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Why Isuzu let go of D-Max’s local assembly

Since 2013, the Isuzu D-Max has been the only pickup in the Philippines assembled locally.…

When ’lodi’ becomes ’lugi’, where na you, DTI?

In my 19 years of covering the motoring beat, I have encountered many disgruntled car buyers, some of whom I am friends with. …

Unwritten rules of the road

For a lot of people, there’ll be a new car this year, more than we’d like to realize and acknowledge.…

Ty, Dr. George, for the gift

I didn't get the chance to talk to Dr. George SK Ty. I only knew of him through the words and works of those who directly interacted with him.…

What I’d rather ride come Christmas ‘carmageddon’

If you ask many car enthusiasts what their dream cars are, they would most likely mouth off the names and specs of the flashiest, fastest, the strongest, most bad-ass cars, trucks or SUVs ever made.…

Wake up to the cruel realities of leather

P-ara kanino ka bumaban--gon? Who do you wake up for?…

Lessons you can’t learn when you’re high and dry

I still remember quite clearly when I was about 5 years old, I slipped away from the watchful eyes of a guardian, and ran out of our apartment in Quezon City and onto the public road to…