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Metro Manila’s worst chokepoints up close and personal

FOR MONTHS, Edsa has been under intense scrutiny due to the massive traffic jams that it has created. …

Driving to PH’s automotive future with Dunlop

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…

New Year resolutions

With the New Year comes resolutions that, hopefully, won’t go to waste. It’s always a fresh start, full of hope, a desire to do better and achieve milestones in our lives, be it in the areas of…

Why dual-clutch transmissions are still the best

A question often asked by many is: What is the best transmission? The answer really is: It depends. …

The Porsche 918 Spyder: hypercar of the future

Coming from last week’s column about the Porsche Sport Driving School, I mentioned that I got a brief ride in Porsche’s latest hypercar, the 918 Spyder.…

Lessons learned in Porsche Sport Driving School

Who doesn’t love track days? When you get to go on the track and drive flat-out, sampling some of the finest four-wheeled machines in the world and experiencing their performance and technology working perfectly together in a…

Audi A3 Sedan: World Car of the Year 2014 arrives

Despite stricter Bureau of Internal Revenue compliance regulations on luxury items, sales of premium luxury vehicles are slowly but surely growing. The latest entrant into the compact luxury sedan segment is Audi’s A3 Sedan. This is Audi’s…

Subaru to launch XV STI Performance Pack

Subaru is one of the most exciting yet affordable car brands available in the Philippines as well as the entire Asean region, where it is distributed by Motor Image Inc., a division of Tan Chong International Ltd.…

BMW, TRS tie up for high-performance driver training with the 560hp M5

They say good things come in pairs. So fresh off the past weekend’s dream drive and track day in a Porsche 911, I found myself behind the wheel of another monstrously fast German sled, BMW’s M5, on…

Porsche and Audi track day with PGA Cars, BDO executives

I’ve had the opportunity to drive some of the best cars in the world on some of the most challenging racetracks you can ever imagine. Indeed, every time I am given the chance to do so, I…