Following the passage of Executive Order 62, Toyota Motor Philippines and Lexus Philippines have slashed prices of their Japan-made hybrid models. Executive Order 62 has slashed tariffs on hybrids and plug-in hybrids made in countries not covered by existing free trade agreement. For Toyota and Lexus, only imported-from-Japan hybrid models are seeing price cuts. Hybrid variants of the Corolla Cross, Camry, Yaris Cross, and Innova Zenix, which are sourced from neighbouring Southeast Asian countri

“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

Following the unveiling of the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro mild-hybrid on June 2023, another electrified crossover will join the Chinese carmaker’s lineup Chery Auto Philippines announced in a July 2023 press statement that the first batch of the subcompact Chery Tiggo 5x Pro, which will also feature a mild-hybrid powertrain, has arrived in the Philippines. The Tiggo 5x Pro Hybrid and Tiggo 7 Pro Hybrid, which were both showcased at the 2023 Manila International Auto Show, are expected to officially launc

The 2023 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) has gone on sale in Japan with a unique feature to help keep its battery pack fully charged. It has a second-generation solar charging system on its roof as a secondary method of keeping the battery pack charged. The Japanese automaker claims that this system can give the Prius up to 1,250 km of electric-only driving range per year, calculated based on Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association Labeling Guidelines. Charging the 2023 Toyota

Two years since its public debut in the Philippines, the Ford Territory remains one of Ford Philippines' top-selling models. With 3,691 units sold in the first half of 2022, the Ford Territory has cornered a 52% market share in the small SUV segment. According to Ford Philippines, since its launch in August 2020, the Ford Territory's June 2022 sales performance of 1,574 units is the nameplate's best-ever retail month. This figure is also three times the number sold in the same month last year. "

Two years since the world was placed on lockdown, Filipinos are itching to go to one of their favorite tourist destination in Asia – Japan! For people like me who has been to the land of the rising sun many times already, there is still this sheer wonder and excitement as though going there the first time. Everything seemed to be orderly, and technology seems to have been fully integrated in day-to-day life. The shinkansen or bullet train, the uber hi-tech toilets you want to bring home if you c