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…
Rolls-Royce reckons this is its most “ambitious work” to date. After 120 years in the game, and with one of the most splendiferous back catalogues in the automotive world, that’s a serious flex. The Rolls-Royce Project Nightingale is long—5.76 meters stem to stern—and has frankly enormous presence in the metal. It also ushers in a…
Good news! There’s no need to second guess the parking situation at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). As part of the improvements done by the New NAIA Infra Corporation (NNIC), real-time parking information is now available on their official website.Read More »
Hold on, another Chinese Nissan? PHOTO BY Billy Caluag Yes, the NX8 is yet another product from the Dongfeng-Nissan partnership, but it might be the most important one to date—for the Philippines, at least. You see, fully electric crossovers seem to be having a moment in our country. Tesla Philippines has just added the six-seater Model…
