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

Hyundai Motor Philippines (HMPH) resumes its Hyundai Mobility Experience tour as the South Korean automaker heads to SM Malls in Davao and Cebu in September. After successfully introducing the Grand Before Service Activity (GBSA) at Festival Mall in Alabang, the said Aftersales program is being brought to the two regional capitals. The star of the tour is the brand’s back-to-back World Car of the Year Winners, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2022) and the Hyundai Ioniq 6 (2023). Visitors to this event will

Advanced safety systems (also known as active-safety suites) are slowly becoming the norm, with more and more manufacturers including them in their cars. For instance, Honda Cars Philippines made headlines by offering its Honda SENSING suite as standard in all variants of the updated 2024 Honda City. This is a first for the popular subcompact sedan segment. These features make vehicles more convenient to use and safer, especially on long trips. That being said, we will compare two popular active

Long before its recent launch, the 2022 Subaru WRX was much awaited by car enthusiasts, especially race car drivers, who were looking forward to a better and bolder sport compact car. The WRX draws its inspiration from when Subaru joined and won the World Rallying Championship manufacturer's trophies from 1995 to 1997, along with the driver's championships in 1995, 2001, and 2003. Indeed, it has several attributes that make it one of the most sought-after high-performance cars. Its specification

What are your considerations in getting a vehicle? Is it the capacity? Technology? Its aesthetic presentation? Affordability? Whatever your criteria in choosing a vehicle may be, the decision comes down to whoever's using or getting it. The 2022 Suzuki S-Presso is the most affordable model you could get today at around half a million pesos. But what's beyond that a little more than half a million-peso S-Presso? Pros It is the most affordable car on the Philippine market. Not just nowadays, but w

It all started with a glorious bang but coldly petered out in an untriumphant finish. Once hailed as the cream of the crop, Ford Ecosport has been a phenomenal success during its initial run in the Brazilian car marketplace in 2003. The stream of revenue was so good in fact, that the former had eventually reached cumulative sales of 700,000 units in 2011; with profits also streaming in from other neighboring countries like Venezuela, Argentina, and Mexico all this as part of Ford Motors’s largel