It’s around 8 p.m. and the nighttime air is whipping against my face, with my hands firmly grasping the roof bar. The wind, vigorously buffeting around my ears, is a pleasant accompaniment to the twinkling of the stars above. I’m standing on the floor in the back seat as my fellow motoring scribe Ian Magbanua takes us down a quiet winding road in Alabang. No, it’s not a fancy sports car, nor is it a shoot for a music video. It was just my way of enjoying the fresh air more thoroughly as we took

What splendid weather we’ve had this past week! Clear skies, no volcanic smog, and rain showers every once in a while to keep us from getting overheated. It feels like summer in the “-ber” months. Something else that was rather heated was your reception to our stories from the last week. Here are your favorite five from October 9 to 15, 2023, in this edition of the AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup. Go, go ATTO 3! Even though it has the name of a children’s cartoon character, the BYD ATTO 3 e

Toyota has designed a new concept vehicle dubbed the Toyota Baby Lunar Cruiser. The concept car was shown off for the first time at the 50th anniversary of the Calty Design Research, the Japanese automaker’s American design outpost. The concept car was designed “to conquer rugged terrain on Earth and beyond,” while borrowing some styling cues from the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40. Exterior styling ready for space At the front, the BLC has the word “TOYOTA” spelled out in bold letters, similar to the

The Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 is one of the hottest commodities on the local new-car market, especially with the monumental mark-ups that dealers have been piling on the sport-utility vehicle (SUV). But the LC300’s days of ruling the roost (and thus, holding buyers hostage with pricing) may soon be numbered with the latest generation of its long-running Japanese rival, the Nissan Patrol. Australian automotive publication Drive secured spyshots of the upcoming Patrol undergoing testing in the Uni

The BMW X line has been a huge hit for the German carmaker since the first X5 was launched in 1999. These crossovers combine the polished, well-balanced driving dynamics of a BMW with the practicality and utility of a sport-utility vehicle. The BMW X1, which is the littlest of the X lineup, debuted in 2009 and has sold over 1.9 million units worldwide since then. SMC Asia Car Distributors Corp., the official importer and distributor of BMW in the Philippines, debuted the latest X1 on March 2023,

Can the Jaguar I-PACE, the iconic British sports car brand's first and only battery electric vehicle, go up to Tagaytay and back to Manila with a full charge? This was the challenge posed to us by Coventry Motors Corporation president Chris Ward. Full disclosure: Jaguar Philippines invited AutoFun.ph to a day trip to Tagaytay to have a taste of the I-PACE along with an early brunch at Dear Joe's coffee shop inside Crosswinds. This is my first time driving the Jaguar I-PACE, and my observations a