Toyota Motor Company chair Akio Toyoda is perhaps one of the most charismatic automotive executives in recent memory. The 67-year-old scion of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda impressed Filipinos with his immense driving talent during the Toyota GAZOO Racing (GR) Festival on August 2023 at the Quirino Grandstand. A keen racer (using the name "Morizo"), Toyoda was also a development driver for Toyota’s high-performance vehicles like the Toyota GR Yaris. But in a recent video posted on X (formerly

It’s the first Sunday of May! Five months in, the heat still isn’t letting up, with the government recently declaring an El Nino alert in the face of even more dry spells. Keeping up with this intense heat is another edition of AutoFun Philippines' Rearview Roundup, which features the top five stories from May 1 to 7, 2023. Here are the articles that you enjoyed most! To recall or not to recall? The all-new Toyota Vios and Toyota Wigo have already been introduced in other ASEAN markets, but both

Say Nissan in the Philippines, and you’ll almost always get compliments about the brand’s superb air-conditioning systems. Given the government’s recent announcement of an El Niño alert, which is expected to prolong the country’s sweltering dry spell, being in a Nissan might be a godsend – unless you have a Nissan Kicks e-POWER, that is. Problems with the Kicks e-POWER’s air-conditioning system have been reported as early as January 2023, with owners claiming total air-con failure despite their

Ford Philippines recently opened an online reservation website for the 2023 Ford Territory- https://ford.to/TerritoryReserveNow. It is part of the brand’s way to tease the upcoming crossover SUV before its official public reveal at the 2023 Manila International Auto Show. The website shows the sole Titanium variant for the 2023 Ford Territory, along with its key features. However, we suspect this is just the beginning, as one more variant could be coming. Also read: 2023 Ford Territory Titanium

The 2023 Toyota Innova is one of the most-awaited multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) in the Philippines. Debuting in Indonesia on November 2022, one of the headlines for the newest iteration of Toyota’s popular MPV is the dropping of the venerable 2.8-liter turbodiesel engine in favor of a hybrid drivetrain. Although there is no word yet on when the all-new Innova will arrive in the Philippines, it will face another large seven-seater with a mild-hybrid powerplant – the Geely Okavango. For this electr

More and more Filipinos are choosing SUVs over other vehicles out in the local market as space is essential if you want to go places with the whole family. With the rapidly soaring popularity of the segment, you would see several comparison reviews among rivals to figure out which is better than the other. But, will the 2022 version of the vehicles you are eying be really better than their outgoing versions? 2022 Isuzu mu-X When it comes to premium-level offerings, Isuzu mu-X has always been com