CHANGAN STILL HIGHEST RANKING DOMESTIC BRAND

SINCE 2018, Changan has continuously been rated as the top-ranked domestic Chinese brand according to the JD Power China IQS.

The JD Power IQS has been tracking new car owner concerns for 23 years, looking at 218 issues in 9 categories: features/controls/displays, exterior, interior, infotainment system, seats, driving experience, driving assistance, powertrain, and climate. Every 100 automobiles have a citation for the first quality overall. The lower the number of problems, the higher the quality score.

In addition to the JD Power IQS results, Changan was listed by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) in May 2023 as one of the top five best-selling brands in the nation, with domestic sales of more than 510,000 units between January and May 2023.

Changan was also listed as one of China’s top 10 best-selling new energy vehicle (NEV) brands, with total sales of 24,346 units during that period.

“Once again, Changan Auto provides concrete proof of its vision for future-forward mobility. We at CMPI, together with our growing base of happy Changan owners, have products and service offerings that we are truly proud of. Expect more excellent product offerings from us before the year ends,” said Changan Motor Philippines, Inc. president and chief executive officer Maria Fe PerezAgudo.

But wait till you encounter the level of traffic that currently plagues Manila. It happens every day, yet the local officials appear to do nothing and pay no attention to what is going on in and around their enormous city. Chaos began to spread over the streets of Manila a few months after the new government took office.

With a vengeance, public utility vehicles started to take over the streets as they established pick-up stations for commuters at various locations throughout Manila. In Manila now, there are more tricycles than jeepneys, and they rule the streets. They are free to leave even on Manila’s busiest streets and park wherever they like for the duration of the day. And where are the infamous Manila traffic cops that the previous mayor of Manila employed to increase the amount of money collected for the city’s coffers?

In any case, they are perceived to be highly busy catching drivers who would break the law because of those complicated stop lights that the city had installed all around, as opposed to patrolling the street corners where heavy traffic is a daily occurrence. To add, the free flow of vehicles and pedestrians is completely blocked by the return of illegal sellers, who are once again operating openly on the streets. Roadwork is ongoing everywhere. In Manila, numerous streets are either closed for construction or being dug up for various reasons. There are excavations for a variety of purposes, including water supply, flood control, and cementing. Consider the impact on traffic if just one street were closed. Additionally, the majority of them are shut down for several days at a time with little to no employee activity. Most of them have 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. employment hours. The following 16 hours are being squandered on that foundation.

The closure of the Lagusnilad, which is just in front of the Manila city hall, has made the already terrible traffic situation in Manila even worse. If you don’t want to spend the entire day stuck in horrendous traffic, never, ever attempt to pass this road when traveling south. I guess my point is… Are we doing anything about this?

TOYOTA Motor Philippines (TMP) has teamed up with premier logistics company Lalamove - through its auto brand, Lalamove Automotive - and introduced the commercial vehicle Toyota Lite Ace as a transport partner. Through this collaboration, prospective and current Lalamove operators will be able to acquire the Lite Ace Panel Van model through Lalamove Automotive’s Vehicle Ownership Program.

With micro, small and medium enterprises or MSMEs’ mobility needs continuously increasing, TMP, through one of its dealerships Toyota Taytay, Rizal (TTR), together with Toyota Financial Services Philippines (TFS), moved to answer the demand by creating an affordable pricing scheme for the Lite Ace. TTR and TFS then collaborated with Lalamove to provide this lite-on-thepocket pricing as an option for partner operators, giving them the convenience to grow their transport and delivery services.