Plastics make better cars

Mention the word plastic and what instantly comes to mind? Scenic highways of our 7,000 islands marred by galaxies of stray plastic bags.

Hybrid High

The Gasoline Electric Hybrid vehicle is probably one of the most significant automotive innovations of the later century. Though initially intended as a stop gap for the transition into fully electric vehicles, more and more

Guide to Car Safety Systems

New cars are truly technical wonders these days. They're loaded with safety systems that keep a keener eye on the road than most drivers do. The average car already has quite a number of them,

Designer Diary: Ford Chief Creative Officer J. Mays

Smitten by the EcoSport? So were we, which is why we didn't pass up the chance to interview one of the men responsible for its evocative design, J Mays, Group Vice President, Design, and Chief

Stretching the Rubber Envelope

You take them for granted every day you drive; those 4 contact patches of your car's tires that embrace terra firma. Within the safe confines of your car, your life depends on them.

Wear. Believe. Act.

Everyone in the industry seems to have an advocacy program for road safety. However, many advocacies tend to remain in armchairs, often missing a real, concrete plan for action.

The Philippine Diesel Engine Experience

Previous to the OM 636, diesel power was mainly understood in these islands to mean huge marine engines that power ships, slow revving engines that drive remote power generators and big displacement iron block power

Restoring Trust the Toyota Way

In Japan, it is said that the people who bow the most and the lowest are the businessmen. They will bow as deep as appropriate, to apologize for the slightest unhappiness of the customer.

Mazda's High Tech Alternative

With Ford's reduced stake in Mazda, the signs are ominous and it goes beyond Ford's reduced management footprint on the Japanese company's Board.

Making Automatic Sense

Once derided as a sop to the weaker [read: feminine sex], automatic transmissions are now the rule in many of the world's car markets. Long a staple in the USA, where manual gearboxes are the