Unlike Toyota or Ford, Honda Cars did not really have an established presence in the Philippines until it officially started operations on October 1990. This month, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) is celebrating 33 years in the country with a variety of awesome deals from Oct. 1 to 31, 2023. These include a 10-percent, all-in downpayment of as low as ₱10,000 for the highly popular 2023 Honda BR-V VX with Honda SENSING, which is the only vehicle in its class to feature active-safety assists li

And just like that, it’s already March! Thankfully (or maybe not thankfully), we still have those cool, crisp mornings with the searing-hot sun in between. In just a few months, the skies will open and the rain will pour. But what’s not cold and wet are the five hottest stories from February 20 to March 3, 2023. These are the ones that you enjoyed the most for this Sunday’s AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup. Je-what?! Another Chinese brand is coming to the Philippines – this time a subsidiary

Continuously variable transmissions (CVT) have slowly begun to replace traditional automatic gearboxes in modern vehicles. CVTs provide a near-infinite number of “gear ratios” vehicles can use to optimize fuel economy and daily driving performance. It lets the engine operate at its most efficient range by assigning ratios according to driving conditions. Now that CVTs have become mainstream, this gearbox is seeing new versions of itself as automakers adapt and further enhance this new technology

(Image from Toyota PH) The Vios is the quintessential sedan in the country. It is so ubiquitous you probably must have lived on Mars for two decades and just got home yesterday if you don't know what it looks like. It is used as a private car, as a taxi cab, as a TNVS car, and even as a company car. Fleet purchases have made the Vios garden variety since its introduction in 2002. Recently, it has even been given a Gazoo Racing badge to hype its sporting credentials. And it even features its own

The Honda City is arguably one of the best competitors from its segment after the Toyota Vios. Now, as new competitors emerge like the Geely Emgrand, the City shows its dominance with the coming of a new generation from 2021. The all-new Honda City shows class with its looks, power and fuel efficiency with its engine, and all the cool stuff Honda always bring to the table. The Honda City, like the Civic, has three main variants – the S, the V, and the RS. The S being the base model has a manual

Electrification is the future and Toyota is well aware of that. The Japanese manufacturer is reportedly planning to electrify the next-generation Toyota Vios, codenamed D92A. A recent report from Philippines media AutoIndustriya mentioned that Toyota has plans to fit the Daihatsu-developed e:Smart Hybrid powertrain into the next-generation Toyota Vios, as well as the equally-new Toyota Avanza. Why Daihatsu’s e:Smart Hybrid and not Toyota’s THS? The next-gen Toyota Vios will adopt the simpler, le