a Ferrari California convertible if not cozily seated inside a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. But let’s face it, us average workers aren’t going to be able to…
Subaru unveiled the all-new Impreza WRX and STI models to the very excited and enthusiastic Asean Media, dealer principals and special guests hot on the heels of its public unveiling at the recently concluded Manila International…
Going up Tagaytay, Hyundai’s Grand Santa Fe made mincemeat of the tight, winding highway, slower-moving vehicles and undulating elevation changes—taking them with ease and confidence. Many drivers were surprised to see a lumbering SUV hauling serious…
Launched in Manila last October, the BMW 320d Gran Turismo combines the roominess of a wagon, the swooping roofline of a coupe and the large tailgate/cargo area of an SUV. It is powered by the most fuel-efficient…
