Five days after the Skyway Stage 3 team closed the center island and two southbound inner lanes along Osmena Highway between F. Torres and Arellano Avenue to begin the advance work for the project, the flow of…
If any year is slated to be a good one for the automotive industry, it should be this one tied to an animal inevitably associated with the automobile: the Year of the Horse. The horse symbolizes movement…
On Jan. 30, Ford Philippines launched its five-seater compact SUV EcoSport in the Philippines. Powered by the 1.5L twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) engine, available in both automatic and manual transmissions, the EcoSport comes in four…
Two weeks ago, I laughed when someone asked me if a manual transmission (MT) car would be OK for me to drive. The question brought back memories of all the MT cars I have owned ever since…
Volkswagen, returning to the Philippine market after a prolonged absence, had fired its initial salvo of vehicles. Three were utility vehicles: the Touareg and Tiguan SUVs and the Touran MPV. These met with initial success, particularly the…
With Honda Cars Philippines firmly back into the mix, they have brought their A-game, promising more new models to introduce to the country. Despite a lack of a diesel-powered SUV, pickup or MPV/people-mover, no one seems to…
For just one day last Jan. 25, 12 race-ready Vios cars roared around the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga. The one-make exhibition race went past in a whirl, and then an eerie calm descended. It roused a…
There’s that saying that it was the Germans who taught cars how to walk. Followers of the development of German automotive engineering will know that the saying has a loud ring of truth to it.…
The Honda Accord has stood out in its class by offering executive-car comfort with a dash of the sportiness that its smaller cars carry.…
As you read this column this morning (Wednesday, Jan. 29), the man who leads the largest mobility consumer network in the world (100 million members of motoring clubs on six continents) is delivering the keynote speech at…
