Despite issues surrounding the 2024 Toyota Vios AC100 about its previous safety testing, the popular Japanese sedan still got a five-star rating from the ASEAN New Car Assessment Programme (ASEAN NCAP). On April 2023, the Vios was caught in a crash-test scandal, where the vehicle tested where sample units were found to have had a notch in their door sidings that would minimize the risk during side impact testing. However, this would break with a sharp edge that could cause injury to the occupant

Toyota Motor Philippines has awarded the 2022 champions of the country’s premier one-make racing series. The carmaker announced in a press statement that it conducted a ceremony for the season’s circuit and autocross winners of the Toyota GAZOO Racing Vios Cup on February 2023. Starting with the Circuit Championship, young racing ace Inigo Anton of Toyota North Edsa-Obengers Racing Team clinched the top title in the Super Sporting category. Joining him on the podium were Gerald Loy of R Racing T

Images of the new Honda City facelift have leaked online, showcasing a B-segment sedan that has gotten a few styling cues from its bigger brother, the Honda Civic. Based on the leaked images published by Headlightmag and Autocar India, the updated Honda City will receive a minor facelift rather than an extensive redesign. What's new? The images show that the higher sedan variant has a new honeycomb-style grille with a unique chrome accent connecting the two headlights. The higher grades of the s

The Mazda 2 is one of the brand’s older models still available in the global market. It's already in its 9th year of production, way past the prime age for a replacement. In car years, it should have been at the end of its succeeding generation by now. The nameplate already received a facelift in 2019 in which the model got a sleeker front and rear design and the inclusion of G-Vectoring Plus (GVC Plus). However, instead of launching a replacement, it appears that Mazda wants this B-segment hatc

Have you ever wanted to have your brand-new Toyota Wigo, but you can’t handle heavy monthly payments? Toyota Motor Philippines said in a January 2023 press statement that you can bring home the Wigo 1.0 E M/T at just ₱6,256 a month through its Pay Light option, which requires a 50-percent downpayment and 60 months amortization. The same financing plan means you can also have a Toyota Veloz 1.5 G CVT at ₱13,210 a month or a Toyota Rush E 1.5 M/T at ₱10,724 a month. The Pay Light option is availab

Would you go for a radically new car or stick with a tried and tested one? The Philippine market has been enamored with the proven Toyota Vios, and we have seen that for the last two decades. And it is not just because of its affordability, but also because of the brand's solid reputation. But how about you? What's your take? Would you go for the tried and tested like the Toyota Vios? Or would you venture with the radically new Honda City? Which is more promising on the road, and which will stan