Do you remember the two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds that were bought, restored and sold by Richard Rawlings of Gas Monkey Garage (GMG) in 2014 and shown in the Discovery Channel hit reality TV series “Fast N’ Loud“? Well, the current owner who won the bidding for the cars at the 2017 Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction is putting the pair of historic Firebirds ...

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when it’s summer? Let’s see – bright sunshine, warm breeze, white sand, blue waters, cool shades, and a brand-new Toyota… wait, a what? Yes, a brand-new Toyota! From now until May 31st, drop by any Toyota dealer and avail of Toyota’s Biggest Summer Blowout! Get BIG, BIG savings towards your purchase ...

On May 4, 1904, Charles Rolls and Henry Royce met for the first time at The Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. It was an encounter that will change the course of automotive history. Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business in 1884 and made his first motor car, a two-cylinder Royce 10, in his Manchester factory in 1904. Charles ...

Ford Motor Company announced the appointment of PK “Uma” Umashankar as the Managing Director of Ford Philippines effective July 1, 2019. He will replace Bertrand “Bert” Lessard, who will repatriate to his home country of Canada. Umashankar earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras and an MBA in Finance from the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA). ...

Most Porsche enthusiasts regard the 1948 Type 356 as the first Porsche simply because it was the first model sold by the company. To celebrate this milestone, Porsche celebrated their 70th Anniversary in 2018 as “70 years of sports car passion”. However, if we look at the company’s history, Porsche actually started producing sports cars as early as 1939 but not ...

Volkswagen Philippines recently turned over nine Santana sub-compact sedans to CW Home Depot. This recent acquisition by the pioneering home construction and renovation store brings the total number of Volkswagen vehicles in its fleet to 17. In 2017, CW Home Depot got four VW Jetta sedans in its executives’ use, and in 2018 got four VW Santana sedans for its managers. ...

Don’t you find it strange that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) debuted their next-generation plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sport utility vehicle (SUV) concept at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in March and then announce a month later that their premium SUV, the Pajero/Montero, will be discontinued? Was the PHEV SUV concept just a styling exercise? Or is it a sign that ...

Maranello, Italy (April 24, 2019). Ferrari is extending even further its class-leading after-sales services for their valued clients with the Ferrari Premium program. The new program provides eligible cars with a Ferrari Premium Certificate testifying that all scheduled and preventative maintenance has been carried out on their car correctly, and that all recall and service campaigns for their car have been implemented. ...

In the late 1940s, the Italians were reeling from the effects of the Second World War. Knowing that people lacked the ability to acquire and pay for the upkeep of four-wheeled vehicles, aircraft designer CorradinoD’Ascanio — the inventor of the Vespa scooter — came up with a solution. He designed a small-scale, three-wheeled commercial vehicle that could help rebuild Italy’s economy from ...

It used to be that the A-Segment passenger car category is all about small affordable fuel-efficient (SAFE) cars that tend to look, uh… safe, i.e. common, bland and unexciting. But last April 23, 2019 at the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel BGC, Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI), upped the ante by infusing Honda’s signature sporty and practical characteristics into ...