Good fortune favors the bold, as they say. But to acquire and, more importantly to preserve it also requires a lot of hard work, perseverance and grit. Our tale starts in year 1989, when CATS Group founder…
This laid-back city in Mindanao’s northeastern tip has earned the monikers “nickel capital” and the “Gateway to Mindanao” due to the Davao-bound vehicles which disembark at the Lipata port after crossing the Surigao Strait from Southern Leyte.…
While there are many challenges to determine who’s the best and fairest in a beauty pageant, candidates of the Miss Toyota Alabang 2020 went through a different experience that they can surely count as the most…
The Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association, Inc. (MDPPA), an association of the country’s four major motorcycle manufacturers: Honda Philippines Inc., Kawasaki Motors (Phils) Corp, Suzuki Philippines Inc. and Yamaha Motor Philippines Inc., held its first road safety…
It all began in May 2018 when Volkswagen Philippines, an Ayala Group company, launched five new VW models imported from China. The vehicles – the Lavida, Lamando, Tiguan, Santana and Santana GTS – are manufactured in Shanghai…
Honda will unveil the all-new Jazz hatchback at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. The full model change continues the Jazz’s party trick: carrying a spacious cabin within a compact footprint. The new Jazz continues with the central…
HOW AUTO BRANDS SHARE THE DEALERSHIP PIE Imagine picking out a vehicle from a lineup of different auto brands in one showroom. With this, you could compare the models side by side to find the one that…
Christmas is coming, and with it, the unavoidable traffic jams. Well, we recently met with Waze to help see how we can avoid getting stuck in traffic as the ’ber months start rolling in. And what we…
In this country, everyone looks forward to September as it marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Perhaps no sector welcomes September more than the automotive industry. The car companies’ anticipation of September was validated when…
Eight years ago, local motoring scribes were toured around the 82-hectare Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) plant in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna. We thought then that we already left the plant grounds when we entered a forested area,…
