From November 18 to December 10, 2005, I rode a Yamaha Sniper 135 around Indonesia along with a convoy of riders from other ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines – mounted on similar motorbikes for the Yamaha Pan-ASEAN Touring series. During our ride, which started from Jogjakarta in Java and ended at Medan in Sumatra, ...

Science has proven that siblings share about 50 percent of the same DNA on average. Each brother gets one half of his DNA from each parent, since the father and the mother only donates half of their DNA. The shared DNA can produce some similarities in the appearance of the siblings, like – in the case of celebrities – the ...

It seems just like yesterday when we picked up our brand-new 2014 Suzuki Ertiga 1.4GLXi A/T multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) directly from the Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH) factory in Canlubang, Laguna. After we did a cover story on it for Power Wheels Magazine, we fell in love with the first-generation Ertiga Life Utility Vehicle (LUV), as SPH was marketing it then. On ...

On a relatively cold Friday afternoon in March, I found myself driving on the “wrong” side of the road in a 2019 Nissan Leaf hatchback, one of the earliest mainstream electric cars from an established and major automaker. I was in Hong Kong for the second round of Nissan Futures thought leadership discussions in the Asia and Oceania region, and ...

“You’re in luck, sir”, chirped Shane Delgado, the lady PR specialist of Legado Motors, Inc. (LMI), the Philippine distributor of GAC Motor. “The vehicle you’re about to drive was ridden in by the current reigning Miss Universe, Catriona Gray. She was driven around by Mr. James Deakin.” “Ah, yes”, I thought to myself. “A reigning beauty queen gets driven around ...

Apparently, the age-old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” does not apply to the engineers at Porsche AG in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Take, for example, the Porsche Macan: It is probably the quickest, best-driving compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) in the world and the company’s best-selling model. Did the engineers at Porsche just sit back and rest on their ...

After having successfully marketed their product line of family-oriented 3-row 7-seat multi-purpose vehicles (MPV), Bayan Automotive Industries Corporation (Bayan Auto), the Philippine distributor of BAIC Automotive Group Co., Ltd., introduced their first crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV), the 2019 BJ20 on September 28, 2018. A few days later, on the 8th of October, Bayan Auto invited a select group of ...

Ever since I was a car-crazed little boy, I’ve always dreamed of driving a two-seat mid-engine sports car. I grew up fantasizing about the Lamborghini Miura and Countach, the Ferrari 246 Dino, 365 Berlineta Boxer and 512 Testarossa, the DeTomaso Pantera, the Maserati Khamsin and Merak, and the Lotus Espirit. I always thought of mid-engine sports cars as exotic and expensive ...

We Filipinos are friendly, family-oriented and pet-loving people. We always like to be with our family, friends and pets. And most of all, we like to go places together with our family, our friends, and our pets, if they’re allowed. Thus, we love vehicles that can accommodate all our family members, our pets and our friends in one go, such ...

What would you do if your heart says “Long Wheelbase Premium Luxury Sedan” (like the Audi A8, BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS or Mercedes-Benz S-Class) but your wallet says “Premium Sedan” (like the Honda Accord, Mazda 6, Nissan Altima, or Toyota Camry)? What would you do if you want the luxury of a spacious backseat but your bank account won’t ...