Nissan Philippines recently invited us to test the 2024 Nissan GT-R and the all-new 2024 Nissan Z at the Clark International Speedway (CIS). It's their two newest sports cars to enter the Philippine market. But aside from the usual rack test, the Japanese automaker also had a racing simulator available for us to get familiar with virtual versions of their vehicles before we took them out on the track. Think of it like the Gran Turismo movie, where Jann Mardenborough became a pro racing driver be

Toyota Motor Philippines has just celebrated its 35th anniversary in the country. To emphasize this momentous occasion for the Japanese brand, it held the 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival, a celebration of all things Toyota and speed. The Japanese automaker held several displays and events at the festival to showcase its Gazoo Racing performance vehicles lineup. That said, we will discuss the highlights of the first day of Toyota’s anniversary celebration. Akio “Morizo” Toyoda strutting his stu

Lexus Philippines has officially launched its first battery electric vehicle (BEV) in the Philippines in the form of the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e. And you can purchase one for a hefty ₱4,828,000. Its arrival in the local market is a milestone for the Japanese automaker, and it is an important step toward the brand’s carbon neutrality goal of offering 100% BEVs globally by 2035. Lexus Philippines is no stranger to electrification as most of its local lineup of vehicles already comes with a hybrid varia

Gone are the days when you had to wait for the number-coding window hours to drive your Lexus hybrid. Lexus Philippines said in a November 2022 press statement that all its hybrid models are covered under the exemptions provided by Republic Act 11697 or the “Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act.” “Lexus continues to be driven in offering its customers with hybrid electric vehicles that provide comfort, practicality, and sustainability which, because of the new law, you can now use daily,” t

What do Filipino politicians and celebrities consider in buying premium vehicles like the Land Cruiser? As the LC 300 is one of the most common vehicle models used by public personalities and high society people in the country. It is priced starts at more than five million Philippine pesos, which is more than double the price of the advanced SUVs in the market today. What do its critics have to say about the 2022 Land Cruiser 300? Pros Its style design is classic premium. Since 1951, the Toyota

Geely's sales has been going up as AutoIndustriya reported a total of 2,426 units sold. Ever since the Japanese conglomerate, Sojitz Corporation started becoming Geely’s Filipino distributor and establishing Sojitz G Auto Philippines Corporation (SGAP) in 2019, sales for the Chinese brand have been going upwards. Those figures reported by AutoIndustriya are more than quadruple of the sales from the same period in 2020 (549 units) and represent a growth of 342%. Leading the way is the Geely Coolr