AS A CAR enthusiast, one can easily dismiss Volkswagen as a company merely living on past glories, looking back in time with rose-tinted spectacles. Indeed, when a company such as the Ayala Group throws considerable financial…
AFTER my recent piece on illegal towing operations, let me divert your attention to the anti-smoke belching units (ASBUs) that conveniently ply the city streets, catching alleged smoke-belching vehicles and levying fines or offering ways to avoid…
Whenever the topic of globalization is brought up, we often hear key concepts and ideas such as “global village,” “free markets,” “tax-free,” “boundary-less flow of goods,” “services,” “ideas” and “information.” Sounds all fine and dandy in principle,…
San Juan is a small but close-knit community. Although I don’t live in San Juan myself (I’m from Mandaluyong), almost every place where I hang out is in San Juan: I go to a lot of car…
FOR MONTHS, Edsa has been under intense scrutiny due to the massive traffic jams that it has created. …
With the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) taking over traffic management duties on Edsa, and proclaiming that they will adopt zero tolerance on erring drivers who cause traffic on the road, will we see any improvement…
The new MINI Cooper S isn’t so MINI anymore. Indeed it still falls within the small car category, but it feels like it went to the gym, became a cross-fit addict and now the skin it wears…
If a BMW or Mercedes-Benz is too common, a Porsche too brash, an Audi leaving you cold, the Italian solution for a sporty luxury sedan beckons: the Maserati Ghibli. Autostrada Motore, under Wellington Soong, does not normally…
So we’ve heard many sides and stories now about Uber, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) campaign against Uber operators and the regular taxi fleet operators. What’s the deal? Ultimately, what matters is the riding…
Since its introduction, the Range Rover Evoque has been Jaguar Land Rover Group’s best-selling vehicle worldwide. In fiscal year 2014, the Evoque sold around 270,000 vehicles, accounting for a substantial chunk of the Group’s combined 462,678 vehicles…
