MPTC backs 2016 Car of the Year – Philippines Awards

With a common goal of improving the Philippine motoring experience, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) has signed up as a sponsor of the 2016 Car of the Year – Philippines search, organized by the Car Awards Group, Inc. (CAGI).

The annual Car Of The Year – Philippines is an annual test fest, where all vehicles for consideration go through identical qualitative (consumer) and quantitative (performance) testing. Each year, winners for each category are announced, and from that winners pool emerges the year’s COTY-P and TOTY-P.

Established in 2004, the Car Awards Group, Inc. is an organization of motoring journalists from the country’s premier print, broadcast and online publications. It aims to empower the automotive consumer by providing the best information available regarding the many excellent products available on the automotive market thru the Car of the Year Awards. Since its incorporation, the group has strived to find the best vehicles in the country through comprehensive testing involving quantitative and qualitative analysis of the vehicle’s performance, design, safety, value and other relevant factors.

The MPTC is part of the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation umbrella, and is the largest toll road concessionaire and operator in the Philippines. Its operations span from the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX), and the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX).

Author: jamesdeakinph

James Deakin is a multi-awarded automotive journalist located in Manila, Philippines. He has a regular column in the Philippine STAR, is a motoring corespondent for Solar News Channel and is the host of the Philippine motoring television show Drive!

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