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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
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True blue |
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Subaru Club Philippines
flaunt cars directly related
to iconic blue WRC machines |
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IT was a pun-filled night where true-blue faithfuls
of the Subaru brand—it of the electric blue painted World Rally
Championship winning cars fame—gathered to showcase their rides in
an evening event at the Glorietta 3 tent at the Makati commercial
center. If there is a black-tie affair, Subaru Club Phils.’ (SCP)
congregation on January 25 may well have been a blue-shirt one,
completely informal, not the least stiff and infinitely more
interesting.
Because, well, how could it not
be? Not when 48 cars of various vintages and level of equipment but
all polished to a gleam were parked side by side in what could well
be the largest number of privately owned Subaru vehicles assembled
in a single venue locally. Imprezas, Foresters, a smattering of
Legacys, all mega-horsepower testaments to Subaru’s
horizontally-opposed boxer engine technology, rolling proofs of the
terabyte-gripping capabilities of the carmaker’s symmetrical
all-wheel drive feature.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Philippine auto
parts makers to manufacture electric jeepney
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The Motor Vehicle Parts
Manufacturers Association of the Phils. Inc. (MVPMAP) announced last
week it will be designing, developing and manufacturing 44 units of
an electric powered jeepney.
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Isuzu 2007 sales
up by 20 percent
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Isuzu Phils. Corp. (IPC) improved
its sales tally in 2007 by 20 percent from the previous year,
according to official sales figures released by the Chamber of
Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI)...
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Nissan announces
Fun Factor promo
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To start off the New Year, Nissan
Motor Phils. Inc. (NMPI) unleashes its Fun Factor promo where
customers can get low monthly deals for the Sentra and X-Trail from
January 18 to March 31. Free weekend getaway trips...
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All-new Honda
Accord gets US safety awards
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The 2008 Honda Accord received a
5-star frontal crash safety rating
from the National Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) of the US
Department of Transportation.
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New fuel economy
record set
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A new fuel economy record was set
on January 18 in the Petron Xtra Mile Challenge Champions Edition
when a car traveled 1,402.4 kilometers on one tank of Petron Xtra
Unleaded.
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Jaguar XF wins UK
magazine award
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The new Jaguar XF was named Car
of the Year at the 2008 What Car? Awards in London. The XF also took
Best Executive Car honors.
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Seaoil pushes for
use of ethanol, biodiesel, auto LPG
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Local biofuel pioneer Seaoil
Phils. Inc. is intensifying its bid to develop and commercialize
ethanol-blended gasoline, which the company said is the cheapest and
most environment-friendly transport fuel in the country.
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F.Y.I
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Volvo offers discount on four
models
Volvo slashes 14 percent off on the price tags of the S40, V50, S60
and XC70 until February 14. Free two-year warranty, free one year
comprehensive insurance...
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HARDTOP
By Vernon
B. Sarne
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Play that funky
BMW music
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I’M obsessed with music. I grew
up listening to Elvis Presley, thanks to my record-collecting
father. In third grade, I sang ‘Love Me Tender’ for our music
class and realized quickly I had no future in show business.
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