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December 5, 2021

This Toyota GR Yaris Uses Hydrogen As Fuel

Toyota is stuffing its experimental hydrogen-powered combustion engine into the GR Yaris. This as Toyota continues to believe in a multi-prong solution to achieving carbon neutrality.

Toyota has revealed the final power and torque specs of its second-generation 86 (now called GR86) sportscar for the European market. And in a surprise, it actually makes slightly more power than its North American counterpart, and is a close match to its Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) version.

For Mazda, their human-centric design can extend to something as seemingly mundane as their reverse or 360-degree camera.

As travel restrictions slowly ease up for fully vaccinated individuals, it’s always important to be responsible especially when it comes to health and safety. With that, Prestone Philippines has come up with their own Car Disinfecting Wipes.

When BYD launched their Tang Plug-In Hybrid, Toyota executives got to drive it along with several other Chinese models at its corporate proving ground in Toyota City, Japan. They were floored. How can BYD, like many other Chinese brands, come up with cars whose design and quality that showed maturity but remained 30 percent cheaper than Toyota’s comparable models? It could be down to a case of cutting corners, its engineers said.

Mitsubishi Motors PH Adds Black Series Variant To 2022 Strada For P 1.764M

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation introduces an addition to the Black Series family with the 2022 Strada Athlete 4WD Black Series. This follows the launch of the Xpander Black Series last November.

SeaOil Extends Partnership With STP To Oils And Lubricants

Through an expanded partnership with world-renowned fuel and oil treatment brand STP, SeaOil Philippines has announced the release of its lubricants supercharged with STP additives. With rising costs of fuel and maintenance, this partnership brings longer engine life and less costs for repairs.

Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) continues to celebrate the season of giving with its Holiday Dream Deals promo that runs until December 31, 2021. Marking the occasion is a special display at the SM Mall of Asia from December 9 to 15, 2021.

UPDATE: The refreshed Nissan Patrol is launching on December 10.

It took three years, but Nissan Philippines is almost ready to launch the updated Patrol. Likely to arrive before the year closes, the 2022 Patrol brings much needed updates to keep it competitive in the lucrative luxury SUV segment.

Mazda is certainly finding ways to unlock more power and torque in their Skyactiv family of engines whether it be diesel (they’ve even come up with a retrofit power boost program) or the normally-aspirated gas. And now, they’ve extended their efforts to the 2.5-liter Skyactiv Turbo gasoline engine as well.

While ASEAN is getting a taste of a Gazoo-fied Corolla Cross, Toyota is completing the compact crossover’s global presence by introducing it in Europe. This marks the final major market where it has been introduced following the Asia (including the Philippines), Japan, and the US.

Say it isn’t so. French news site Le Monde reports that Jaguar might be going into a period of “hibernation” as they prepare to put their Reimagine electrification strategy. This could mean no new products for the premium British brand until 2025.

Lexus is set to grow its line-up with their first-ever RZ. Teased shrouded in white in these teaser photos, the 2022 Lexus RZ is set to be their newest electrified model.

Motor Image Pilipinas, Inc., the exclusive distributor of Subaru vehicles in the Philippines, celebrates the last month of 2021 with year-end deals.

Nissan Shows Possibilities Of EV Packaging With Single-Seater Racer Concept

Is Nissan working on their own one-make all-electric single-seater racing series? That could very well be, but for now, they’ve released a proof of concept using the Ariya EV’s powertrain.

Whether you’re dropping kids off at school or heading out to the beach for the long weekend, the Nissan Terra is the perfect choice for a family car. With its impressive array of features and enhanced capabilities, the next family trip is only limited by your imagination.

Nissan wants to join Toyota in exploring the moon. This as Nissan unveiled their very own lunar rover prototype that they’ve jointly developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA.

The country’s premier community of more than 2,600 Mitsubishi Xpander MPV owners celebrates three years of camaraderie, bonding, and unity as Club Xpander Philippines (CXP) commemorates its third year anniversary.

Christmas comes early for buyers of the 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage G4. Customers who purchase any variant of Mitsubishi Motors Philippines’ best-selling sub-compact sedan until December 31, 2021 automatically gets a Blaupunkt 2.1 dashcam.

Get The Suzuki Vitara AllGrip With A P 250K Discount This December

Suzuki Philippines (SPH) makes this holiday session merrier as customers eyeing to get their very own Suzuki vehicle are a step closer to their dream with the Four the Win Promo! This is SPH’s last promo offering for 2021 before they welcome 2022 with many more promos and discounts ending the year festively and welcoming the next year with a bang!

This Christmas, MG Philippines brings the finest OPM acts to the comfort and safety of your home with a special online edition of MG Live! entitled, Salubong: The Christmas Concert, which will be broadcasted online over KTX.ph on December 10 and December 11, 2021.

After its debut for the Taiwan market last September, Toyota’s Gazoo-fied Corolla Cross makes its way to ASEAN courtesy of Thailand.

Bridgestone and Michelin may constantly up each other when it comes to the on-road performance of their tires, but when it comes to caring for the environment, these two fiercely competitive tire makers will be cooperating.

Research conducted by the British website Scrap Car Comparison has concluded that BMW and Audi owners are more likely to be psychopaths than drivers of other brands.

Hennessey, the Texas-based hyper car manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, has revealed part of its 10-year product plan that will see three all-new ground-up models created over the next decade. The first debut, which follows the Venom F5, will be the world’s first six-wheel-drive, fully electric Hyper-GT – codenamed ‘Project Deep Space’.

Peugeot has been honored for its Brand Design Language at the Car Design Award—an initiative of Auto&Design Magazine. The category is given to the car brand which expresses its codes and values through a coherent and attractive product range.

BMW has revealed this: the Concept XM. It’s a concept that previews a series production high-performance SUV set to enter production at the end of next year. It is also the first standalone BMW M model since the mid-engined M1.

Merry Christmas, Metro Manila motorists. Number Coding is back effective today, Wednesday, December 1, 2021.

Honda Cars PH Continues Safety Advocacy With "Teen Smart" Program

Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) spearheads another batch of ‘Teen Smart’ road safety workshops for senior high school students. Once more, this demonstrates Honda’s commitment to ‘Safety for Everyone’ beyond products and services, but also in initiatives with local communities where Honda operates.

Automotive sales dropped 9.8 percent in year-on-year in October based on data jointly released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).

Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP) is wrapping up November by opening its 22nd dealership in the Queen Province of the North, Geely Isabela. The newest member of the Geely Network is owned and managed by Motorcentrum Corporation under the Guanzon Group of Companies who are also the owners of Geely Dagupan which opened just last September 2021.

Toyota Motor PH Adds Connectivity Features To 2022 Corolla Altis

Toyota Motor Philippines has added some much-requested connectivity features for its compact sedan offering, the Corolla Altis. The updates blew by almost unnoticed (including by us), until we had to check out the model’s full spec sheet.

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