Toyota Motor Company chair Akio Toyoda is perhaps one of the most charismatic automotive executives in recent memory. The 67-year-old scion of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda impressed Filipinos with his immense driving talent during the Toyota GAZOO Racing (GR) Festival on August 2023 at the Quirino Grandstand. A keen racer (using the name "Morizo"), Toyoda was also a development driver for Toyota’s high-performance vehicles like the Toyota GR Yaris. But in a recent video posted on X (formerly

It is the last Sunday of May! And this time, we start with an important message – stay safe and stay home, if possible. This is amid the fly-by of Super Typhoon “Betty,” which is pouring heavy rains in various parts of the country. While you’re staying nice and dry, here’s this weekend’s edition of the AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup, where we picked your five favorite stories from May 22 to 28, 2023. A new boss is coming SAIC, as many of you know, is the mother company of the Chinese car b

The Honda City is arguably one of the best competitors in its segment after the Toyota Vios and the Hyundai Accent. Now, as new competitors emerge like the Geely Emgrand, the City shows its dominance with the coming of a new generation for 2021. The all-new Honda City shows class with its looks, power, and fuel efficiency with its engine, and all the cool stuff Honda always brings to the table. Of course, your car of choice with its best features will continue to be at its best if you can mainta

After months of being in virtual limbo, the Hyundai brand finally makes a comeback with a new company and a new philosophy. Hyundai Motor Philippines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Corporation of South Korea, will now be the exclusive and official distributor of Hyundai passenger cars in the Philippines. The brand's former distributor, Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. or HARI, will now only sell Hyundai trucks and commercial vehicles. Headed by its new president, Lee Dong Wok, HMPH will

(Images form Toyota PH) Fuel efficiency is still on the top of the list of Filipino prospective car buyers. Even if electric cars are becoming a norm in places all over the world, the Philippines is still quite stuck with fossil fuels with little alternative. Often, an alternative is quite unreliable and has certain limitations. Think of the road scooter which runs on battery called e-bikes – you wouldn’t bring it to Marilaque on weekends right? Just your typical service for short neighborhood-w

Previous Honda Civic FC’s 1.8-litre SOHC i-VTEC made 141 PS / 174 Nm Entry-variant Civic offered very decent performance and features Affordable pricing, low maintenance, very reliable, but no longer available in latest 2022 Honda Civic FE Honda’s R18 motor is one of the foremost dependable petrol-burning motors ever made. The 1.8-litre naturally-aspirated SOHC i-VTEC motor is mechanically simple and cheap to preserve. Its 141 PS / 174 Nm provides decent enough poke. That is why in our buying gu