The weather seems to have improved this week! All that smog seems to have lessened considerably, while the occasional rain showers help keep things cool in the day or night. This week in motoring seems to have replicated that pleasant climate, with exciting new-car launches and even a rumored new Toyota in the works. Here are your five favorite stories from Oct. 2 to 8, 2023 in this edition of the AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup. Toyota Land what? The Toyota Land Cruiser is a name that is a

“In this business, you gotta have a tough skin.” This is what Visor.Ph Editor-in-Chief Vernon Sarne told me at last week's BMW M2 launch event. Chief, as I fondly call him to this day (he got me to join Top Gear Philippines magazine as a cover photographer and writer back in 2010), has seen it all and has been through wars ordinary people would have waived the white flag early on. The mental and physical stress this job entails can be too much for someone who cares about his craft. So when we he

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) is 35 years old this August 2023. The country’s top automaker in terms of sales is celebrating this milestone in typically spectacular fashion, ranging from promos on its latest models to its two-day Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival at the Quirino Grandstand. We take a look at five of the Japanese company’s most iconic vehicles since 1988. But why not cars from before this year? The pre-Cory years First, a little history lesson. Older car enthusiasts will know that Toy

Did you ever wonder how automakers select the names of their cars? We also wondered the same, especially with the influx of Chinese models with odd naming conventions. Typically, the marketing, design, and communications team chooses a car's name to develop a potential name. They consider the vehicle’s looks and the target audience for the car. There is a pattern to how brands name their vehicles per region; European brands often go with letter and number combinations, such as in the case of BMW

Mitsubishi is slowly hyping up the upcoming 2024 Mitsubishi Triton by releasing teaser images of the pickup truck before its official global debut on July 26. While the teaser images don’t reveal too much about the upcoming pickup truck, they do showcase a bit of the front of the vehicle, indicating that it has retained some of the aggressive styling found on the XRT concept that it is based on. The Japanese automaker has also released a quick teaser video for its upcoming pickup truck tackling

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation is returning to its motorsports roots with its recent lineup of racing-inspired vehicles under the revived Ralliart brand. These special vehicles have unique accessories that make them look sportier than their regular counterparts. Keeping in line with this theme and celebrating its 100,000-unit-sold milestone with the Mitsubishi Strada, the Japanese automaker has released the limited edition Strada S-Limited variant of the nameplate. Only 75 examples wi