If you’ve ever been a motor racing fan, especially of the circuit variety, then spending two hours and fifteen minutes watching the Gran Turismo movie would be a no-brainer. It is the story of Jann Mardenborough, a former Nissan factory driver who started his racing career not from go-karts, as most professional drivers have until the late ‘90s, but from playing the Gran Turismo video game. Oh, sorry, driving simulator. I met the guy at the Nissan 360 event at Fuji Speedway back in 2015. He was

Disclosure: Honda Cars Philippines Inc. kindly lent me a 2023 Honda Civic Type R FL5 for nine days. It arrived with a full tank of fuel and loaded RFID cards. AutoFun Philippines paid for additional fuel, toll, and a carwash. The word “legend” gets thrown around an awful lot nowadays. Social media is awash with so-called legends, supposedly because they achieved some incredible metric online (a gazillion followers/subscribers) or for some insane (and often extremely dangerous) act. A little etym

It’s the last Sunday of January – here’s another edition of the AutoFun Philippines Rearview Roundup. We’ve compiled the top five stories from January 23 to 27, 2023 that really moved you. Here’s what you chose. Toyota party! In case you’ve been living under a rock over the last decade, Toyota is once again the top-selling car brand in the Philippines. Data from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. showed that the company took a mammoth share of the market in 2022, sel

It’s finally happening – the Gran Turismo racing simulation game is being turned into a movie and the trailer has just come out! The film tells the story of 2011 Nissan GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough through his journey from a sim racer playing Gran Turismo to becoming a professional racing driver. Movies based on video games typically aren’t well received. One such example is the 2014 film “Need For Speed,” which currently has a score of one out of five stars on the popular movie review w

The relentless pursuit of perfection continues with Lexus as it introduces a round of upgrades to the tuned edition of its venerable compact sedan, the IS series. As the pinnacle of the brand’s Lexus Driving Signature ethos in the compact category, the IS 350 F Sport deserves enhancements that will further amplify confidence, comfort, and overall love of driving. New for the IS 350 F Sport is a Limited-Slip Differential or LSD. Essential in providing greater control and satisfaction when taking

The debut of Toyota tuner Tom’s at the Tokyo Auto Salon in January this year brings oders opening for their tuned 2020 Toyota GR Supra and 2020 Toyota Century this weekend. The Supra gets a new turbo, intercooler and an ECU tweak among other mods to bump the power up from 335 PS to 460 PS. Meanwhile, stiffened chassis and new Brembo six-piston brake calipers mated to 380mm discs means the newfound power stays in check. Unlike us (hopefully), when cars go on a diet they become wider. The ‘Legend