“In this business, you gotta have a tough skin.” This is what Visor.Ph Editor-in-Chief Vernon Sarne told me at last week's BMW M2 launch event. Chief, as I fondly call him to this day (he got me to join Top Gear Philippines magazine as a cover photographer and writer back in 2010), has seen it all and has been through wars ordinary people would have waived the white flag early on. The mental and physical stress this job entails can be too much for someone who cares about his craft. So when we he

Disclosure: This article is part of a paid campaign by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation. Mitsubishi is, arguably, as much a part of the fabric of Philippine motoring as the iconic jeepney. Since 1963, nameplates like Lancer, Galant, Celeste, Cimarron, Pajero and many more have become permanent entries in the Filipino driving vocabulary. And through all the country’s glories and crises, the Japanese carmaker has always stayed by the Filipino’s side, bringing functional and exciting mobil

Disclaimer: Jetour Auto Philippines invited AutoFun Philippines to a 7-day all-expense paid trip to China.There, we visited Auto Shanghai 2023, the Chery manufacturing plant in Wuhu, and several tourist attractions in the province of Anhui. Back in the day, we in the motoring press were considered the be-all and end-all of accurate and timely news about cars, motorcycles, and the automotive industry in general. If you wanted to know about a newly launched car model, you only needed to flip throu

If you're a huge soccer fan who's also interested in trying out the eye-catching Hyundai Creta, pay attention! Hyundai Motor Philippines Inc. (HMPI) announced in a press statement that it will give two lucky winners (with one companion each) an all-expense-trip to Doha, Qatar, to watch the Category 1 stage of the FIFA World Cup Tournament under its FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Test Drive Promo. This includes a four-day stay at a five-star hotel and a tour of Qatar City. The winners will also join 2

Isn't it quite ironic that many car companies nowadays are more focused on providing the latest touchscreen controls, comfort features, cameras, and even electronic nannies and engine efficiency innovations rather than making their cars more satisfying to drive? Fortunately, there are a number of brands that still think that the act of driving should be an art. For them, driving refinement is a continuous process for improvement. And despite some of them providing luxury-levels of comfort and co

To conquer the booming industry of subcompact crossover SUVs, American automobile maker Chevrolet introduced a new addition to their line-up – the 2022 Chevrolet Tracker. The Tracker may have a tough journey ahead in persuading the Filipino automotive market as several vehicles in the class are already established and known in the country, but in the past months, since it was introduced locally, it has gained a rapid population which also makes it a tough battle for the older models. Prices and