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Dangerous vehicle modifications that should be banned

In the past few weeks, we've seen heated debates, remarks and comments on the Land Transportation Office’s crackdown on modified SUVs.…

Chevrolet refines the brawny Trailblazer

Among the midsize pickup-based sport utility vehicles vying for market share in the Philippines, the Chevrolet Trailblazer is the widest and tallest in its class aside from having the strongest engine.…

Channeling Miss U while driving

The Philippines just finished the successful hosting of the Miss Universe Pageant, and while we are still in a Miss U high, hopefully we can translate some of the grace of the beauty queens into our everyday…

Luxury of January

Automobile sales in the Philippines in 2016 just shot off the roof, surpassing the landmark 400,000-unit mark.…

Peugeot 308 SW: practical Parisian

If the Philippines had been colonized by a progressive European nation longer, if we were a few hundred kilometers higher up the northern hemisphere, or if we weren’t plagued by incessant rains, station wagons and estates would…

Vectors and the Ford Explorer EcoBoost

The Ford 1-liter EcoBoost engine has basically been on its own for quite a while.…

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.…

Is your car La Niña ready?

The hot, dry summer season of 2016 is officially over. Cloudy days and sporadic thunderstorms signal more intense days of rain and storms ahead, and months and months of typhoons; more so this year, now that meteorologists…

Honda CR-Z: back to basics for the new generation of enthusiasts

The Honda CR-Z has been with us for a few years now, launched in 2010 globally, and hitting the Philippine shores in late 2013.…

Should cars older than 15 years be scrapped?

This week, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) locked horns with the providers of school shuttle services over the age of their vehicles.…