The days of Chery Auto producing half-baked small cars with interiors that came standard with suffocating fumes seem to be long gone. Chery Auto Philippines announced in a September 2023 press statement that its Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8 series of crossovers both got first place in their respective categories in the J.D. Power China Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) rankings. The result of the study was based on the evaluation of 35,155 traditional-fuel vehicle owners who purchased

Customer and after-sales servicing is a hot topic, especially among Chinese brands trying to build a solid and reliable reputation with Filipino car buyers. In response, Jetour Auto Philippines strives to elevate the standards of its dealer network’s customer handling and technical proficiency. The Chinese brand held its first Aftersales Skills Competition for the Metro Manila and Luzon Chapter from August 24 to 25, 2023. Also Read: Jetour Philippines celebrates 100 days in the local market, set

One of our latest Facebook posts caused quite a stir among our readers – myself included. We posted photos of the 2024 Mazda CX-90 crossover, which is the larger, seven-seat sibling of the Mazda CX-60 that was launched on June 2023, that was spotted in a mall parking lot by Ton Garcia. AutoFun Philippines asked permission to use these pictures. The unit featured Philippine conduction stickers, temporary plates normally used on Mazda Philippines' media lend-out units, Inline 6 badging, body-color

A decade ago, if you told us that Chinese car brands would be among the top 10 sellers in the Philippines, we’d tell you to get lost. But the latest data from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. has proven just that – Geely and Foton were 9th and 10th, respectively, in terms of units sold locally in 2022. This is all the more notable given that Geely only started operations locally in September 2019, while Foton had been notorious for producing cheap but questionable-

Disclosure: Chery Auto Philippines lent us a Chery Tiggo 8 PRO 1.6T for eight days with a full tank of gas. Additional fuel and toll fees were paid by the writer using his personal money. Jetour Auto Philippines likewise invited the writer to an all-expense paid trip to China which included a visit of the Chery Auto manufacturing facilities. Something about the tag “Made in China” turns many car buyers off. Geopolitics aside, Chinese-built cars have long suffered from the negative impressions th

After the Mazda CX-5 scored the lone “Good” rating out of 20 SUVs tested by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety with its more stringent side-impact test published last year, another model from the Hiroshima brand was likewise given the only “Good” rating in the upgraded side-impact test conducted on small cars. The IIHS announced that only the Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback received the “Good” rating among 11 car models tested by the safety institution. The Nissan Sentra, Toyota Corolla s