Customer service has been thrust into the spotlight with the recent events from a Chinese automaker coming onto social media and making waves. To reassure future and current customers, other brands are stepping up to the plate to ensure that their customer and aftersales services are top-notch. One of these brands is Jetour Philippines, which recently launched its customer service hotline and chatbot service. Meet Kendee the new brand mascot The brand says the move was made to ensure customer en

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has something special planned for its 35th anniversary and the Gazoo Racing Festival. The Japanese automaker announced in a press statement that it is bringing in a heavy hitter – Toyota Motor Corporation chairman Akio “Morizo” Toyoda will be attending the event from Aug. 23 to 24, 2023 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Morizo, who Toyota calls its "master driver," is also an accomplished racing driver who helped develop many of Toyota's Gazoo Racing (GR) models

Disclosure: Honda Cars Philippines Inc. kindly lent me a 2023 Honda Civic Type R FL5 for nine days. It arrived with a full tank of fuel and loaded RFID cards. AutoFun Philippines paid for additional fuel, toll, and a carwash. The word “legend” gets thrown around an awful lot nowadays. Social media is awash with so-called legends, supposedly because they achieved some incredible metric online (a gazillion followers/subscribers) or for some insane (and often extremely dangerous) act. A little etym

We at AutoFun Philippines believe that having a narrow car is conducive to couple closeness. One advantage of having four-wheeled means of transport is that the cockpit (i.e., the front interior area) usually seats two and that the means to enhance intimacy (i.e., the air-conditioning and infotainment controls, plus the glovebox and a number of storage bins or cupholders) are within easy reach of either front occupant. That said, it helps a lot if the lateral distance between the front seats is

A lot of you went crazy when we first reported on the uncamouflaged five-door version of the popular Suzuki Jimny sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Well, you better brace yourselves for this one – the Jimny five-door is coming to the Philippines as early as June 2023. This is according to a source with intimate knowledge of the matter, but spoke to AutoFun Philippines under the condition of strict anonymity for lack of authority to speak about it. The five-door Jimny officially debuted at the 2023 Au

Motorsports is the last place you would expect to hear about sustainability. Perhaps even less so at endurance races, where cars at full belt for up to 25 hours straight, testing both man and machine through day and night. But in a December 2022 press statement, Toyota Motor Corporation said it would field two cars at the 25-hour IDEMITSU 1500 SUPER ENDURANCE 2022 that aims to break the mold. The Japanese carmaker said it would field a Toyota GR Corolla powered by hydrogen and a Toyota GR86 that