The Ford Island Conquest (FIC) experiential test-drive event is sweeping the country from north to south for October 2023. Ford Philippines announced in a press statement that it will first head to SM Seaside in Cebu from Oct. 6 to 8, 2023. Next, the FIC will be at Ayala Malls Solenad in Sta. Rosa, Laguna from Oct. 13 to 15, 2023, followed by SM City Pampanga in San Fernando, Pampanga on Oct. 27 to 29, 2023. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., the FIC includes an in-mall vehicle display and on-road tes

The all-new 2024 Honda CR-V will officially launch in the Philippines on Sept. 13, 2023. AutoFun Philippines was the first to report that the venerable crossover would arrive this year with an all-new hybrid engine. This marks the local return of an electrified model in the Honda Cars Philippines lineup. The previous-generation model made waves locally for two reasons – an available, economical turbodiesel engine and a third row of seats. The former has gone the way of the dodo, while the latter

Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP), the local distributor of Geely vehicles in the Philippines, has awarding of the grand prize winner of the “Dream Ride Like No Other” car promo in partnership with Araneta City with a brand new Geely Okavango Urban Plus. Mary Anne Dela Vega, from Project 4, Quezon City, emerged as the lucky recipient of the top-of-the-line variant of Geely’s 7-seater SUV. The Geely Okavango offers customers a spacious and versatile interior. It also offers buyers a premium interi

Disclaimer: Honda Cars Philippines Inc. very kindly lent me a 2022 Honda HR-V V Turbo for one week full of fuel and RFID cards with enough load for a trip to the moon and back. AutoFun Philippines paid for a car wash and some fuel for the trip back to the HCPI plant in Santa Rosa, Laguna. “Nahulog ata sa likod ng kotse yung earphones ko nung nag-drifting.” [Translation: My earphones might have fallen in the back seat when we went drifting.] So was the rather harried message that I got from my de

The legendary Ralliart brand name, Mitsubishi's in-house high performance, and motorsports division, returns to off-road racing this week at the Asia Cross Country Rally 2022. Armed with three Mitsubishi Triton, locally known as the Strada, rally-prepped pickups, Team Mitsubishi Ralliart has prepared for the cross-country even the rally cars to a total of 1,900 kilometers of endurance testing. In Leg 0, a total of 56 machines – 21 vehicles in the motorcycle category, 2 in the sidecar category, 3

For so many years, Japanese-made cars have dominated the Philippine automotive market because of their affordability and robustness. There are also American-made and European-made vehicles that are also on top of their game in providing the best automobile, not just in the Philippines, but all over the globe. For the past few years, Chinese automobile brands have entered the country with competitive car models, but in affordable prices, and one of them is the subcompact SUV 2022 Changan CS35 Plu