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No compromise on safety

WITNESSING a head-to-head collision between two speeding cars would normally horrify people, but not when it takes place in the crash test facility of Honda Motor Co. Ltd. at its R&D center in Tochigi, Japan.   In…

Outlander PHEV Baja Portalegre rally car: the next evolution?

CONCURRENT to its brave new direction of focusing on EVs (electric vehicles), PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) and SUVs (sport utility vehicles), Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has built an Outlander PHEV crossover rally car to compete in some…

PH auto industry on track to meet target after jump in vehicle sales

WITH 234,951 vehicles sold from January to October, the Philippine auto industry is on pace to post its best year since breaching the 200,000-unit sales mark in 2013 and reaching a sales record of 270,000 units in…

Last palm on the Subaru is a Vietnamese

MOTOR Image Enterprises, the Asean distributor for Subaru vehicles under the Fuji Heavy Industries Group, and MediaCorp, one of the largest media groups in the world, recently concluded their 15th MediaCorp Subaru Car Challenge regional finals held…

Sport and Technik: all new Audi TT

THE ALL-NEW, third-generation Audi TT sports coupe was launched by Philippine distributor PGA Cars Inc. at its Bonifacio Global City showroom on Sunday. The new TT features the geometric design pioneered by the first-generation TT, interpreted in…

Subaru unveils two new concept cars

FUJI Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru brand of vehicles, unveiled two new concept cars during the 44th Tokyo Motor Show 2015 last month.   Among the products that premiered include the Subaru Viziv Future…

Three’s company: Honda S660, BR-V and Jade RS

ON THE fifth day of our nine-day journey to Japan for the 44th Tokyo Motor Show (TMS) at the invitation of Honda Cars Philippines Inc., we journalists were treated to test-drive sessions with three new Honda cars…

Transforming trucks: Mitsubishi’s Fuso concepts

WHILE passenger cars are still very much the superstars of the Tokyo Motor Show, commercial vehicles—including trucks—have increasingly been featured in recent years.   Mitsubishi’s truck division under the Fuso brand, specifically its electric cars and plug-in…

TNGA aims to make people’s lives better

YOU MIGHT easily dismiss Toyota’s use of the phrase “Toyota’s New Generation Architecture” as something small made up to look like something big, but you would be wrong. …

Honda showcases the Power of Dreams

HONDA Motor Co. needed the largest floor area at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show to showcase all its innovative, dream-inspiring vehicles embodying the theme, “Go beyond imagination,” under its “The Power of Dreams” global brand slogan.  …

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