In 2008, Kia Motors rolled out a new, garishly painted compact utility hatchback with a boxy silhouette, flat roof and upright tailgate. The funky Kia Soul did not look like anything on the road at the time,…
This Saturday, the Malibu will celebrate its 50th birthday, having been launched by General Motors on Oct. 5, 1963 in the United States for the 1964 model year as Chevrolet’s first “intermediate” car.…
That was the question generated at the 22nd Auto Mobility Conference Week in Melbourne, Australia, last week organized by the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) and hosted by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria that was attended…
At the 5th Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) opening Thursday, hundreds of visitors will crowd around the spectacular exhibits of dazzling sports cars, high-performance sport sedans, large luxury cars, macho pickup trucks, premium SUVs (sport utility vehicles)…
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (Asean NCAP) held its inaugural Grand Prix 2014 Awards in Kuching, Sarawak, on Aug. 27 to commemorate the achievement of the motor vehicles involved in Asean NCAP tests…
Our Department of Trade and Industry can learn a thing or two from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planning agency, which found foreign carmakers to be overcharging Chinese consumers in violation of…
During the years after BMW relaunched the MINI Cooper brand in 2001, some 2.4 million units were sold worldwide. For the third or 2014 iteration of the MINI Cooper, BMW was faced with the challenge of growing…
2015 is just around the corner and with it, the integration of the economies of ten Southeast Asian nations including the Philippines into the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Economic Community (AEC). For each of the…
Whenever the Nissan Sentra is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is a taxicab or a dowdy entry-level compact sedan. All that is changing now that the Sylphy, the Sentra’s presumed successor in the keenly…
Honda Motor Co. is returning to Formula One in 2015. As if to herald this much anticipated return to the world’s richest and most prestigious motorsport series, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI), Honda’s automobile business unit…
