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November vehicle sales plunge

Vehicle sales dropped 23.4 percent in November, the biggest decline in the past few months. Official data showed that vehicle sales plunged to 31,258 units from 40,799 units sold in the same month last year. The latest…

November vehicle sales suffer huge drop

MANILA, Philippines – Vehicle sales dropped 23.4 percent in November, the largest decline in the past few months as even the holiday season couldn’t cheer up the gloomy consumer appetite. Official data showed vehicle sales plunged to…

’Tis the season for malls to open an hour later than usual

Malls on major roads in Metro Manila will once again adjust their operating hours to avoid contributing to the expected traffic buildup during the holiday season. After a dialogue with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), all…

Bentley gains in Europe and UK while Americas remains biggest selling region

Bentley Motors delivered 11,023 cars in 2016, a record high and the company’s fourth consecutive year above 10,000 cars. This represents a nine per cent growth on the performance of 2015 (10,100 cars).…

New nameplates break into best-selling ranks

A special report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on the auto industry’s first semester sales performance shows that new nameplates have broken into or upended the best-selling ranks.…

PH motorcycle sales seen revving up in ’16

The Philippine motorcycle industry expects to continue its strong performance this year with at least a 15-percent growth in sales, driven by robust domestic demand. Last year, motorcycle sales grew by 8 percent to 850,509 units—reportedly the…

No ‘ghost month’ in a fast-paced industry

There have been some exhilarating starts and nervous stops. The Philippine automotive industry has been characterized as a one-step-back, two-steps-forward sector the first seven months of 2014, where record-setting double-digit growth has been tempered somewhat by sobering…

10 reasons record-setting 2014 isn’t a fluke

Could it be just a one-time thing, this record-setting growth spurt?…

D-Max paces Isuzu’s exceptional sales growth

Sales of the all-new D-Max pickup, already totaling 1,998, enabled Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC) to achieve an exceptional 11.7-percent growth in the January-June period.…

Zoom-zooming to a 58% sales boost

Mazda Philippines, under the stewardship of Berjaya Auto Philippines Inc., reported a 58-percent jump in sales in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year.…