THE MARKET demand for fuel-efficient vehicles has risen strongly over the last decade, and this means small, lightweight sedans and hatchbacks in the B-segment or even smaller, as well as powerful yet fuel-efficient CRDi diesel pickups and…
While we’ve experienced a few typhoons and thunderstorms, it’s still pretty much hot outside. So here are some tips to help keep your car cooler, making your journeys more comfortable. 1) Cool down your car. If you’ve…
So you’ve done your research and plan to drop by each dealership. You’ve read the reviews online, on newspapers and magazines, have spoken to owners of the cars you’ve short-listed and researched on potential problems the cars…
With the motoring industry booming, everyone wants to buy a new car. However, this also means the prices of used cars are dropping steadily because, let’s face it, buying a brand-new car has never been easier. People…
The sedan market is shrinking. I’ve said it so many times and I will say it again. The current face of the automotive industry is all about diesel-powered sport utility vehicles and their pickup-based brethren, MPVs/people carriers,…
PIAA is one of those Japanese companies everyone has heard about but had no clear idea what it is that they do, the products they offer, or the thrust of their R&D. With the massive proliferation of…
At the start of 2015, Nissan unveiled its all-new NP300 Navara, and Nissan Pilipinas Inc. big boss Toti Zara was famously quoted as saying, “Let the pickup wars begin!” Indeed, with 2015 heating up to be a…
A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of visiting the Shell Eco-Marathon Race being held at the Quirino Grandstand Complex. It was exciting indeed in a nontraditional way, but it was still a competition, albeit in…
WHEN BMW launched the X5 in the mid-90s, it created an entire segment, a trend which to this day is unabated. SUVs and the like are growing in huge demand. And premium car companies such as…
Whenever a car manufacturer, known for producing a particular type of vehicle at a very high level, decides to produce an altogether different vehicle from its usual model lineup, question marks start popping up, doubts surface, and…
