GAC has recently started accepting orders for the Trumpchi ES9 SUV (GS8 in the Philippine market). Interested buyers can choose from four versions of the SUV, with two being standard variants and the others being called the Traveller. Similar to what is available in the Philippine market, the Trumpchi ES9 (GAC GS8) locally measures in at 4980/1950/1780mm, and the wheelbase is 2920mm, while the Traveller model measures 5110/1976/1780mm with a 2920mm wheelbase. The Traveller models are much longer

GAC Philippines has something interesting planned as it announced its Discovery Drive Festival scheduled on Aug. 25 to 27, 2023 at the Palm Drive Activity Area in Glorietta. There, eventgoers can see the latest from the automaker and test drive its Philippine lineup of vehicles. GAC will also unveil a new car at the event, rumored to be a new variant of the GAC GS8. While the poster image doesn’t reveal much aside from the familiar silhouette of the GS8, we can look at the variants of the sport-

Mazda Philippines is shooting for the stars (including “three-pointed” ones) with the launch of the all-new CX-60 crossover on June 9, 2023. Launched globally on April 2022, the five-seater rides on a completely new Skyactiv platform designed for rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive applications. The Philippines will get the 3.3-liter inline-six gasoline and the turbodiesel Sport variants. The company said aside from targeting current Mazda CX-5 owners who want to move upmarket, the CX-60 positi

Crossovers are a growing segment in the Philippines market. Because of this, brands such as GAC and Changan have entered the market looking to get a piece of the very lucrative segment. Today we will look at the compact crossover segment where the Changan Uni-T and the GAC Emkoo reside. It's a market segment for those who want a crossover but are willing to shell out more cash for more power, features, and technology. We will compare the Emkoo and the Uni-T based on their available specification

Although the rear-wheel-drive Mazda CX-60 and Mazda CX-90 have been hogging the headlines recently, Mazda has another sharp-looking crossover. The Mazda CX-50 isn’t poised to take on the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz unlike its larger stablemates. Instead, it uses a larger version of the excellent-handling, front-wheel-drive Mazda3 platform and is a bit larger than the Mazda CX-5 crossover. But the mere fact that Mazda has just introduced the CX-50 in China and has assigned local assembly to th

In a bold statement of intent, Rommel Sytin, United Asia Automotive Group Inc. Chairman, said that Chery Philippines is mulling over the idea of locally assembling electric vehicles in the future. Sytin's statement was in response to a question about Chery Philippines' intent on continuing and expanding its Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle range in the country during the press conference of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, or CAMPI. The recent sales success of the Chery