“In this business, you gotta have a tough skin.” This is what Visor.Ph Editor-in-Chief Vernon Sarne told me at last week's BMW M2 launch event. Chief, as I fondly call him to this day (he got me to join Top Gear Philippines magazine as a cover photographer and writer back in 2010), has seen it all and has been through wars ordinary people would have waived the white flag early on. The mental and physical stress this job entails can be too much for someone who cares about his craft. So when we he

The launch of the all-new 2024 Honda CR-V marked the return of an electrified model in the carmaker’s Philippine lineup following the phaseout of the Legend luxury sedan some years ago. The CR-V RS e:HEV packs a 2.0-liter, twin-cam, 16-valve inline-4 gasoline engine mated to an electric motor. The combined output is 184 PS and 355 Nm of torque, coursed through a continuously variable transmission. The e:HEV full-hybrid system also has an EV Drive Mode that lets the vehicle run solely on battery

Chevrolet has just launched the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV after being announced at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. The new model is available in front-, rear-, and all-wheel-drive, with a model being specifically made for the US police. The Golden Bowtie brand has yet to release the full specifications of the EV, but it has revealed that the top-spec Blaze EV SS trim will come with 557 horsepower and 879 Nm of torque. Aside from this, Chevy has stated that the new EV will also come with a Wid

Mazda Motor Corp. has announced that it will launch its first electric vehicle-only model in 2027. The Japanese automaker’s CEO, Masahiro Moro, stated in a recent interview in Tokyo that the new model is part of the brand’s effort to speed up its electrification efforts to keep it competitive globally. Mazda has already dabbled with electric vehicles (EVs) with the Mazda MX-30 crossover, launched as a hybrid vehicle with electric-only and rotary range-extender models also available. It also sell

The Covenant Car Company, Inc. (TCCCI), the distributor of MG vehicles in the Philippines, has special offers for you for the MG ZS and other cars this June. As part of its “Make Your Way with MG” vehicle sales promo, the ZS Style AT variant can be had with a low downpayment option of only ₱98,000, or you can have the SUV with a discounted SRP of ₱873,888. Aside from the MG ZS Style, promos on other MG ZS variants—namely, Style Plus, Nite Edition, Alpha, and Trophy—are also available. Drive home

Despite all the hullabaloo over the all-new Toyota Vios, there’s one Toyota subcompact that still has life left in it. Toyota Motor Thailand Co. Ltd. unveiled a facelifted version of the Toyota Yaris hatchback on March 9, 2023. This updated model is still based on the XP150 platform shared with its sibling, the previous-generation Toyota Vios. “Toyota has introduced the Yaris, which has sold more than 418,000 units in Thailand since its launch in 2005 and is still popular with the number one sal