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Election Time
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - April 4, 2007 - 12:00am
I don’t know about my fellow Backseat Driver contributors, but I dread these columns.
PGA Cars and Audi
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - February 28, 2007 - 12:00am
Several weeks ago, I had the kind of experience that most of my peers would like to wring my neck for. Picking up an Audi A4 at PGA Cars for a weekend test drive, the lady at the reception asked me to...
Inside the Honda Media Challenge
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - December 13, 2006 - 12:00am
Another year, another HMC completed, and this year, Team Philippine STAR’s ragtag band of dashing do-or-die drivers made it to the top step of the series podium. For our esteemed Motoring Editor, who...
Not me-too
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - October 4, 2006 - 12:00am
No, I will not rant about those ugly billboards that Mother Nature sent crashing down last week. The main editorials have already spoken out about those, so I won’t bother adding more fuel to the fire, although...
Formula for success
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - August 30, 2006 - 12:00am
Two weeks ago, Toyota was kind enough to deliver an Altis to my house for a week-long test drive. Regular readers of this section will know that one of the nice things about the Motoring beat is the chance to drive...
Courtesy
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - July 26, 2006 - 12:00am
… is something that we could have more of on the road. One of the dumbest questions I’ve heard when top race-car drivers come from abroad to do a little PR work (such as Allan McNish and Jenson...
Diesel Power
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - June 21, 2006 - 12:00am
In the old days, we used to look upon diesel as the working man’s fuel. With the exception of the "status SUVs" like the Mitsubishi Pajero and Isuzu Trooper and a few diesel Mercs, unless you drove...
Down the road
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - May 17, 2006 - 12:00am
I’m not an economist by profession, so I can’t give you any hard figures, but let me scare you a little with my backseat prophecy: in the next three years, the price of fuel will go up by another 50%. Maybe...
Motorshows
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - April 19, 2006 - 12:00am
I love motorshows. Ever since I was a kid dreaming I could afford a Ferrari one day, the annual motorshows held either at SM’s Megatrade Hall or at the Folk Arts Theatre (if memory serves me correctly) were...
Road trips, bad eggs, new cars
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - February 1, 2006 - 12:00am
Last week, I drove around 1,300 kilometers over the course of four days, up Baguio, down Baguio, back and forth La Union, and through Ilocos Norte to try out the fine beach of Pagudpud and see the impressive Bangui...
Finding fault with a winner
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - December 21, 2005 - 12:00am
It sat there at the office parking lot, a plain silver Toyota Fortuner of the 4x4 diesel kind, muddy from a week’s worth of rain, smelling strongly of fish inside. Whoever drove the test unit before me must...
Driving Tomorrow, from Tokyo
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - October 26, 2005 - 12:00am
Of the several international motorshows that media, industry players, and car enthusiasts all over the world flock to, Tokyo’s has got to be the most exciting for the South East Asian region. While Shanghai...
A Matter of Import
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - October 12, 2005 - 12:00am
I don’t own a "Subic import", but some of my friends do. One bought a 2-door Mitsubishi Pajero, another bought a Toyota Estima (also known as a Previa) and a 2-door Pajero with a GDi engine. Three...
Crunch Time
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - September 7, 2005 - 12:00am
Last Thursday, this same newspaper published a story in the Business section with the headline "RP has 1 of the lowest pump prices in East Asia". According to the Department of Energy, a liter of unleaded...
Fantastic Threes
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - July 13, 2005 - 12:00am
Platform sharing is nothing new in the automotive world. By creating similar major elements among several automobiles — such as the floorpan, suspension architecture, drivetrains — automakers attain economies...
The Sunday Drive
by BACKSEAT DRIVER By Andy Leuterio - August 25, 2004 - 12:00am
Life in Metro Manila is stressful. There are deadlines to meet, bills to pay, kids to take care of, bosses or clients to satisfy. For a lot of people, time off to relax whether it’s a night drinking with buddies...
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