They don’t build them like this anymore
New cars drive better, but there’s no replacing the character that classics have
In my last six months of contributing to Top Gear Philippines, I have featured a number of specialty cars-some vintage, but mostly modern classics. I have not reviewed any new cars yet, but I can imagine that a classic car feature
What’s your favorite car name?
Read part one here and part two here.The concept of utopia is fairly indefinable, and likely varies a lot from person to person. Certainly, it's not an idea that it's easy to imagine actually existing in the real
Cool titles are everywhere, from Lamborghini to Hyundai
Read part one here.For British people, the name 'Thunderbird' is more likely to conjure up images of fantastical jet-age rescue vehicles piloted by freakish dead-eyed, slack-jawed puppets than a big personal luxury car, but for a certain generation,
What’s in a name? Lots of coolness, undoubtedly
You probably couldn't live much of a nomadic lifestyle in Ariel's hilarious dune-buggy-stroke-sports-car mashup, what with the entire lack of luggage space and sleeping quarters and whatnot, but it's an entirely apt name for a
Once upon a time, Renault actually had representation in the Philippines
I barely got a chance to really know my Uncle Alex. He was a tall gentleman with a big voice; I was actually scared of him. Sadly, he fell ill and passed away when I was just six years old. But I
Marching into the modern-ish age
Read part one here.For years, most developed car markets were largely dominated by their domestic brands, but that began to change in the '60s, and no more dramatically than in the way Japanese manufacturers began to get a foothold in other
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It all started here
Right-hopefully, we don't need to explain this one. While there were some semi-viable attempts to build self-propelled carriages as far back as the 1760s, the fact is that before the 1886 debut of Carl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen,
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As the kids say these days, “it’s so peak”
It's safe to say that 1982 was not a very good time for the Philippines. A major economic crisis was just around the corner, which itself was triggered by political instability, bringing the country to the brink of bankruptcy.It was
Before the luxury big-body SUVs, the LC was all about utility
In September of 2014, the Sky Blue 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ40 pictured here was what greeted visitors to the Philippine International Motor Show. It was (and still is) one of the finest examples of the model at the time, and it
Here’s the definitive top 10
As the first ever mass-produced electric car, the Leaf was, understandably, a tad crude. Range was better measured in metres than kilometers, battery degradation was catastrophic, and the design... well, there wasn't one. But we had to start somewhere. And
We're getting closer to the top 10
Not the first rotary-engined production car-that accolade goes to the NSU Spider, developed by Felix Heinrich Wankel, who invented the technology and gave it that definitely-not-funny name. But the Cosmo was the first to make it work. It
A Philippine-built German classic
Hard to believe, but in the early '70s, two-door coupes were a thing in the Philippines, with buyers spoilt for choice of different models waiting to be driven off showroom floors. A selection of the cars on offer were the Datsun
One of our hometown heroes
Pure, unapologetic indulgence. That's why the Brooklands is so unbelievably special. Somehow it slathers the spirit of a pre-WW2 special coachbuilt for aristocracy into an austerity era runout special. A car seemingly snuck out the door while the Volkswagen Group
by Ollie Kew
Any Suns fans here?
If you're an NBA fan, you've probably seen photos and videos of Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker showing up to home games in Pretty Penny, his pristine Chevrolet Impala. Off the court, the shooting guard is a genuine car guy
by Billy Caluag
Filled to the brim with ’80s and ’90s nostalgia
It's a '90s fever dream wrought in neon and overly-complex exhaust tips, imagination cast in fiberglass, hazy memories reflected in the 8-bit screens of an Atari stand-up video game. If you're of a certain age-and even
by Tom Ford
And why he’s content with his old Range Rover and Jag
It's one of the biggest questions for gearheads the world over: Have cars already peaked? With new models persistently getting heavier, packing in more tech-including active safety assists-and massive touchscreens to contain it all, it often feels like things
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The engine bay was signed by Niki Lauda
Back in 1984, a 24-year-old Ayrton Senna participated in the Race of Champions, competing against legends Alain Prost and Niki Lauda. And the cars they drove? The new Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16.At the time, Senna was just
by Billy Caluag
These are timeless machines
The most beautiful Benz of all time (fight me) also boasted a classically correct cabin. Big, slender wheel, sensibly situated vents, radio and switches, the clear, watch-like dials-it's still a paragon of ergonomic bliss. High-quality, for high society:
by Ollie Kew
RIP, Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne liked his cars. "I was going down a motorway in England, it's very early in the morning, sometime in the 1970s," he said last year. "I had an [Jaguar] XJ12 with two tanks in it. When one tank went
by Vijay Pattni
This is the second most expensive car ever sold at an auction
In 2022, an old Mercedes-Benz W196 'Uhlenhaut' Coupe set the world record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction. That went for a cool £115 million (P8.3 billion). Nine years prior in 2013, an old Mercedes-Benz W196
by Vijay Pattni
