They say horsepower doesn’t matter. But in the world of pick-up trucks, which are built to haul and tow the biggest and heaviest items, having plenty of heave is always a big help. The current-generation Toyota Hilux may be long in the tooth, but it certainly isn’t short of firepower, at least in Malaysia. The Hilux GR Sport there received an update on September 2023 – its venerable 2.8-liter, twin-cam, 16-valve inline-4 turbodiesel now produces 224 PS and 550 Nm of torque. This is a bump of 20

Whether Feb. 14, 2023 is Valentine’s Day or “just Tuesday” for you, a brand-new Toyota might brighten your spirits during this season of love. Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) announced in a February 2023 press statement that it is offering various promos from Feb. 4 to 28, 2023. As before, these include: Pay Low – 15-percent all-in downpayment, 60 months amortization, includes free one-year insurance, three-year LTO registration and no chattel mortgage Pay Light – 50-percent all-in downpayment, 6

The top-spec Toyota Hilux in the Philippines is the Hilux GR-S. With its body-colored fender flares and bumpers, it is a fetching-looking pick-up, especially in bright red. But an even more vicious Hilux has just been unveiled in Australia – and it has the Ford Ranger Raptor in its crosshairs. Toyota Australia unveiled the 2023 Hilux GR Sport on Jan. 6, 2023, and it is the new flagship of the Hilux range “Down Under.” Not just for show Compared to the GR-S, the Hilux GR Sport looks like it can d

Team Mitsubishi Ralliart makes a spectacular comeback in the competitive rallying scene after it won the Asia Cross Country Rally 2022 on its first try. With race-prepared Mitsubishi Triton pickups, the team withstood rough terrain over six days over a 1,400 + kilometer distance that stretched from Thailand to Cambodia. Thai driver Chayapon Yotha and co-driver Peerapong Sombutwong took their Mitsubishi Triton #105 to the overall lead as early as Leg 1 on the second day of the competition and nev

With diesel prices projected to go up by about PHP 4.00 per liter next week and once again breach the Php 70-mark, you wonder how SUVs and pickups with CRDI turbocharged diesel engines can be a sustainable choice. Even with skyrocketing fuel prices, Isuzu maintains that its two best-sellers, the D-MAX, and the mu-X, have fuel economy on their side. In a recent fuel efficiency run supervised by the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP), Isuzu sent off a D-MAX 3.0L 4x2 LS-A AT and a mu-X 3.0L 4

Photos courtesy of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation For a time in the early 2000s up until the mid-2010s, the Mitsubishi Strada was considered a pure urbanite pickup. A seemingly short bed aft of the cabin, a torquey engine, and a sturdy build made the beast of burden more fit as an urban hauler or occasional minimal cargo out-of-town traveler. The 2022 Mitsubishi Strada has now gone back to its carry-all origins. The unit currently has a bed that can handle a bevy of agriculture, a mai