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See the latest cars, test-drive a few: why you should be at this motor show this weekend

Vince Pornelos
Updated as of Oct 27 12:30 PM

Happening now at the World Trade Center Manila til Sunday is the Philippine International Motor Show—your chance to see the hottest new cars of the year, and test drive a variety of them on-site.  Read more »

New car sales in Philippines likely to suffer first drop in 7 years

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 16 11:24 PM

New car sales this year in the Philippines are likely to sustain the first decline in seven years due largely to newly implemented higher excise taxes on automobiles.   Read more »

German prosecutors fine Audi 800-M euros for diesel violations

Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 05:51 PM

German premium car brand Audi , a division of Volkswagen, said it was fined 800 million euros ($927 million) on Tuesday for violations tied to heavily polluting six- and eight-cylinder diesel engines. Read more »

Ford expands partnership talks with VW and Mahindra to cut costs

Ben Klayman, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 10:13 PM

A key part of that plan to save money calls for Ford to deepen partnerships with other automakers around the world to share factory floor capacity and develop vehicles together, Ford executives told Reuters. Read more »

Ferrari quietly revs up for mostly hybrid cars by 2022

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 09:10 PM

Most of the cars made by Ferrari will be hybrid petrol-electric by 2022, the Italian sports car manufacturer said on Tuesday, including its first SUV. Read more »

Renault-Nissan-M'bishi alliance ties up with Google on in-car services

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 18 09:09 PM

The Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. alliance said Tuesday it has teamed up with Google to offer advanced information services from 2021 using the US tech giant's operating system. Read more »

Volkswagen to end production of the Beetle next year

Arunima Banerjee and Joseph White, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 14 07:54 AM

Volkswagen said on Thursday it would stop producing its Beetle compact car in 2019, ending a model that looked backward to the 1960s counterculture as the automaker prepares for a leap toward a future of mass-market electric cars. Read more »

Jaguar Land Rover approves electric sports car

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 08:01 AM

Britain's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has given the go-ahead to production of an electric version of its E-type sports car with first deliveries planned for the summer of 2020, the company said on Thursday. Read more »

In Chinese port city, Japan's Toyota lays foundation to ramp up sales

Norihiko Shirouzu and Yilei Sun, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 08:17 AM

Toyota Motor Corp is likely to make 120,000 more cars a year in the Chinese port city of Tianjin as part of a medium-term strategy that's gathering pace as China-Japan ties improve, said four company insiders with knowledge of the matter.   Read more »

50,000 trabaho sa automotive industry, alok sa mga Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:10 PM

Nasa 50,000 trabaho sa automotive industry ang inaasahang iaalok sa mga Pinoy dahil sa pagnanais ng mga Japanese manufacturer na pataasin ang produksiyon ng mga sasakyan sa bansa. Read more »

Japanese automotive firms seek to hire 50,000 Filipino workers

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 07:31 PM

Around 40 Japanese automotive firms are looking to recruit 50,000 Filipinos as the Philippines continues to position itself as an automotive manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia. Read more »

German electronics firm bets on auto parts demand to drive business in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 08:55 PM

German electronics manufacturer Continental Temic Electronics Philippines on Thursday said its prospect for growth is high despite global tariff woes and the eventual enforcement of the second tranche of the tax reform program. Read more »

Toyota, suppliers to invest P3.26 billion more in Philippines

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 06:39 PM

Toyota Motor Philippines Corp and its suppliers are investing an additional P3.26 billion in support of the government's plan to revive the vehicle manufacturing industry, the Board of Investments said Friday. Read more »

Big bikes find stride in growing Philippine economy: Honda

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 05:54 AM

The Philippine motorcycle market is developed enough to accommodate motorcycles with higher-displacement engines built for leisure, or so-called “big bikes”, Honda Philippines said on Tuesday. Read more »

Chevrolet PH boss says he puts people first

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 04:39 PM

He often finds himself surrounded by cars, but Chevrolet Philippines' boss says people always come first. Read more »

Car makers 'cautious' on sales due to new taxes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 11:49 AM

Vehicle manufacturers are "cautious" on sales projections this year as higher taxes on cars took effect, an industry group said Friday. Read more »

Samsung unveils driverless car parts, infotainment platform

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 05:21 PM

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its first set of components for autonomous driving and infotainment solutions developed with Harman International, which it bought about a year ago in a major push into the auto electronics market. Read more »

Can ride-sharing 'unlock cities?'

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 09:08 PM

Recently, ride-sharing service Uber commissioned a study with the Boston Consulting Group to look at the relationships between private car ownership, traffic and ride-sharing. The numbers that came out were staggering. Read more »

Tokyo concept car aims to fend off dents with external airbags

Reuters
Posted at Oct 25 09:36 PM

A concept car equipped with external airbags to protect against fender benders is raising eyebrows at the Tokyo Motor Show. Read more »

New eco-friendly jeepney prototypes to be unveiled

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 12:00 AM

Philippine Parts Makers Association president Ferdie Raquel Santos says the unveiling of prototype jeepneys at next month's expo will also showcase the country's ability to locally produce parts.  Read more »