Eric Tipan

Eric is a morning person who hates waking up at 5AM. A radio personality since ’93 and a TV sportscaster for almost two decades, he also writes for Manila Bulletin and Esquire Philippines and co-hosts the radio talk show Gear Box on Radyo Pilipinas 738 kHz. It’s crazy but he sometimes wishes he could do more. Follow him on Twitter | Instagram: @eric_tipan

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Updated Jaguar XE gets new diesel engine with mild hybrid tech

MANILA: Jaguar has just refreshed the first-generation XE compact executive sedan and it is a major upgrade as it gets...

Eric Tipan Oct 07, 2020

Toyota and Hino show us the future of tractor trailers

MANILA: A study back in 2018 has shown that tractor trailers, six- to 10-wheeler trucks that have a trailer hitched...

Eric Tipan Oct 06, 2020

Labor Dept. wants DOTr to increase PUV ridership to 70%

MANILA: The Department of Labor wants the capacity of public utility vehicles (PUVs) upped to 70% in order to cope...

Eric Tipan Oct 06, 2020

Laguna uses buses as mobile learning laboratories

MANILA: Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chair J. Prospero de Vera III led the inspection of several buses that will...

Eric Tipan Oct 06, 2020

PNP to keep strict checkpoint operations on cars and trucks

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) will continue the inspection of vehicles and trucks at checkpoints even as quarantine measures...

Eric Tipan Oct 06, 2020

DOTr reinstates cash transactions on EDSA Busway

MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has suspended the policy on the mandatory use of Beep cards on the EDSA...

Eric Tipan Oct 05, 2020

Save up to P220K on Toyota PH '10/10 Deals' this Oct.

MANILA: Get the best prices on a Toyota this month via the "10/10 Deals" from Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP). Reserve...

Eric Tipan Oct 05, 2020

Audi reshapes branding with new slogan 'Future is an Attitude'

MANILA: Get ready for more electrified models from Audi after the German automaker just put emphasis on the word "future"...

Eric Tipan Oct 05, 2020

Toyota presents Team PH competing in the GR Supra GT Cup Asia

MANILA: Over the last three months, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) hosted the country’s first-ever e-motorsports program, the GR Supra GT...

Eric Tipan Oct 05, 2020

What is a hyper-limousine? Aznom Automotive has the answer

MANILA: If a typical limousine just isn’t bling enough for you, well get ready as Italian automaker Aznom Automotive is...

Eric Tipan Oct 02, 2020

The Kia Rio rocks these 5 features

While it has been in the local market for a little over three years, the Kia Rio hatchback that was...

Eric Tipan Jan 07, 2021

Her name is Rio

Readers from Generation X will know the title is a line from ‘80s band Duran Duran’s 1982 hit about the...

Eric Tipan Jan 07, 2021

Sport, sporty, Sportage

Introduced in 1993, the Kia Sportage’s initial design left much to be desired, but things changed in 2011 when it...

Eric Tipan Dec 23, 2020

GT Line reveals true character of the Kia Sportage

Believe it or not, the Sportage is already 27 years old and has sold more than five million units around...

Eric Tipan Dec 22, 2020

The Kia Stonic LX MT gives the biggest bang for your buck

Everyone loves a good deal and are people are perpetually on the lookout for the purchase with the most “bang...

Eric Tipan Dec 21, 2020

Everything you need to know about the Kia Stonic

The Kia Stonic is a relative newcomer, and very a late one at that, to the subcompact crossover segment, yet...

Eric Tipan Dec 21, 2020

Features to love in the range-topping Kia Seltos SX

The Seltos is the more superior of Kia’s subcompact crossovers in the country. It slots right above the Stonic and...

Eric Tipan Dec 21, 2020

Get to know Nissan’s smallest SUV

The Nissan Juke may look futuristic and cutting-edge, even by today’s standards, but it is actually one of the segment’s...

Eric Tipan Dec 21, 2020

Dissecting the design of the Kia Stonic (and the brains behind it)

The Stonic may be the smallest vehicle in Kia’s current lineup, but the Korean automaker knows that a lot of...

Eric Tipan Dec 16, 2020

Super Stonic

While Kia Philippines made picking a little easier for the Filipinos by narrowing down the choices they’re offering for the...

Eric Tipan Dec 16, 2020

Reasons to choose the diesel-powered Kia Sportage

The Kia Sportage has always had a diesel option ever since the first-generation model and while it continues to have...

Eric Tipan Dec 23, 2020

5 things to love about the Nissan Juke

While you would assume that, because of the body’s space-age image and compact dimensions, it’s designed in Japan, think again....

Eric Tipan Dec 22, 2020

The MG 5 CVT Style lives up to its name, and then some

To be sure, the MG brand has been bucking the negative connotations of “made in China” with each model —...

Eric Tipan Sep 02, 2020

The Toyota RAV4 2.5 LTD is all squared up for a modern adventure

Seeing this fifth-generation model makes me think about the FJ Cruiser, albeit smaller, less burly, and a lot sharper around...

Eric Tipan Aug 07, 2020

Volkswagen Santana 180 MPI AT SE: A budding subcompact contender

Volkswagen is throwing down the gauntlet in the subcompact segment and putting out four trims of the entry-level Santana sedan,...

Eric Tipan May 21, 2020

Mazda 6 2.2L Skyactiv-D: D is for detail in this mid-sizer

Save for the all-new Mazda 3, the combo of the Kodo design language and elements of the Mazda Vision Coupé...

Eric Tipan May 13, 2020

How the MG RX5 Style AT makes China-made look really good

People are generally skeptical of stuff made in China — not so much with gadgets, clothes, and other consumer items,...

Eric Tipan May 11, 2020

Nissan Terra 2.5L VL 4X4 7AT: The smartest SUV of them all

Nissan leveraged its years of off-road expertise with the Patrol and the Navara and threw in cutting-edge safety technology called...

Eric Tipan May 08, 2020

GAC GM8 2.0L: More than your average MPV

If you’ve had it with traffic and would like to get driven around but prefer a larger vehicle for that...

Eric Tipan May 06, 2020

Euro-styled Volkswagen Santana GTS drives as well as it looks

As a motoring journalist, it’s always great to know when a brand or trim is doing well in the market,...

Eric Tipan May 04, 2020

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