THE PHILIPPINE car market is shifting to raised vehicles from the traditional sedan segment: pickups, SUVs, and crossovers. There are a variety of reasons for this: incessant flash floods in and around Metro Manila, the growth in…
WE SAW this coming as early as four years ago. In 2011, this author wrote an Inquirer Motoring article about the need for an independent technical body in the local automotive sector, much like that of the…
Nowadays, it’s fairly easy to breathe new life into your car through a paint job. The only challenge lies in choosing the perfect shade that will not only bring out the beauty of your steel buddy, but…
JAMES Bond has sampled French, Americans, Germans, Italians, Russians and Japanese, but his true love will always be British. We’re talking about cars, by the way. In the novels, Bond has favored Bentley. But ever since…
MITSUBISHI’S new Strada was the first of the new generation of pickups, making a preemptive strike prior to the launch of the all-new Nissan Navara and the recently launched Toyota Hilux. It builds on the previous…
VOLVO revealed the all-new XC90 SUV at the North Court of the Power Plant Mall in Rockwell recently. The XC90 is a seven-seat premium SUV with Volvo’s world-leading safety features and higher levels of design and…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand—On a 140-kilometer drive on seamless highways and roughest back roads, over two dozen journalists from the Philippines tested the all-new Ford Everest in anticipation of the SUV’s launch across Asia-Pacific markets in the coming…
THE FIRST thing that goes into a man’s mind when it starts to rain is: “Oh, my car just got washed!” For women, it’s probably: “Time to bring out my boots.”…
IF YOU’RE worth $16.5 billion, headquartered in the heart of the world’s second most populous nation, and considered among the world’s most powerful companies, wouldn’t you also try your luck in a country that’s on a roll?…
STUTTGART-BASED sportscar manufacturer Porsche enjoys an outstanding reputation with its US customers, according to the 20th edition of the renowned Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study produced by US market research institute JD Power.…
