A comprehensive display of custom cars, sport trucks, modified SUVs and state-of-the-art mobile sound set-ups, and the country’s biggest automotive aftermarket show will be at the 2009 Manila Auto Salon from Nov. 26 to 29 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

It may not have been a stellar year for Panasonic Toyota Racing, but it ended up on a bright note.

Bridgestone Corporation will withdraw from Formula 1 at the end of the 2010 season.

Red Bull Racing swept the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last Sunday with Sebastian Vettel leading Mark Webber in a one-two finish.

The Isuzu Crosswind again proved that you can’t put a good vehicle down.

The faithful Nissan Patrol Super Safari changes,  yet remains the same.

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. recently partnered with its corporate fleet accounts to promote fuel-efficient driving. With the number of cars managed by these accounts, a simple tweak on driving habits will mean a significant difference in extending fuel mileage.

The 2009 Auto Focus Motorshow & Auto Expo opened yesterday at the Bonifacio Global City. It will be open until Nov. 8.

It was a business program yet unseen in the automotive industry. When Universal Motors Corporation launched the innovative Ur Van, Ur Business (UVUB) Program in 2006, it revolutionized vehicle marketing and its role in encouraging entreprenueurship.

No one likes to be designated driver, especially when it comes to carpool duty. Yet if any designated driver were to have the Toyota Previa, he might be inclined to reconsider. Few cars take so much of the chore out of driving that it hardly becomes a chore at all.

Toyota is preparing the world’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) that can travel 20 kilometers solely on electric power, with 500 units to be used on a lease marketing arrangement in Japan, the US and Europe.

Jean Todt will replace Max Mosley as the new president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). The former Ferrari team boss succeeds Mosley after winning the elections last week in Paris.

Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb grabbed his sixth World Rally Championship last Sunday after winning the Rally Great Britain.

Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi claimed his seventh MotoGP title and ninth world championship last Sunday despite finishing only in third place in a very wet Malaysian Grand Prix. Ducati’s Casey Stoner won the race.

CATS Motors recently launched the new Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe in its dealership in Global City, Taguig – continuing its legacy of developing sporty and elegant two-door vehicles in MB’s mid range models which first rolled out from their production line four decades ago.

A friend called our attention to something he read in the news after the recent floods. It was about police catching some wise guys towing stalled vehicles abandoned by owners during the floods. The catch is that the owners hadn’t authorized the towing. It was just a new modus operandi for vehicle theft.

The electric car technology has developed to something you won’t be associating with the golf buggy or the theme park shuttle.

Photos of automobiles submerged in flood water or deep in mud sent out some of the most vivid and strongest images of the tragedy that was Ondoy.

Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation offers special sales incentives for new vehicle purchases of typhoon-affected Toyota customers.

Dreaming of a brand new netbook? Or an iPhone? Or better yet, a home theater package complete with a 40-inch LED TV?