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December 10, 2021

Agoda Shares 3 Road Trip Destinations For The Holidays

Filipinos are optimistic to resume travelling with their families before 2021 ends. According to digital travel platform Agoda.com, in its Philippine Travel Sentiment Survey, almost 50 percent of Pinoys are keen to travel domestically within the year together with their partner and kids.

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is deploying 69 electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its heightened efforts to adopt sustainable modes of transportation under its Green Mobility Program.

After a handful of all-new Explorers made their way into the country last March, Ford Philippines is now officially launching its all-new mid-sized 7-seater SUV. Weirdly enough, it flew below the radar once more.

Atoy Customs Can Now Build You A Tiny House Starting At P 1.5M.

Atoy Customs is veering away from its customized van and SUV creations (dubbed Manila Proof), and is instead looking at a new kind of custom creation: tiny houses. After a year’s worth of exterior and interior planning and execution, Atoy Llave, founder and namesake of the customizing pioneer is ready to present the first-ever Filipino-made Tiny House Trailer.

The Camry has always been a barometer of sorts for Toyota; and each of the Camry generations’ incremental improvements over the years show that the carmaker has almost always leaned on evolution, rather than revolution when it came to their products. But recently, a new kind of thinking has taken over the typically conservative Japanese carmaker. This has resulted in the most advanced, most thoroughly thought-of Camry ever. And surprisingly? It’s technically a refresh.

Toyota Motor Philippines is pushing electrification to more segments with the introduction of the first-ever hybrid executive sedan with the 2022 Camry 2.5 HEV. Replacing the conventional combustion engine version moving forward, the Camry Hybrid not only brings strong environmental performance in its segment, but comes jam-packed with features along with a strong value-for-money positioning.

Following a fuel economy run facilitated by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC), under the supervision of the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP), the new Mirage G4 remains to be the smart choice for a fuel-efficient and practical sub-compact sedan.

For those who’re familiar with Toyota history, they’d probably remember that the local market Vios took on the name Belta for its home market in Japan. A contraction of the Italian words, Bella Gente or “Beautiful People,” it enabled Toyota to expand its offering, especially in developing markets (it wasn’t such a big hit in North America or even Japan).

After three months of opening their order books, the first batch of 2022 Lexus ES sedans have finally arrived. They will be turned over to lucky owners just in time for Christmas.

Ford is modernizing its Thailand manufacturing operations with a huge USD 900 million investment in new technologies and systems to build the next-generation Ranger and Everest. This marks the largest ever single investment the American carmaker has made in the Southeast Asian country. It will cover both the Ford Thailand Manufacturing (FTM) and Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT) plants.

Volkswagen's Ranger-Based Amarok Teased Anew

Just a few weeks after Ford revealed the next-generation Ranger, its Volkswagen counterpart, the all-new Amarok has been teased as well.

The Kia Carens nameplate is returning, only this time, it will be used on a three-row SUV destined for developing markets such as India. Previewed in a series of sketches, it promises smart connectivity features along with a bold exterior and generous space for all occupants.

The Kaicene CX70 is the newest sub-compact 7-seater SUV in the market, and it pretty much does what it’s set out to do: offer a top-of-the-line SUV experience for three-quarters of a Toyota Rush or Honda BR-V’s price. Despite its winning price and high value for money quotient, it does, however, fall short—way short—of delivering three-quarters of its competitors on-road refinement and dynamics.

Kaicene, Changan’s commercial vehicle brand distributed by Berjaya Auto Asia is ready to get into the family MPV space with its first-ever automatic offering: the 2022 CX70.

Nissan Awarded For Being All About Good Vibes

Nissan has been named one of the world’s most socially impact brands. They were awarded by Laureus at their inaugural Laureus Sport for Good Index.

The first of its kind dedicated to brands that are leading the way in delivering a positive social and ecological impact through sport, the global index recognized Nissan as the sole automotive brand for its contribution to driving sustainability in the transport industry. Nissan’s recognition is accredited to the brand’s commitment towards building an equitable society, reducing sport’s ecological footprint, and growing the sporting industry’s economy through sport for good campaigns.

The Ford Territory officially marked its 8,000th sales milestone in the Philippines last November, proving its continued popularity among Filipino SUV buyers fifteen months since its launch in August last year and just four months after it hit the 5,000 unit mark.

This coming December 12, Bosch is launching a new array of lighting components all designed to make driving safer and more comfortable, especially at night.

Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC), the country’s leading assembler and distributor of brand-new trucks, together with Inteco President, Raymond Jarina and Isuzu Quezon Avenue Branch Manager, Ranvin Jarina, turned over the first Isuzu N-Series Smoother truck in the country to Kimwealth Infinity Marketing Corporation, a supplier of lighting fixtures and other electrical devices, located in Congressional Avenue, Quezon City.

The Arctic Trucks Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Is One Thicc Go Anywhere Luxury SUV

Well, that didn’t take long. Arctic Trucks got their hands on the all-new Land Cruiser 300 and the end result is this: the 2022 Land Cruiser AT35.

Mazda sub-compact buyers in Europe will brace for some confusion. Starting early next year, the Hiroshima-based carmaker is adding the Mazda2 Hybrid—a self-charging full-hybrid hatchback badge-engineered from the Toyota Yaris. This will be sold alongside the recently updated Mazda made 2022 Mazda2.

The next-generation 2022 Ranger is not expected to hit showrooms any time soon (the earliest timeframe for a market launch is sometime in the second half of 2022), but Ford’s already showing off the expansive accessories line they plan to offer for their pickup truck.

As Lamborghini celebrates the fourth year of its Urus, it’s time to look back at how this super SUV kicked off the greatest period of transformation for the Italian supercar brand.

Nissan And Nismo Unveil The Z GT500 Race Car

After announcing the retirement of the GT-R at the top-tier Super GT GT500, Nissan and NISMO have unveiled their newest challenger: the Nissan Z GT500. The new GT500 racer will participate in the Super GT Series starting with the 2022 season.

Holy crap: Toyota’s continued Gazoo-fication is happening in Europe too. After launching the high-performance GR Yaris, they’ve come up with this: the 2022 Yaris GR Sport. Prepare to be slightly confused.

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.

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