“In this business, you gotta have a tough skin.” This is what Visor.Ph Editor-in-Chief Vernon Sarne told me at last week's BMW M2 launch event. Chief, as I fondly call him to this day (he got me to join Top Gear Philippines magazine as a cover photographer and writer back in 2010), has seen it all and has been through wars ordinary people would have waived the white flag early on. The mental and physical stress this job entails can be too much for someone who cares about his craft. So when we he

Ford Philippines is bringing the next-generation Ford Territory to the 2023 Auto Focus Test Drive Festival at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. Customers can see the crossover in the metal at the brand's booth in its Titanium X and Titanium trim levels. Aside front this, they can also test out the Blue Oval’s other vehicles, such as the Ford Everest Titanium 4x4 and the Ford Ranger Wildtrak 4x4, to experience their segment-leading features and capabilities. “We are so happy to be part of this

A hybrid Toyota Vios? It’s in the works. That’s according to Toyota Motor Asia Pacific chief executive officer Hao Tien. "From the business perspective, we do have plans for hybrid A/B segment,” Tien told our colleagues at WapCar Malaysia at the sidelines of the Idemitsu Super 1500 Endurance race in Thailand. “I can't tell you the date yet, but it's coming soon,” he added. Toyota is fielding two cars in the endurance race: a hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Corolla and a Toyota GR86 running on carbon-

According to one reputable automotive website, Vehq.com, diesel-engine powered vehicles cost more to maintain in the long run, than your typical gasoline-fueled car because the former requires more routine periodic maintenance in addition to having to pay for expensive parts in cases where malfunctioning car parts need to be replaced. Be that as it may, however, this puff of news comes as soothing as a breath of otherwise, fresh mountain air, especially to would-be car owners of one Ford Territo

Ask any self-respecting motorists about what combination of factors constitutes an "ideal car" and they would, in a lightning-fast jiffy respond that they want these three exceptional elements; outstanding performance, environmentally friendly, and fuel-efficient er, cars. Then morosely observed as he/she blabbers on about how this particularly latest car model has that compendium of slickest features, futuristic-looking specs, blah-blah, so on, and so forth with their incessant mouthing off unt

Electrification is the future and Toyota is well aware of that. The Japanese manufacturer is reportedly planning to electrify the next-generation Toyota Vios, codenamed D92A. A recent report from Philippines media AutoIndustriya mentioned that Toyota has plans to fit the Daihatsu-developed e:Smart Hybrid powertrain into the next-generation Toyota Vios, as well as the equally-new Toyota Avanza. Why Daihatsu’s e:Smart Hybrid and not Toyota’s THS? The next-gen Toyota Vios will adopt the simpler, le