Back in 2006, I was part of a Philippine contingent brought to Malaysia by then Nissan Motors Philippines Inc. for the Japanese Super GT Championship. While my media colleagues all headed home after the race, I took…
MANILA, Philippines–To the cynic, the Shell Eco-marathon might just be one giant PR stunt meant to attract attention, cause some unfounded excitement, and, for motorists who passed through Luneta/Rizal Park and Roxas Boulevard over this weekend, a…
Hot on the heels of the PGA Cars-organized World of Supercars show held at SMX Mall of Asia a few weeks back, PGA Cars, the local authorized distributor for Porsche automobiles in the country, brought back the…
Since the automotive industry is projected to hit another all-time high in 2015 with overall vehicle sales projected to breach the 300,000 mark, I thought I’d check and see how the aftermarket industry as well as the…
Cars are all around us, even rare car brands. The Internet and social media have made these much more real, thanks to countless images as well as technical specifications littered in cyberspace. However, seeing cars in the…
RECENTLY, I had the opportunity to travel to a very cold place, officially the coldest place I had ever been to, for a cross-country test drive. (Land Rover had invited me to sample the all-new Discovery Sport…
When ACEI, Volkswagen’s Philippine distributor, started hyping up the release and eventual sales of the Volkswagen’s second-generation new Beetle, I wasn’t one of its fans. In fact, I was very critical about ACEI brandishing a very old…
I remember the very first time I rode a proper MPV. It was a Renault Espace, which I rode during a holiday to France in 2001. I had read about it in car magazines, but to actually…
WITH THE automotive industry booming in recent years and with 2015’s rumored industry sales projection to breach the 300,000 unit, the situation presents itself with a few problems. Admittedly, these are good problems to have. Nonetheless, these…
ONE OF the quiet entries into the Philippine automotive market was Toyota’s FJ Cruiser, slipping without much fanfare in dealerships in the last months of 2013 as a 2014 model.…
