SeaOil Philippines has renewed its title sponsorship of the SeaOil Radical Challenge Philippines, reinforcing its long-standing partnership with Radical Cars Philippines and the country’s fastest racing series.

Wards Auto has released its list of the 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems and for this year’s list eight are electrified, including Honda’s two-motor hybrid used in the Civic e:HEV and the upcoming Prelude.

New vehicle sales have dived by 5.5 percent to 36,174 units last August compared to the previous month and down 8 percent compared to August 2024. It marks the second weakest month for the auto industry based on the August joint report of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).

It’s been around five years since Nissan opted out of the compact car segment here in the Philippines, but that doesn’t mean that they’re out of it altogether elsewhere in the world. Case in point is the ninth-generation Nissan Sentra (fifth-generation Sylphy) which has just been launched.

Chery Auto Philippines is the next Chinese carmaker to bring down the price of its 7-seater plug-in hybrid, only this time, they’re re-aligning the specs of an existing model to do so. Priced at P 1,528,000, the Chery Tiggo REV Luxury Edition (LE) is P 120,000 lower than the first batch of Tiggo REV C-DM SUVs introduced early this year at the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS).

After announcing its discontinuation in April of last year, the final Subaru Legacy has rolled off the assembly line. The final unit, finished in a subdued Magnetite Gray, was driven off the assembly line last Friday, September 12 at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) plant shortly after 3 PM.

It may be commonplace for carmakers to offer partially updated vehicles midway through its lifecycle, but it’s more uncommon to offer these upgrades to existing owners. When it comes to Toyota and its quest for ever-better cars, however, that’s exactly what they’re doing. Case in point is the 2026 GR Corolla.