The newly formed Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing Laos Company recently announced that it will begin assembling Hilux and Fortuner units for the Laos domestic market. Production is expected to kick off in April 2028, with an annual target of 5,000 units. Like the Philippines, Laos is a left-hand-drive country, which also imports its Hilux and Fortuner cars from Thailand….
Adventure has a new name, and its name is the BYD Shark 6 DMO—more than just a truck, this is the electrified go-anywhere, do-anything pickup from BYD Cars Philippines.Read More »
BYD Cars Philippines, together with dealer partner Sealectric, has deployed 20 Sealion 5 DM-i units to the taxi company Highland Transport Service Cooperative (HTSC) in La Trinidad, Benguet. The initiative marks the country’s first Sealion 5 taxi fleet and a milestone in the modernization of mobility in La Trinidad and the Cordillera region. The new plug-in hybrid…
Read part one here and part two here. 40) Renault Kangoo Be Bop PHOTO BY TopGear.com There really is a lot to take in with the short-lived Renault Kangoo Be Bop. For starters, it was a tiny two-door van seemingly designed for the sole purpose of carrying grandfather clocks or big toy giraffes, since the rear…
Cars racing in the 2027 and 2028 Formula 1 seasons will be getting more combustion power after the series recently agreed on a revised set of power regulations. In the current season, F1 cars use hybrid systems that split power delivery by 53% and 47%, respectively, between the internal combustion engine (ICE) and the kinetic motor…
