Resurgence is the word that perhaps best characterizes how GAC Motor Philippines is doing nowadays. Ever since multinational automotive distributor Astara took over local operations on December 2022, the Chinese car brand’s image and vehicle lineup have gotten a huge boost amid the surge of new cars from the People’s Republic. GAC Motor Philippines’ improved fortunes are also being helped by the recent appointment of highly respected industry veterans Franz Decloedt and Timmy De Leon, who serve

Honda Cars Philippines offers you something special to customize your 2024 Honda CR-V with special accessory packages that give the crossover a unique and personalized look. In a press statement, the Japanese carmaker announced a new line of Honda Genuine Accessories for the newly launched 2024 Honda CR-V. The Japanese automaker offers special accessory packages to let you personalize and customize your own Honda CR-V. Customers can now accessorize their new Honda CR-Vs with various items availa

Everyone knows that Isuzus are among the best roadtrip vehicles around. The combination of generous passenger and cargo space, along with a highly economical turbodiesel engine, makes the Isuzu D-MAX or Isuzu mu-X a great travel buddy, even on the most pockmarked provincial highways. But Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) can do one better – it will even pay for your trip to a fabulous destination. The Japanese carmaker announced in a press statement that customers who buy a brand-new Isuzu fro

It’s easy to get carried away by the hype of an all-new vehicle launch. And that’s what car brands want you to feel after seeing their latest offering roll onto the stage. Let’s take the all-new Mitsubishi XForce, for example. Sure, it looks appealing, has a handsome design, and even a well-endowed feature set. But what if we said Mitsubishi ensured its latest offering had some other tricks up its sleeve for good measure? At a Mitsubishi product conference Autofun Philippines attended on the sec

Astara Philippines, the country's exclusive distributor of Peugeot and GAC Motor vehicles, has announced three new senior leadership appointments to handle its automotive brands. These three key appointments begin with Franz Decloedt as Marketing Director for Astara Philippines, handling Peugeot and GAC Motor; Michael John del Pilar as Sales Director for Peugeot Philippines; and Ryan Bermudez as Sales Director for GAC Motor Philippines. “I am thrilled to welcome Franz, MJ, and Ryan to Astara Phi

When Toyota Motor Philippines unveiled the new Toyota Veloz as a new nameplate, Filipinos were expecting that aside from the aesthetics, the manufacturer would also take a step in upgrading its powertrain system and that it would somehow be more powerful than the Toyota Avanza. Then, Veloz came with almost the same components as the Avanza. What makes up Toyota Veloz’s powertrain system? Toyota Veloz carries a 1.5-L 4-cylinder gasoline engine with 1,496 cc displacement, which is the same as the