President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved a five-year extension of the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program or up to 2028, following the recommendation by the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), with the goal of expanding the Philippine automotive industry.
At the...
Toyota Motor Philippines has opened its 74th outlet in the country in Candon City to serve the mobility needs in the Ilocos Region. Toyota Ilocos Sur will be a ‘3S’ Facility that provides sales, service, and spare parts. Situated in a 2-hectare lot, the dealership will have a total floor area...
The Gateway Group has laid claim to being the very first vehicle dealership in the country to adopt the new-look design for Hyundai showrooms in the entire Asia Pacific region. And JAS Design & Build Development Corporation, a company that just opened early last year, has the distinction...
Global autoparts brands distributor BSB Junrose has assured its customers that it will continue to carry the legacy and high quality of Koyo bearings during the ongoing transition of the brand into JTEKT. The name and logo change was announced and initiated in Japan in April 2022 following...
Luxuriant Automotive Group, distributors of GWM in the Philippines officially launched their initial lineup of models just a few days before their public debut at the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS). Their models offer the Filipino buyer the latest in technology, safety, and performance,...
A Toyota Lite Ace is delivering story books to Children in South Luzon in an effort to encourage reading among Filipino children. To champion efforts to improve the quality of life of Filipinos through the power of mobility, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), the country’s leading mobility company,...
True to the Manila International Auto Show’s (MIAS) theme of ‘Shaping Mobility,’ Hyundai Motor Philippines will showcase how it plans to do so with the Ioniq 6. Set to debut at the event, the Ioniq 6 is the brand’s second electric vehicle (EV) to be offered locally. Unlike the retro-style...
Domestic motor vehicle sales in the first quarter this year went up by 30.1 percent to 97,284 units as against 74,754 units sold in the same period last year, with March sales hitting 36,880 units, making it the second highest monthly performance post pandemic, official industry data showed. A...
Life, as they say, is full of surprises. Sometimes the surprise is a pleasant diversion. Other times, it leads to a completely different career path uncovering technical skills. Two people who made choices that were out of the ordinary and uncharacteristic of what they had planned are Kathleen...
The author at the Hyundai Motor Studio in Goyang. Calling it a theme park may be a stretch, but it is as close to one as Hyundai fans will ever get. Here you can see its latest and most advanced models and realize how far it has come to become a premier automaker with legit bragging rights...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – Fifteen passengers of a motorized boat that partially submerged in the waters of Barangay San Vicente in this town on Good Friday, April 7, were rescued. Around 3 p.m., the motorized boat Jhon Lea was spotted by the search and rescue team in the vicinity of Barangay San...
Great Wall Motor (GWM) and its Philippine distributor, Luxuriant Automotive Group, Inc. (LAGI), are set to launch GWM's lineup of vehicles in April. The first four models previewed by LAGI include the Jolion, Jolion HEV, H6 HEV, and the GWM Cannon. The crossovers are all built on...
