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

When you’re the number-one automaker in the Philippines and you’re celebrating your 35th anniversary, nothing less than the best will do. In the case of Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), it’s kicking off over three decades of local operations with the Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival, which will be held on Aug. 23 to 24, 2023 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. GAZOO Racing (GR) is the Japanese automaker’s motorsports division, producing not only championship-winning racing cars, but also high-perfor

The GAC GS3 Emzoom is quite possibly one of the most exciting models that will come to the Philippines this year. The subcompact crossover will launch on June 30, 2023 with a starting price of under ₱1 million. It also has pricing and features that match and even beat the likes of the popular Geely Coolray. But there’s one rather unique thing about this new Chinese crossover. The top-spec GL variant will have a special exhaust system as standard. When you listen to it on YouTube, it makes poppin

AutoFun Philippines has extensively covered the depths that dealers and resellers would go to make big bucks off a hot, new car. Irate buyers of the recently launched Honda Civic Type R FL5 approached us after Honda Cars Philippines dealers were reportedly asking for up to ₱800,000 over the car’s ₱3,880,000 price tag. Some dealers were even disallowing straight-cash purchases and pushing for financing packages with huge interest, which the Department of Trade and Industry is punishable with jail

The 2024 SUPER GT season will welcome a new entry from Honda in the form of its new GT500 Honda Civic Type R-GT Concept race car. This race-ready hatchback will replace the existing Honda NST-GT Type S as the brand’s offering in Japan's premier sports car racing category. The Type R racecar was unveiled at the 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon with Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe present to give out the announcement. It also won the Tokyo International Custom Car Contest 2023 Concept Car Ca

If you want to do something exciting this weekend, the 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Cup's final round will be on November 19, 2022, at Clark International Speedway. In a press statement, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) said there will be three Circuit Championship classes, along with the Autocross Challenge races, in the long-running one-make racing event. “These race events will feature seasoned and celebrity racers along with influencers and members of the media who will either defend their pl