Before the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord, there was only one executive car of choice, and its name is Mitsubishi Galant.  This namepl...

Call it a quirk of fortune, or an occasion of un-serendipity, if you will. The Mazda MX-5 was ours for a long weekend, in the middle of summ...

Go ahead. Stare as much as you like. What you’re seeing on these pages is the 2009 Toyota RAV4. We’re not kidding! That’s how “subtle” th...

Success plays mind games on people.  Sometimes it pushes you to do greater things, sometimes it makes you complacent and sometimes it mak...

Sixty-six horsepower isn’t something to get excited about.  After all, the last time I’ve driven a car with that little hood ponies was a...

Everyday traffic in Manila is such a finicky creature.  One moment, you’re cruising the length of EDSA at about 80 km/h and the next; you...

There’s always something just right about the BMW 3 Series.  Beside the papa bear excess of the 7 Series and the mommy bear conservatism ...

Isuzu has always been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to diesel engines.  Their formidable direct-injection lean burners have a...

I’m not getting any younger.  The moment I stare at the bathroom mirror, I notice the sagging gut and developing eye lines.  I’m feeling ...

In each carmaker’s lineup, there’s a core product that strongly defines the company philosophy and demonstrates its technological abilities....

When Carlos Ghosn announced the Nissan Revival Plan in 1999, rarely did he mention about making exciting cars.  All he stressed were impr...

Today’s trendy lifestyle demands something more out of a car.  What was once a means of getting from point A to point B has become a sort...

The Ford Ranger scored a major upset earlier this year when it successfully defended its Pickup of the Year title against a couple of lar...

A lot is expected from the all-new Toyota RAV4.  Aside from being the newest offering in the compact SUV segment, this model was responsi...

Visions of Mercedes-Benz usually involve long stately limousines, flashy roadsters, or Kimi Raikkonen’s own chrome-plated weekend drive. ...

As early as three years into its life, Audi was pressured to come out with a new A4.  When Audi engineers were already beginning to reach...

“Surprise and delight the customer” may be a common marketing goal these days, but it’s unusual to find a car that genuinely fits the bil...

Just last weekend, I was checking the classified ads looking for how much a new house might cost these days. After a few flips, I found a...

The moment you set your sights at the Hyundai Matrix, you immediately think: that doesn’t look right.  I don’t blame you.  The rest of hu...

I’ve got this soft spot when it comes to Mitsubishi off-roaders. Call them crude, but there’s something—either with their stance or loo...

The engine closes up to 7,000 rpm and the muted sonorous note fills the cabin.  Just before the rev limiter hit, you signal the sequentia...

Charles Darwin once proposed that man and ape originated from a common ancestor. His so-called ‘Theory of Evolution’ was, at best, accepted...

Metro Manila is currently a landscape of torn-up roads, construction debris, and giant cranes straight out a James Cameron script. Even driv...

Warp back to the early nineties, and you’ll come to an era when small cars were anything but fun. They were literally at the bottom of the ...

Jaguar’s XJ-series is the epitome of luxury and performance for the British car maker.  And even with Ford money, and the subsequent intr...

Pluck any car enthusiast from the last 40 years, and there is only one car that he will be sure to identify from a hundred paces away.  T...