Metro Pharma Philippines Inc. (MPPI) is a Philippine-based, search-and-development pharmaceutical company engaged in the ethical marketing of top-quality products that provide innovative solutions to the current healthcare need of Filipinos. Kia Philippines announced in a May 2023 press statement that MPPI has chosen the Kia Soluto LX AT subcompact sedan to help its team out in the field. “After extensive research, we found that the Soluto ticks all of the right boxes and exceeds our requirement

BMW Philippines has just launched the all-new 2023 BMW 7 Series into the country and has made it available with a new electric vehicle (EV) variant called the i7. The new luxury sedan serves as the automaker’s continued plan to introduce more EV models into the country to become a more eco-friendly automaker. A boxier body Unlike the previous iteration of the BMW 7 Series, this new G70 model receives a boxier design. It also has a unique split headlight derived from the refreshed BMW X7. The sed

2022 was an excellent year for the Philippine car industry, with new cars making their mark. We saw new crossovers, sedans, pick-up trucks, and sport-utility vehicles enter the market. As we welcome a new year for the local automotive industry, we have compiled a list of cars that you will miss in 2023. Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo S CVT We have gotten confirmation from the public relations team of Honda Cars Philippines Inc. that the Honda Civic 1.5 Turbo S variant will no longer be around this year.

Although the rear-wheel-drive Mazda CX-60 and Mazda CX-90 have been hogging the headlines recently, Mazda has another sharp-looking crossover. The Mazda CX-50 isn’t poised to take on the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz unlike its larger stablemates. Instead, it uses a larger version of the excellent-handling, front-wheel-drive Mazda3 platform and is a bit larger than the Mazda CX-5 crossover. But the mere fact that Mazda has just introduced the CX-50 in China and has assigned local assembly to th

Over the past decade, an oft-repeated but rarely turned into concrete action posit of the local auto industry was a need to shift to electric and hybrid cars. The 2022 Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) showed attendees that the shift above wasn't just idle chat. Pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles (HEVs) were highlights of more than one automaker at PIMS. For example, Kia's EV6 full-electric compact crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) was front and center at the

One of Suzuki’s most famous people carriers will soon come with numerous exterior and interior upgrades, but it’s made even better as it will soon boast a mild-hybrid powerplant. Dubbed by Suzuki as the “Smart Hybrid Technology,” it utilizes a K15 engine that’s mated to an integrated starter generator (ISG) and a 6Ah 12-volt lithium-ion battery. Power to the wheels continues to be sent through a 4-speed automatic transmission. Factory rated to put out 104.7 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and torque lev