Tsikot.com To Mark 6th Anniversary with Grand Car Show-EB-Party Event

To celebrate its 6th anniversary of existence, Tsikot.com in cooperation with Decal Republic, a firm specializing in staging special events, is presenting a grand autoshow-eyeball-street party event entitled “Autoberfest ‘08” on October 25, 2008, Saturday, at the Hobbies of Asia, Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City.

The event is to mark another milestone in the history of Tsikot.com, the biggest and fastest growing online community of Filipino car lovers in the country and worldwide, now with over 55,000 members. “Autoberfest 08”, one of the most anticipated automotive events of the year with over 200 car entries from not less than 80 car clubs, car organizations and auto-related shops within Metro Manila and beyond, will eventually become an annual event of the community. Read more

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Government Prods Automakers to Bring in Hybrids

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday ushered in a new era in Philippine transportation by calling on local car manufacturers to begin introducing vehicles that run on alternative fuels, a move that will reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.

Speaking to members of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) during the opening of the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, Mrs. Arroyo told the chief executives of the 15 participating auto brands to hasten the introduction of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles that run partly on battery power.

“We await the arrival of hybrid vehicles,” she said. “This is part of our Green Philippines Program and having vehicles that run on renewal energy is a big help.” Read more