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Excise tax blues: Industry insider scorches opportunistic sales gimmicks

The proposed House Bill (HB) No. 4774, the “Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act,” is now pending in Congress. Once approved, the bill will be transmitted to the Senate.…

Excise tax at a glance

Excise taxes for cars with a net manufacturing or import price of up to P600,000 would be “adjusted from 2 percent to 4 percent.”…

MINI Countryman UK launch

MINI has finally taken the wraps off its second-generation MINI Countryman small crossover sport utility-vehicle in answer to the growing demand for these small, all-around premium vehicles worldwide.…

More for less

One of the most relaxing drives I ever had was in a relatively small car. I had an earlier Prius for testing, and I used it to bring my kids to school and pick them up for…

Back to work: Choosing the 2017 Truck of the Year

Motor Trend, the magazine that originated the annual Car of the Year (COTY) award in 1949 in the United States, conducts the Truck of the Year activity in tandem with their COTY and Person (in the automotive…

Car-guy watches

I am always asked about car-guy watches: what belongs on your wrist as you wheel around with wild abandon.…

Is the Honda BR-V the new family SUV?

Embedded in that eye-popping Inquirer Motoring report last week revealing the local auto industry enjoying an all-time-high annual vehicle sales of 417,356 is the undeniable trend that light commercial vehicles (LCVs) have become the preferred ride of…

5 Ps of the all-new Impreza

Motor Image Group, the exclusive distributor of Subaru vehicles in Singapore and the Asean region, unveiled the all-new Subaru Impreza at the Singapore Motor Show at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Center.…

Nissan PH marketing VP promoted to head Nissan Korea Co. Ltd.

The Philippine auto industry was surprised last week to learn that S.J. Huh, Nissan Philippines Inc.’s (NPI) vice president of marketing, sales and dealer development, is leaving at the end of the month to assume the presidency…

Top of the charts

The Philippine automotive industry continued its steady growth in 2016, with sales surging by more than 16 percent.…

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