It’s around 8 p.m. and the nighttime air is whipping against my face, with my hands firmly grasping the roof bar. The wind, vigorously buffeting around my ears, is a pleasant accompaniment to the twinkling of the stars above. I’m standing on the floor in the back seat as my fellow motoring scribe Ian Magbanua takes us down a quiet winding road in Alabang. No, it’s not a fancy sports car, nor is it a shoot for a music video. It was just my way of enjoying the fresh air more thoroughly as we took

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has something special planned for its 35th anniversary and the Gazoo Racing Festival. The Japanese automaker announced in a press statement that it is bringing in a heavy hitter – Toyota Motor Corporation chairman Akio “Morizo” Toyoda will be attending the event from Aug. 23 to 24, 2023 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Morizo, who Toyota calls its "master driver," is also an accomplished racing driver who helped develop many of Toyota's Gazoo Racing (GR) models

Disclosure: Honda Cars Philippines Inc. kindly lent me a 2023 Honda Civic Type R FL5 for nine days. It arrived with a full tank of fuel and loaded RFID cards. AutoFun Philippines paid for additional fuel, toll, and a carwash. The word “legend” gets thrown around an awful lot nowadays. Social media is awash with so-called legends, supposedly because they achieved some incredible metric online (a gazillion followers/subscribers) or for some insane (and often extremely dangerous) act. A little etym

The Suzuki Jimny is a bit of an anachronism. In a world where big and small unibody crossovers rule the roost, this little, three-door sport-utility vehicle (SUV) of the old school soldiers on and garners fans from young and old buyers. Old school because the Jimny has more in common with seven-seat SUVs like the Toyota Fortuner and Mitsubishi Montero Sport than its cute and chunky looks suggest. Under its boxy exterior lays an even tougher ladder-frame chassis, with stiff suspension and tiny ov

Most of the time, we compromise the things that we want to make sure that we live in practicality and not tolerate ourselves by supplementing our wants over our needs. We look for what is beneficial, especially in the long run, and not just jump abruptly to our wants. Although, of course, there are times that we reward ourselves with our wants over our needs, and I think that's inevitable to some. However, in our present time, there is one thing that pushes us back to practicality – fuel prices.

Several people hoped of someday having their dream sports car, a coupe, or a convertible that looks cool and performs beastly on the road. But in modern times, sports cars are not the only cars that linger in our minds and wish to drive home. Off-road vehicles have grown its popularity in the past years not only among men, but also among women of different ages. One of those is the iconic Jeep Wrangler – a compact and mid-size off-road SUV that has been around since 1986. Although the Wrangler w