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...
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued four crew of a distressed motor banca struck by a dolphin in the sea off Palaui Island here on Monday, March 20. The M/B Kiray was traversing the vicinity waters 20 nautical miles north of Palaui Island enroute to Babuyan Claro when its...
Last year, Hyundai re-launched their brand in the Philippines, and with that was a new line up which included the Creta subcompact crossover SUV, and the Stargazer, their contender for the 7-seater MPV category. These are both Hyundai’s frontline models in their renewed nationwide campaign....
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) officially wrapped up the 2022 season of the Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) Vios Cup in an awarding ceremony held recently in Taguig City. After three successful legs of TGR Vios Cup Circuit Championship, Iñigo Anton of Toyota North Edsa-Obengers Racing Team was declared...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A passenger cargo vessel rescued five persons from a motor banca that capsized in the sea of Basilan on Valentine’s Day. PASSENGERS of a capsized motor banca disembark from a passenger cargo vessel that rescued them at the Basilan Strait on Tuesday, Feb. 14. (PCG photo) The...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) launched on Tuesday, Feb 14, a program that would make the renewal of vehicle registration done online. LTO chief Jose Arturo “Jay Art” Tugade said the online registration of vehicles could now be done via online through the the Land Transportation...
TOKYO, Japan — The beloved 90s icon of the Philippine roads, Toyota Tamaraw, will be back with a cleaner and better engine and may even come as an electric vehicle, one of its executives said. Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMPC) president Okamoto Atsuhiro In an interview with Toyota...
A possible reintroduction of the popular 1990s Toyota Tamaraw and the resurgence of the car manufacturing industry in the Philippines are some of the topics that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. discussed with Japanese officials and investors during a series of meetings on Friday, Feb....
