Good fortune favors the bold, as they say. But to acquire and, more importantly to preserve it also requires a lot of hard work, perseverance and grit. Our tale starts in year 1989, when CATS Group founder…
It all began in May 2018 when Volkswagen Philippines, an Ayala Group company, launched five new VW models imported from China. The vehicles – the Lavida, Lamando, Tiguan, Santana and Santana GTS – are manufactured in Shanghai…
Honda will unveil the all-new Jazz hatchback at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. The full model change continues the Jazz’s party trick: carrying a spacious cabin within a compact footprint. The new Jazz continues with the central…
HOW AUTO BRANDS SHARE THE DEALERSHIP PIE Imagine picking out a vehicle from a lineup of different auto brands in one showroom. With this, you could compare the models side by side to find the one that…
In this country, everyone looks forward to September as it marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Perhaps no sector welcomes September more than the automotive industry. The car companies’ anticipation of September was validated when…
Eight years ago, local motoring scribes were toured around the 82-hectare Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) plant in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna. We thought then that we already left the plant grounds when we entered a forested area,…
It’s been a busy third quarter for the automotive industry, with brands like Toyota and Honda coming up with the most number of new models and variants. The luxury segment was no less busy, with Audi, BMW,…
Chery, one of the pioneering Chinese car brands that entered the Philippine market over a decade ago is making a comeback. United Asia Automotive Group Inc., the country’s exclusive distributor and local assembler of Foton vehicles took…
Is the age of the electrically-powered car upon us? If you’ve been following the Philippine motoring pages, you might think that the dawn of the electric vehicle is here. Just this year, Hyundai launched the Kona Electric…
In the race to make China a real automotive manufacturing powerhouse, numerous car companies have sprung out of nowhere. While it is only natural to scoff at their efforts, especially considering that the first batch of Chinese…
