Time Machines (03/21/18)
IWC starts its own racing team
IWC Schaffhausen launched at the 76th Goodwood Members’ Meeting the IWC Racing Team, making the brand the first watchmaker...
Dashboard (03/21/18)
PHL auto group to host international meet
AUTOMOBILE Association of the Philippines (AAP) announced it would host this year’s Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Sport...
The luxury car segment and FOMO marketing
By Vernon B. Sarne
So we’ve reached the point where the advancement of technology in car design, engineering and manufacturing is so fast-paced that vehicle models are starting...
Type R thrills at the track
SEVEN minutes, 43.8 seconds. That was the lap time set in April last year by the 2017 Honda Civic Type R at Germany’s legendary...
Crossovers, eVs, and performance pieces
By Kap Maceda Aguila
FOR 11 days until the 18th of this month, Switzerland again becomes the center of the automotive world with the staging...
Dashboard (03/14/18)
Xpander bookings to come with GoPro
MITSUBISHI Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC), which on March 1 launched the Mitsubishi Xpander, announced it has started accepting reservations...
One automaker is still working on its diesel technology
By Vernon B. Sarne
When the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer officially classified diesel exhaust as carcinogenic -- or cancer-causing, to put it bluntly...
The case for electric cars (or what’s it like to drive Nissan EVs)
By Brian M. Afuang
A RECENT Nissan Motor symposium held in Singapore saw the car maker pitching its electric-powered mobility initiatives in this part of...
Expanded territory
Text and photos by Aries B. Espinosa
THE hype that had been brewing since late last year was finally served hot and fresh on the...
‘Democratizing’ auto servicing
By Kap Maceda Aguila
MANY car owners get antsy about taking their cars to a “casa,” owing to prohibitively priced services and parts, yet are...
Vehicles for visual art
BMW PIONEERED turning cars into proper artworks -- as opposed to cars merely being described as “works of art,” or “rolling sculptures,” even if...
Corporate culture makes or breaks the brand
By Vernon B. Sarne
When I went to Taiwan last week upon the invitation of the Dutch truck manufacturer DAF, the first order of the day was a...