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Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) has announced that it is voluntarily recalling thousands of CR-V units to replace the wiring to the headlight switch that could heat up because it is too short. A total of 20,587 units of Honda CR-V covering the mod... more

BMW Importer Asian Carmakers Corp. (ACC) is calling on owners of the luxury car brand’s 5 and 6 Series models to bring their vehicles in for checks owing to a possible defect. ACC, in a statement issued yesterday, said it was implementing a Quality... more

Ford Group Philippines expects to bounce back in the second half of this year from a sales dip caused by floods in Thailand, even projecting a better performance than the record-high levels seen in 2011. “We expect a pickup in sales after the end o... more

The Hyundai Elantra was named the 2011-2012 Car of the Year Philippines (COTY-P) by the Car Awards Group Inc. This was the first time for a Korean carmaker to win Car of the Year in the country. The Hyundai Elantra, which bested 11 finalists out of 3... more

Honda Automobile Thailand’s Ayutthaya assembly plant has resumed production for the local and Asia Pacific market after operations were suspended in October 2011 due to flooding. Since completely draining the plant of flood waters at the end of... more

BMW will recall 1.3 million luxury cars, including 367,000 in the US, because of a potential problem with a battery cable connector. It is BMW’s largest recall ever, company officials said, and it is big by industry standards, rivaling some of the... more

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) recorded a double-digit growth in sales in February from January, pushing year-to-date sales up when industry sales were on a decline. MMPC said in a statement it sold a total of 2,751 units, an increase of... more

Growth in imported motor vehicle sales jumped 41% in the first two months of the year over the same period last year buoyed by the strong performance in the passenger car segment in February. The Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVI... more

The local arm of Hyundai Motor Co. grew sales by nearly 50% in the first two months versus year-ago levels, a statement released yesterday showed. Sales up to February rose by 47% to 4,522 units from 3,079 for the same period last year as passenger c... more

Ford Philippines today reported February retail sales of 415 units, reflecting the continuing impact from the Thai flood crisis that has affected the local delivery and supply of vehicles. Ford’s three best-selling models in the Philippines –... more

Total motor vehicle sales increased by 28.7 percent in February from the previous month due to supply recovery of major players but year-to-date sales decreased by 15.7 percent compared with the same period last year, the Chamber of Automotive Manufa... more

Toyota’s Philippines unit has rolled out the 500,000th vehicle assembled in its Laguna facility and is aiming to get sales back on track to kick-start a year which started with a 26% decline to 3,127 units in January owing to continued parts shorta... more

The local unit of Japanese carmaker Toyota is bullish about its sales prospects more than other car makers in the country. A few rivals have opted to relocate production of some of their models to Thailand citing high costs here, but Toyota said it w... more

After outselling all other brands in the market last year, Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) decided to celebrate its 10th Triple Crown on the relaxing island of Boracay with dealers and members of the media in tow. The Triple Crown is a much coveted a... more

The local arm of Hyundai Motor Co. expects to post double-digit sales growth this year after performance in January reportedly exceeded expectations, an official said. “Last month, I said we might have flat growth, but after the 40% sales growth fo... more