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

Every pickup buyer has their definition of what makes a good pickup. Some say it has to ride like a sedan, even though it’s not. Others say it’s fuel consumption, even though it needs a large engine to lug itself around. However, the base definition of one is purely subjective, and no one pickup can be objectively good. If there was one that could come close, however, it would have to be a truck that could do it all – cargo, comfort, consumption, convenience, and performance, all in a neat comme

It was like any other work day for 63-year-old Doreen Bacus on the morning of Sept. 24, 2022. As traffic thinned out on the corner of Elizalde Avenue and Aguirre Avenue in Barangay BF Homes in Paranaque City, the elderly street sweeper quickly headed into the street to broom up some clutter. Job done, she turns around to move to the next bit of trash on the street. A nearby CCTV camera sees what she can't: a white Mitsubishi Pajero barreling towards her. Without even braking or taking any avoidi

The Nissan Navara is an off-road pickup truck that comes with numerous unique traits that make it stand out in its category. Like its other competitors, Nissan makes sure that they have something new to introduce each year as a part of their upgraded model. This 2022, Nissan introduces more than one innovation in the classic high-performance Nissan Navara. And I have to admit that those features are stunning and impressive. Here are the things that I like about the new Nissan Navara It comes wit

Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor Corporation has brought out their 2022 version of the Nissan Navara, called the Nissan Frontier and Nissan NP300, in Central, North, and South America. Navara is a mid-size pickup truck that has been around since 1985. It has been one of the most well-performing pickup trucks that are affordable in the automotive market in the Philippines. For the past years, Nissan Navara has received numerous accolades for its overall build and powert

A paragon of durability and uncompromising performance, the Toyota Hilux is the only pickup truck offered by Toyota in the country that had savored phenomenal sales every successive year. Proof of fact just last year (2021), according to one reputable US-based motoring review, Toyota has shifted a jaw-dropping 47,480 Hilux units in Europe alone. Enough horsepower that would cause quite a stir in the foreign car market scene. Meanwhile, Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) has made progressive updates