With crossovers of all sizes cropping up left and right, you’d think that the traditional station wagon has gone the way of the dodo. Not for SMC Asia Car Distributors Corp., which is the official importer and distributor of BMW in the Philippines. The company launched the BMW 3 Series Touring on June 1, 2023 at its RSA Motors dealership in San Juan. This is the wagon version of the popular 3 Series executive sedan. Wagon revival SMC Asia Car Distributors Corp. president Spencer Yu told AutoFun

Back when I was a kid, having a turbocharger meant you had a car with plenty of grunt. These were the days of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5, the GC8 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R and even the 993 Porsche 911 Turbo – all high-performance machines that used forced induction to make their magic happen. Nowadays, turbos are popping up even in subcompact sedans like the Honda Civic supposedly in the name of better efficiency and higher fuel economy. But owning a turbocharged

Turbodiesel sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) like Mitsubishi Montero Sport and the Toyota Fortuner may rule Philippine roads, but this country will always have a soft spot for American iron. Since the late-1990s, V8-powered Leviathans like the Ford Expedition and the Chevrolet Suburban have maintained a small yet commanding presence in our streets, guzzling unleaded like there was no tomorrow. But Ford decided to shoehorn a turbocharged V6 into the Expedition to accommodate the demand for better fu

On March 22, 2023, Chevrolet announced that it would be ending the production of the Chevrolet Camaro, its famous muscle car, by January 2024. The model name will not be axed, but the American carmaker has not yet officially announced an immediate replacement for the vehicle. But before the Camaro goes away, the "golden bowtie" brand has one more swan song for the old muscle car in the Japanese market. Chevrolet has released a limited edition model, with just 20 units. These models carry the Viv

The 2023 Mercedes-Benz C 180 was recently unveiled by Auto Nation Group, the official distributor and importer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the Philippines. Priced at Php 3,890,000, the new C-Class will be sold only in Avantgarde trim at all four Mercedes-Benz dealerships around the country. Baby S-Class? Touted as the brand's modern executive C-segment take on luxury, the new C-Class Avantgarde sports features that have trickled down from the flagship S-Class. How high has the new C-Class raise

Mercedes-Benz anticipates a few of its existing vehicle fabricating plants to be retooled to create as it were completely electric vehicles by the moment half of this decade, but it'll not be investing cash to construct modern, EV-only plants. "Building a entire unused battery-electric vehicle manufacturing plant takes time. We have taken another approach,” said generation chief Joerg Burzer in an meet with Reuters. "We will certainly have a few lines creating only electric vehicles within the f