In an announcement by the Department of Transportation on Tuesday, April 14, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the provision of additional assistance for public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers through a P10-per-liter fuel subsidy. The fuel subsidy aims to support drivers and operators during this period of high diesel prices. The DOTr and the…
The Honda Integra Type R is widely considered to be one of the finest front-wheel-drive performance cars ever built. Which makes this particular example one of the finest of the finest, because it’s been rebigulated by noted rebigulators Tolman. That’s the same Tolman that worked a bit of magic on the Peugeot 205 GTI a…
This is the Porsche 911 GT3 S/C. That suffix means it’s a GT3—so a very good Porsche—available for the first time without a fixed roof, so you can enjoy every one of its 9,000rpm to the absolute fullest. Ring in the summer season, then, with the sound of an angry 4.0-liter naturally aspirated boxer engine doing its…
Of all the events we motoring journalists look forward to during the year, we dread the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) the most. What used to be a celebration of the industry’s best and shiniest has become an ordeal. It wasn’t always this way. In the beginning, about two decades ago, doing coverage was relatively…
Earlier this week, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. suspended excise taxes on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene. While this is expected to translate into savings for Filipino households and small businesses—around P37 per 11kg LPG cylinder and P5.60 per liter of kerosene—many were hoping for a blanket suspension that would have included gasoline and diesel. Suspending…
