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Tokyo, Japan – Sony Group Corporation (“Sony”) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) announced that they have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a new company to engage in the sale of high-value-added electric vehicles (EVs) and provide services for mobility. The announcement is the furtherance and result of discussion of a strategic alliance in the mobility field between ...

First of all, we would like to apologize to the countless loyal followers of our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series for the delay in the updates. Thank you , dear readers, for your emails and PMs asking about the current status of our project cars. We have to admit that we slowed down a bit in the last few ...

First of all, we’d like to start with some clarifications: In Part 1 of this Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series on the 1989 and 1990 Jaguar XJ6 (XJ40) luxury sport sedans being restored at JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City for our patron and good friend Rodger Yu, we wrote that the paint finish of ...

Despite the number of candidates in the recent national elections, political analysts believe that there were only two actual choices for the voters – populists and revisionists. The populists wanted to continue the programs of the current administration while the revisionists wanted to implement drastic changes. An advertising executive opined that the revisionists suffered a disconnect with the voters because ...

On May 7, 2022, Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH) launched the all-new Suzuki Celerio 5-door subcompact hatchback. The small yet incredible Celerio features a host of new engine and chassis technology to provide better performance, nimbler handling and improved fuel efficiency while subtle yet powerful exterior design changes encase a more spacious interior and improved occupant safety. The new Celerio departs ...

General Motors (GM) has donated roughly fifty (50) Chevrolet Tahoe full-size sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure. These vehicles are intended to be used to transport civilians out of active war zones and for other humanitarian aid purposes. According to The Detroit Free Press, Ukrainian government officials first approached GM to request assistance about four weeks ...

The 2022 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) became the barometer to measure the public’s thirst for the return of onsite live events, as well as the state of the Philippine automotive industry. The auto show, which was held from Aril 7 to 10, 2022 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, attracted more than 120,000 visitors, who witnessed launches ...

“I can deliver the T-Cross on April 13. Hope you’re free”, read the message I got on Viber. It came from Stacey Vasquez, who handles media relations at Volkswagen Philippines, under the Automobile Central Enterprise, Inc. (ACEI) branch of the Ayala Group of Companies. She was referring to the 2022 Volkswagen T-Cross 180 MPI SE, which I’ll have the privilege ...

My guide around the test track, Jaime Ramirez, was sitting calmly in the front passenger’s seat. He instructed me to accelerate into the corner and slam on the brakes in mid-turn. “What? That’s nuts!”, my brain was questioning the idea. “That would be counter-intuitive. It will upset the balance of the car and make it slide out of the track. ...

March 29, 2022 marked the culmination of a year-long construction project undertaken by Philippine Allied Enterprises Corporation (PAEC), the exclusive Philippine distributor of Bridgestone and Firestone tires in the country, when they turned over and inaugurated the new single-story 3-classroom building in the Talogtog Elementary School (TES) in Mangaldan, Pangasinan. The construction and donation of the classroom building was part ...