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November 19, 2024

Hyundai Hots Up Elantra N With 2025 Elantra N TCR Edition


Hyundai’s hot compact, the Elantra N, just got hotter with the introduction of the new Elantra N TCR Edition. The Elantra N TCR Edition embodies the DNA of Hyundai Motorsports and is designed to boost “N-thusiasm” for those who love driving.

November 1, 2024

The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Is Now The Fastest EV Around The Nürburgring Nordschleife


Xiaomi has just unveiled the highest-performance version of its EV, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra. Coincidentally, the device, and now, EV carmaker has also received an LTO certification to start sales locally.

October 25, 2024

2025 BYD Seal Is Born To Perform At P 2,548,000 (w/ Specs)


BYD wants your attention and they could very well have it with the all-new Seal. The world’s best-selling New Energy Vehicle brand (and the Philippines’s best-selling EV brand) now has enthusiasts in mind with this 530-horsepower all-wheel drive sports sedan.

September 25, 2024

1 Of 660 2024 Audi RS 6 GT Arrives In The Philippines


Audi Philippines has announced the arrival of the highly anticipated Audi RS 6 Avant GT, coinciding with a recent visit from regional officers specializing in sales and after-sales operations. This event underscores Audi’s dedication to enhancing its presence in the Philippine market and highlights a positive outlook for the brand’s future in the region.

September 22, 2024

2025 MINI Family Arrives With P 3.3M Starting Price


Philippines, welcome the new Mini family. The 2025 range, composed of the Cooper and Countryman comes in both internal combustion and, for the first time ever, all-electric powertrains for the local market.

September 10, 2024

Hyundai Motor PH Turns Over First Batch Of High-Performance N Cars To Owners


Hyundai Motor Philippines Inc. (HMPH) marked another milestone with the ceremonial handover of the Ioniq 5 N (read our review) and Elantra N to the Philippines’ first batch of Hyundai N customers. The momentous event took place last September 7.

August 2, 2024

2025 Toyota GR Corolla Unveiled As Potential Global Model


Toyota Gazoo Racing has unveiled the updated or, in their words, evolved GR Corolla. The revised hot-hatch brings with it insights gained by competing in motorsports. Best news? It’s now being considered as a global model with a possible roll out to more markets worldwide.

July 28, 2024

Review: 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N


It’s a bit silly, but somehow, it’s a given that sporty cars have to have a bit of emotional appeal. Almost anyone can make a 500-horsepower-plus car these days, but it takes the right x-factor to dial in everything else to make sure it tugs on you in the right way. Down one sensory experience—EVs don’t have the mechanical rawness of internal combustion engines—it takes even more effort to transform an EV into something enthusiasts would salivate over. It’s one challenge Hyundai and its crack team of “N-gineers” have successfully accomplished with the Ioniq 5 N.

July 15, 2024

Subaru BRZ Gets Upgraded Specs, Price Bump; Outback And WRX Prices Also Up


Motor Image Pilipinas, the exclusive distributor of Subaru vehicles in the country has quietly introduced the updated version of the Subaru BRZ along with a corresponding price increase not just for the rear-wheel drive sportscar, but the WRX and Outback as well.

July 10, 2024

Meet The Quickest And Fastest Subaru WRX Ever: Project Midnight


Subaru has unveiled the quickest and fastest WRX: Project Midnight. Born from the “Airslayer” Gymkhana car, Project Midnight was engineered with one single directive: outright speed. The lightweight widebody machine inherits a legacy of rallycross dominance, now evolved to break records, and push the performance envelope of the platform.

June 28, 2024

The 2025 BMW M5 Has Put On Weight, Is Slower Than Before


The all-new, seventh-generation BMW M5 is now out and with it brings the quintessential sport sedan into the electrified age with its first-ever plug-in hybrid powertrain.

June 14, 2024

Hyundai PH Displays Ioniq 5 N, Elantra N At Karrera Showroom Until August 19


Hyundai Motor Philippines Inc. (HMPH) will open its N Pop-up Store at Karrera Showroom, Bloc10 Filinvest Alabang starting from June 15 until August 19, 2024. Customers can now see the Elantra N and Ioniq 5 N in the metal at the motorsport themed café and showroom.

April 11, 2024

Hyundai Is Chasing The Electric Production SUV Record At The Pikes Peak Hill Climb


Hyundai is aiming for the Electric Production SUV/Crossover record at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb happening on June 23. Two Ioniq 5 N cars will do the famous climb as part of a four-car effort.

April 4, 2024

Hyundai N Arrives In The Philippines With 2024 Elantra N, Ioniq 5 N (w/ Specs)


Hyundai Motor Philippines officially unveils its high-performance N brand with the market launch of the Elantra N and Ioniq 5 N at the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS).

April 1, 2024

First Drive: 2024 Ioniq 5 N


What is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N exactly? It’s a straightforward question to ask, but harder to answer. See, it’s not exactly an electric hot hatch—it’s too big to fit that template. An electric high-performance crossover? Strictly speaking, yes, but that doesn’t capture the entire picture either.

March 26, 2024

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: The High-Performance EV For Petrol Heads By Petrol Heads


Electric and high-performance are two automotive concepts that lie at the opposites of a car enthusiast’s mind. Each one carries characteristics that don’t seem to jive with one another. Electric vehicles are seen as heavy, soulless, lumbering commuters, while high-performance cars are all about lightweight, visceral, communicative weekend joy machines. It’s this seemingly unattainable balance that Hyundai decided to work with in the development of the Ioniq 5 N—its high-performance EV.

January 12, 2024

Toyota Shows Enhanced 2024 GR Yaris With 304 Horsepower, 8-speed AT


Toyota Gazoo Racing pulled the wraps off an evolved version of its hot hatch, the GR Yaris, for 2024. Sporting more power than ever before, it comes with exterior and interior upgrades as well as the option of an automatic transmission as well.

December 26, 2023

Subaru Teases Sharper Handling WRX STI Sport# For Japan


Subaru is using the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon to launch the WRX STI Sport# (Sport Sharp). Not to be confused with the all-out WRX STI, the WRX STI Sport# is basically a STI Lite—similar to BMW’s M Sport and Mercedes-Benz’s AMG Line models.

December 4, 2023

435-Horsepower MG4 XPower Confirmed To Join Philippine Line-Up


It will be a busy 2024 for SAIC Motor Philippines, the new national sales company bannering the MG brand. According to its president, Mr. Felix Jiang, the carmaker is set to offer eight new vehicles and we now know what three of them are.

October 7, 2023

The 2024 Subaru WRX TR Is No STI. It's Not Even "Tuner Ready"


After teasing it some days back, Subaru has finally revealed the WRX TR in full, and while we’re a big fan of go-fast Subbies, this one’s still no STI.