It's an all-woman-driven Dakar 2024 Astara campaign as the Spanish mobility company is set to field two entries in the treacherous desert race this coming January 5 to 19, 2024. Set to drive the Astara 02 Concept, Laia Sanz and Patricia Pita will have co-drivers Maurizio Gerini and Paolo Boggioni, respectively, to guide them through the 12 stages crossing the Saudi Arabian desert. Astara, for those who do not know yet, is the distributor of Peugeot and GAC in the Philippines. It also operates in

Disclaimer: Jetour Auto Philippines invited AutoFun Philippines to a 7-day all-expense paid trip to China.There, we visited Auto Shanghai 2023, the Chery manufacturing plant in Wuhu, and several tourist attractions in the province of Anhui. Back in the day, we in the motoring press were considered the be-all and end-all of accurate and timely news about cars, motorcycles, and the automotive industry in general. If you wanted to know about a newly launched car model, you only needed to flip throu

They’re considered the modern-day family car as they offer ample seating and can handle rough terrain. Of course, I’m referring to none other than the sport-utility vehicle (SUV). Its huge popularity and demand are down to things Filipino families love - it seats seven, offers strong engine power, runs on diesel, and has a high ground clearance. In our local SUV segment, the Toyota Fortuner and the Mitsubishi Montero Sport are staunch and long-running rivals. Let's take a close look at these two

The all-new 2023 Toyota Wigo has made its debut in the ASEAN, with Malaysia getting the Perodua Axia and Indonesia getting the Toyota Agya and the Daihatsu Ayla. While all three versions are the Wigo, with slightly altered specifications for their respective market, they each bring something unique to the table. The arrival of these new models got us thinking, how does this compare to the Toyota Wigo we currently have in the Philippine market? Are they better because they are more modern, or doe

As there are several SUV models present in the market today, it doesn’t get easier to pick the best for us. Each has its strengths over other SUVs. They have the unique characteristics that make them stand out among the rest. In the same manner, they also have their weaknesses and flaws that make them less valuable or less capable than their rivals in the same class. Choosing your car doesn’t mean that it has to be acceptable to others that influence you. It also doesn’t have to be aligned to wh

The ‘sports utility vehicle’ (SUV) segment may be a bit diluted now with the advent of everyone making small crossovers, but the Toyota Fortuner is a refreshing return to form of what an SUV should be. This 2.8 LTD is the range-topper of the three-variant wide, refreshed Fortuner range. Many have termed it to be a ‘baby Land Cruiser’, but that’s a tag that undercuts how capable this model is. If you have Php 2500k to spend and are looking for a new SUV that’s admittedly a bit different (but not