It’s Sunday again, which means it’s time for the AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup! You read this the day before Independence Day, which is the date when the Philippines was freed from the shackles of over three centuries of Spanish colonial rule (that was then followed by decades of additional colonial rule under the Americans and the Japanese). It’s also the rainy season now – strong showers are now hitting various parts of the country as a counterbalance to the searing heat in the first ha

Nissan Philippines is cooking up something really special next month. AutoFun Philippines has received new information confirming the upcoming launch of the Nissan 400Z on March 2023, along with a new Nissan Terra variant called the Terra Sport. On January 2023, the Japanese brand announced at its media thanksgiving party that a performance vehicle was on its way. The information made many believe that the 400Z was coming to the Philippines. To add to this, the head of one of the brand’s larger

At some point or another, during your elementary and high school days, there was one student who always got a big chunk of the achievement awards. In a similar vein (albeit in the Philippine auto industry setting), that student is Toyota Motor Philippines. According to information gleaned from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI), which is the largest automotive group in the country, Toyota once again dominated in 2022 by having eight of the top 10 models and nine o

I have been wondering how do people disregard something? What is the gauge to know if someone or something is not worthy to be a part of a certain list or is not worthy to be picked? Who decides the criteria? What or whose standards are we meeting? The same thinking goes into my mind when I saw a differently-looking SUV on the road – the Isuzu mu-X. It looks like the mu-X differs from the rest of its competitors in the sense that it stands out. Its Japanese manufacturer isn’t afraid to introduce

One of the woes of new car owners is the maintenance cost of the vehicle that they just newly purchased. For the Nissan Terra, however, it is not a problem because this heavy duty car only needs twice a year PMS. The new 2022 Nissan Terra it's actually a steal for its price. As a new player in the mid-size SUV market as it entered the game in 2018, the Nissan Terra has already impressed car owners all around the Philippines. Even if there are some um points for improvement mentioned in the last

Toyota Indonesia has reached the 2 million export sales mark in early February 2022, 35 years after the company first started shipping cars overseas, and 4 years after surpassing 1 million cumulative exports in 2018. At the same time, the company will begin exports of the Toyota Fortuner to Australia in March 2022. Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, was present at the commemorative ceremony held at the company's Karawang, West Java assembly plant. That said, the company is also locally-assemblin