Introduction / Jason It all began, as most things do, as a crazy scheme. My friend offered to exchange cars for one week. “Which one of yours?” I asked. “The Civic?” “What about the F150?” Silence. “Hello?…
With the amazing debut of the Ford Lynx Ghia, one begins to wonder if Honda’s grasp on the 1.6-liter market would begin to fade. In terms of market share, it seems that it hasn’t happened just yet.…
Despite what other people may say, I’m telling you right now, the Ford Lynx is not a Mazda 323 in drag! Though Ford owns both of the said brands, they have kept a degree of difference in…
Which is more fun to tune-a Civic or a Corolla? On that simple premise perhaps lies one good reason why the Civic is still ahead of the Corolla on the sales charts. For road use, one will…
In places like the US and Europe, people usually associate the name Volkswagen with cars that are as fun to drive as they are to own. In fact, their line-up pretty much suggests that quality and performance…
Mazda is known to most motoring enthusiasts as a technologically innovative Japanese car company. In fact, in the last ten years or so, Mazda has shown some great advancements which, quite frankly, other manufacturers couldn’t even seem…
The Nissan Sentra has been a mixed case here in the Philippines. When it first appeared in the local markets in 1988, the public rejoiced at the arrival of another Japanese car giant besides Toyota and Mitsubishi.…
After being lambasted in our December 1998 Long-Term Test / Review, the Nissan Cefiro seems to have turned into a very different vehicle completely. The first 22,000 kms. has been nothing but headaches for us, but the…
Life is good at the top of the Japanese automotive ladder. Sitting behind the leather-clad wheel of an Accord or a Cefiro, pampered by push-button everything, one cannot have much reason to complain. But what if we…
Having owned a 1991 Galant GTi-16V, its hard not to compare how the Galant has evolved since then. I’ve always loved my GTi because of two reasons: handling and punch. Allow me to explain further, the GTi…
