The world is round, and what goes around comes around. It’s the first day of a new year, and many of us mark this with a fresh start, and new beginnings.…
In recent years including 2013, auto industry analysts have noticed that the younger generation has lost interest in buying cars especially in matured markets like Europe, where efficient public transportation is available, economic growth is stagnant and…
Over the years, we’ve missed out on some really good Mazda vehicles. We never had models like the RX-7 lineup, the MX-5 (OK, it is sold here but just too expensive), the 929 Executive Sedan, and the…
With the long wait finally over, the Volkswagen brand is finally back in the Philippines. Please banish preconceived thoughts of rusty, noisy Beetles and look closely at the Tiguan. This is Volkswagen’s future.…
Monday morning produced not one but two horrifying bus accidents. The first is the widely reported crash and fall of a Don Mariano Transit bus from the Skyway onto a hapless delivery van, killing at least 21…
The Ford Fiesta was launched in the Philippine market less than three years ago, but last July, Ford Philippines unveiled the totally redesigned 2014 model in (what else?) a festive outdoor setting at Bonifacio Global City. Aside…
The Tokyo Motor Show has a reputation for enthralling the audience with futuristic concept cars as well as strange-looking vehicles. However, in the recently concluded 43rd edition of the biennial event, what really caught the people’s attention…
While we are all waiting for the long-delayed (two years and counting) Philippine Automotive Manufacturing Industry Roadmap of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Indonesia has leaped ahead with $3.5 billion in investments from around 80…
The vision is mind-exploding. To imagine that there will be no car accidents on the road by 2020 seems to be something lifted from a science fiction book. Or perhaps the product of an overactive or overzealous…
Contrary to popular belief, Bernie Ecclestone does not make the rules which govern Formula One. Ecclestone heads Formula One Management (FoM) which governs the lucrative finances of the race franchises, advertising and TV rights, while rules are…
