Creeping and climbing through Vietnam in a Raptor
DID YOU know that Vietnam has massive sand dunes -- forming some sort of mini desert in colors of red and golden-white? They’re found in a place called Mui Ne -- a coastal fishing town in the south-central Binh Thuan province, only a few hours’ drive away from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon). This place was completely out of my radar, but I am so happy to have visited it, thanks to Ford who organized a regional adventure drive to showcase the powerful features of the new, 2020 Ranger Raptor.
Dashboard (03/16/20)
MG Philippines has inked a pact with Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) to be its official car.
Maxus PHL enters pickup segment via T60
FOLLOWING its release of people movers along with the commencement of business here nine months ago, Maxus Philippines now throws its hat into the highly competitive pickup arena. A total of three variants of the Maxus T60 join the local portfolio of the China-headquartered brand which touts a deep British history.
A spelunking good time Down Under
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, Australia has been burning. The country-continent’s most recent fire season was completely devastating, and it was only last Feb. 13 that the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service declared that, after more than 240 days of active fire in NSW, now all of the fires in the state had been contained.
Dashboard (03/02/20)
Discounts for early reservers of Suzuki XL7 and S-Presso
AHEAD of the launch of its two new vehicles here, Suzuki Philippines is offering promos for...
Pair of aces: New BMW X1, 1 roll out
SMC ASIA Car Distributors Corporation (SMCACDC), local BMW distributor, recently brought in new versions of its entry-point vehicles in the 1 Series and X1 as part of its “Joyfest” event held at the Bonifacio Global City.
Ready, aim, fire out!
WHERE there’s smoke, there’s fire. And where there’s fire, there will most likely be a red Isuzu fire truck hard at work dousing the flames.
A hot car for the hottest place on earth
THERE’S a strange kind of beauty that one can admire in the barren expanse of Death Valley National Park. It is the largest national park in the USA’s lower 48 states -- offering beyond three million acres of protected wilderness, with some parts accessible via approximately 1,000 miles of road. Death Valley’s national park status was established on October 24, 1994, and the park’s borders run from California to Nevada. As the name alludes, this is a land of extremes -- the hottest, driest, and lowest national park there is.
Dashboard (03/02/20)
FORD PHILIPPINES grows its SUV lineup with the addition of a new Everest variant.
Transportation of mass destruction
By James Deakin
In the last week alone, we’ve seen eight high school children, mostly aged 14, get mowed down on a pedestrian crossing in Makati by an unlicensed, drugged-out jeepney driver who was on the wrong side of the road. We saw a seven-month-old baby and his mother run over and killed by another runaway truck, leaving another 10 people seriously injured. There was a motorcycle rider killed instantly by a car driven against the flow of traffic -- and countless other incidents that may or may not have ended up on your newsfeed.
The PH electric vehicle industry: fully charged and ready to go
NO DOUBT about it, the electric vehicle (EV) is the vehicle of the future. And in the Philippines, the missing pieces of the puzzle are falling into place one by one.