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Some 97% of new cars globally have at least one touch screen, and they are metastasizing quickly (Getty Images via AFP)

Are car touch screens getting out of control?

8 min read . 13 Feb 2023

Mazda has said the relative efficiency of its gas-powered cars afford it the luxury of moving slowly and deliberately on electric cars. Photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini

Subaru, Mazda are fine being last to sell electric cars

5 min read . 30 Jun 2018

Tesla is also paying a lot of people to be so inefficient. Photo: Reuters

As Tesla struggles, its rivals make far more with less

2 min read . 03 Apr 2018

The future—at least in the near-term—will not only be driverless, but sans passenger as well. Photo: Bloomberg

Robot rides are going to deliver pizza and parcels before people

6 min read . 13 Mar 2018

The grounds are shown at the Route 91 Harvest festival, with the Mandalay Bay Hotel behind the stage, on Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Photo: Reuters

US gun stocks rise again, this time after Las Vegas shooting

2 min read . 02 Oct 2017

Ford GT40 swept the podium in 1966 and kept winning for the next three years. Ford scrapped the GT40 in 1969 and didn’t build another car like it for 34 years. Photo: AFP

The world’s rarest Ford, on sale

3 min read . 17 Aug 2017

In 2016, Ford started selling the Mustang Shelby GT350, a track-focused version with a souped-up engine and bigger brakes. File photo: Bloomberg

Ford’s Mustang has a problem: the new Mustang

3 min read . 06 Aug 2017

While Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales was dismal in the second quarter, the 17% drop in revenue from general merchandise is likely to hurt the iconic bike maker more. Photo: AFP

Harley-Davidson is losing its cool

1 min read . 20 Jul 2017

The Ducati Scrambler, with its old-school styling, aims to attract millennials. Harley-Davidson Street, Honda Rebel and BMW G310R are the other affordable, small bikes that first-time riders can choose from. Photo: Bloomberg

The motorcycle industry is dying

6 min read . 06 Jul 2017

The Jaguar F-Pace outsold Porsche Cayenne this year to date and closely trailed the Macan, but the F-Type is nowhere close to the haloed 911.

Jaguar closes on Porsche in the race for swanky sales

2 min read . 08 May 2017

Masahiro Moro, president and CEO of Mazda North America Operations, unveils the Miata MX-5RF convertible vehicle during 2016 New York International Auto Show in New York, US. Photo: Bloomberg

Will autonomous driving kill the sports car?

4 min read . 17 Apr 2017

Ryan Gosling (right) and Emma Stone in a scene from, ‘La La Land.’ The film is nominated for an Oscar for best picture. Photo: AP

Oscars 2017: Why La La Land worked better than anyone dreamed

5 min read . 25 Feb 2017

Keanu Reeves finally appears to have found his groove. The two ‘John Wick’ films are among the most-praised pieces of his career. Photo: AP

With ‘John Wick Chapter 2’, Keanu Reeves shows Hollywood how to make money

2 min read . 14 Feb 2017

US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AP

These automakers could be Donald Trump’s next targets

3 min read . 19 Jan 2017

Dog-walking is a fairly small market.

Doggy Ubers are here for your pooch’s $1 billion business

6 min read . 31 Oct 2016

Representational image. Once every aspiring biker realizes that the driver next to him isn’t an existential threat, sales will climb in some places. Photo: AFP

Self-driving cars will be the best thing to happen to motorcycles

4 min read . 11 Oct 2016

Most of Jaguar’s luxury rivals—including Acura, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, and Mercedes—have reported a dip in sales for the year to date. Photo: Reuters

Jaguar is the hottest car company in America

2 min read . 08 Aug 2016

Tata Motor’s Land Rover climbs to the top of a record US car market

2 min read . 07 Jan 2016

A vintage Jaguar E-Type (front) sports car is seen during the British Car Meeting 2015 in the village of Mollis, east of Zurich. Photo: Reuters

Jaguars to get cheaper as Tata Motors seeks to boost sales

6 min read . 04 Sep 2015

Seeing the big dip in coffee bean prices this spring, Starbucks went ahead and locked in all of the beans it will need the rest of the year and about two-thirds of the beans it will need next year. Photo: Bloomberg

How Starbucks gets away with charging a fortune for cheap beans

1 min read . 08 Jul 2015