"Lasts up to 6x longer"

What just happen at the February 24, 2012 episode of Bubble Gang?

- Alien Invasion gags!

- When they see a lady crossing, their conversation stops every single time!

- Technology changes fast, especially the marriage!

- Bureche eats the spoiled foods from the refrigerator without warning...

- Bubble Gang does Duracell by spoofing this commercial as DORACELL! Now, enjoy the joy much longer with Doracell! Lasts up to 6x longer so you save up to 104 pesos!

Bubble Gang does Duracell

- This while meeting gone a bit HAVEY and WALEY...

- There are two idiots at the ledge arguing to the death

- Some say that members of the PEP.ph guested to celebrate their 5th anniversary and Dahon faces off against someone named Bisugo. All we know is, it's called PICKUP LINES!!!!

Bisugo

1) Marupok na tulay ka ba? Kasi pag dinadaanan kita, kumakabog ang dibdib ko...

2) You're so beautiful but my question is, jackhammer ka ba? Kasi pag kausap kita, nanginginig ako.

3) Sana, gitara na lang ako. Kasi pag kumakanta ka, yakap-yakap mo.

4) May timba't basahan ka ba? Kasi, umaapaw ka sa kagandahan!

5) Baka ka ba? Kasi, cow! Cow lang ang mahal ko!

6) Diwata ka ba? Kasi, ang kyat-kyat ay anak ng ponkan!

7) Nerbyos ka ba? Kasi pag kausap kita, na-uutal ako...

8) Survivor ka ba? Kasi, una-una, binabati ko ang mga PEP-sters, happy 5th Anniversary sa PEP at ang Ingles ng tambay ay bam!

- Mr. Dreamboy talks about everyone's dreams and figuring out what are those dreams meant...

- IyoTube in Roadie Fernandez's P.A.

TOYOTA INNOVA 2012MY DEBUT!

2012 Toyota Innova

The special moment is finally upon us. If you think that didn't make it to the Philippines but the 2012 Toyota Innova has ARRIVED! YAY! The 2012 Innova features a more modern and advanced design. It has a front grille similar to the Toyota Alphard to make it more advanced, new front bumper, turn signals on the side mirrors, new rocker panels, new 15-inch rims, steering wheel that looks like from the Toyota Mark X Zio, integrated remote switches, dark wood grain paneling, and a new instrumental paneling.

For the pricing, it all starts to 813,000 Philippine Pesos for the base 2.0 J up to 1,235,000 Philippine Pesos for the flagship 2.5 V diesel wrapped in White Pearl.

Scoop: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/toyota-motor-philippines-launches-upgraded-innova-mpv

You don't get a racetrack if you buy the next car I lined up...But you do get just about everything else...

Autumn drifting with the 599

Sorry for that title because that was a reference from Jeremy Clarkson's 2007 DVD titled "Clarkson: Supercar Showdown". Anyway, this is a Ferrari 599 and offers just about everything just about everyone they want for a supercar. The Fiorano name from the 599 GTB Fiorano comes from Ferrari's private test track called the Fiorano Circuit, located next to the global headquarters of Ferrari. Designed by Pininfarina under the supervision of Ferrari's Frank Stepheonson, it was premiered at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show in 2006. The exterior was designed by Japanese designer, Ken Okuyama, who took various cues from the 250GT and incorporated them with some modern interpretation. You know, by looking at the ingredients of this exotic might seem to be convincing but this car is something special...

The 599 and the cherry blossoms

The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano comes with a 6.0L V12 engine that was derived from the legendary Enzo Ferrari but it has been toned down to have 620PS of power, 608Nm of torque, and a power-to-weight ratio of 362hp per tonne. It can go 0-100kph in 3.7 seconds and top speed over 330kph. But that's not all just to performance figures, this car has over 5 decades of racing pedigree, a doll-up of Pininfarina styling, leather seats made from half a dozen cows, and computing power that NASA would only dream about such things. It even has a suspension system that is so complicated, that Jeremy Clarkson can't say the name of it. It goes like Magneto...Mani...Manietto...Mag...Magnetoholog...o...anyway the dampers are filled with iron filings and when you hit them with an electrical current which runs around the outside of the damper, they became firm. It comes with a gearbox that can disengage the clutch, change gear, and reengage it in less than a hundred milliseconds and they called it "F1 SuperFast". Under the 599 GTB Fiorano, it has some aerodynamic aids which provides 160kg of downforce, and it comes with an all-aluminum chassis for enhanced strength and weight loss.

The Stig knows how to drive the
599 in Tokyo, Japan!

When you drive the Ferrari 599 at Gran Turismo 5, you realize that it is just full ahead of its rivals. You might think that it's just an expensive version of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and you're darn right! While the Corvette C6 Z06 may cost about 94,500 CR, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano costs about 320,300 CR. As a general rule, I really don't like the styling of the Ferrari 599 because it looks like a dinosaur politely chuckling. It's a Dino! That's what that is! It may have a V12 engine on the front but it's behind the front axle as well as the transmission, making the weight distribution very perfect but it doesn't respond to such brutal treatment. You have to be gentle with it where the smallest input makes a difference. If you get it wrong, you might crash it. If you get it right, it feels like bathing in six million gallons of double cream. This is much easier to drive than the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.

This is an epic long distance cruiser but I'm very pity that Ferrari has lost some of its sense of humor when making this car.

Opel Ampera

2012 Opel Ampera

2012 Opel Ampera interior

Some say this is the Chevrolet Volt but it isn't. It's the Chevrolet Volt's European cousin, the Opel Ampera, Europe's first electric car with a range extender that can run on both gasoline and electricity. This car demonstrates GM's commitment in the electrification of the vehicle and the Voltec electric propulsion system is the game-changing technology in the motoring industry in today's standards.

Like its Chevrolet Volt cousin, the Opel Ampera comes with an electric drive unit and a 1.4L petrol engine combined, which makes it essential on your long journeys. If the Chevrolet Volt knows that "gasoline when you need it, electric when you want it", the Opel Ampera does the same thing. If the electric drive unit's battery is out of charge, the 1.4L petrol engine serves as a backup. The electric drive unit equipped on the Ampera generates 111kW of power and 370Nm of torque. Once you're driving on the Ampera's EV mode, it's really quiet and it doesn't shout, bellow, or roar. It just sort of humming like happy monks. Hmmmmmmmm....... Anyway, it can go 0-100kph in 9 seconds and top speed limited to 161 km/h. The EV range is accumulated to 60km in the MVEG cycle and the total range will cover over 500km, thanks to the lithium-ion battery, which is a first for a European car.

The Opel Ampera's available colors are Schneeweiß, Nachtschwarz, Cybergrau, Argonsilber, Powerblau, and Impulsrot.

My comment:
The Chevrolet Volt's European cousin changes the future of the European motoring industry thanks to the combination of an electric drive unit that generates 111kW if power and a 1.4L petrol engine that produces less power than the electric drive unit but it's served for emergency purposes. I wouldn't believe that the pricing of the Opel Ampera is about four times as expensive as the most affordable Opel Europeans can by, which is the Opel Agila but doesn't matter. Despite the heavy pricing, this is the only car you would rely on because it runs on both electricity and petrol.

Photo: Adam Opel AG

Audi A1 Sportback

2012 Audi A1 Sportback

Two years ago, Audi wants to spice things up to the compact car craze by presenting the Audi A1. It started only as a 3-door compact designed for the urban egoists and it uses the platform derived from its VW cousins such as the VW Polo, Skoda Fabia, and the Seat Ibiza. Now this time, the Audi A1 gets even more even because additional two doors are added to the A1 and this is known to be as the AUDI A1 SPORTBACK. It may be the same as the original A1 but it comes with 5-doors. 5 DOORS! Well, yeah but on the inside, it can accommodate up to 4-people. However, you can have a maker option to provide you an additional seat in order to accommodate five people, which sounds convincing if you know what I mean.

Joy of joys, it comes with an array of technological features to keep you interested such as Audi connect, MMI navigation plus, Bluetooth connectivity, and a WLAN hotspot to surf the internet while stuck at traffic.

Available engine types for the Audi A1 Sportback includes the 1.2 TFSi, 1.4TFSi, and the 1.6 TDi engine, which all of these are Euro V Compliant. Depending on the variant, you might be getting a 5-speed manual, a 6-speed manual, or even the 7-speed S tronic transmission. Because that's a lot of engine types offered on the new A1 Sportback, let's choose from the most economical to the most powerful. Okay, so the most economical A1 Sportback model is the one with the 1.6 TDi engine that provides a fuel consumption of 3.8L/100km and 99g/km of CO2 emissions. The most powerful A1 Sportback variant (as of now) is the one with the 1.4 TFSi engine that produces 185PS of power and 250Nm of torque. It will go 0-100kph in 6.9 seconds and flat-out, it would go up to 227kph.

The Audi A1 Sportback is available in several color variations such as Brillantschwarz, Amalfiweiß, Kumulusblau, Eissilber Metallic/Brillantschwarz, Eissilber Metallic, Gletscherweiß Metallic, Gletscherweiß Metallic/Daytonagrau Perleffekt, Scubablau Metallic, Scubablau Metallic/Eissilber Metallic, Shirazrot Metallic, Shirazrot Metallic/Eissilber Metallic, Sphärenblau Metallic, Sphärenblau Metallic/Eissilber Metallic, Teakbraun Metallic, Teakbraun Metallic/Eissilber Metallic, Samoaorange Metallic, Samoaorange Metallic/Daytonagrau Perleffekt, Daytonagrau Perleffekt, Daytonagrau Perleffekt/Brillantschwarz, Misanorot Perleffekt, Misanorot Perleffekt/Brillantschwarz, Phantomschwarz Perleffekt, and Phantomschwarz Perleffekt/Eissilber Metallic. That's a lot of color combinations to choose from, to single color and two-tone!

My Comment:
The same Audi A1 fun for the youth now with two additional doors to fit your barkadas. This Audi A1 Sportback is somewhat a good alternative to the 3-door variant and it's cool if you're a fashionista who want to bring your friends to the mall for some shopping spree. I couldn't help it but that was somewhat an interesting vehicle that we wish to have. With the starting price of 16,950 Euros, the Audi A1 Sportback seems to be somewhat reasonably priced but you may need 25,100 Euros for the powerful A1 1.4 TFSi S tronic variant.

Photo: AUDI AG

Alphard G Sports?!

2012 Toyota Alphard G's Concept

This is somewhat might have look like when the Toyota Alphard deserved the G Sports (G's) treatment. Anyway, this here is the Toyota Alphard G's concept. It hints us of a hotter Alphard model and wow, it looks good. It made a surprise appearance at the 2012 Osaka Auto Messe and it looks even more better than the Vellfire G Sports Concept as seen at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon. Because this is a concept, there's not much to say about now but if both the Alphard G's and the Vellfire G's went into production, this would be interesting...

Scoop: http://jp.autoblog.com/2012/02/22/2012-gs-alphard-toyota-automesse2012/

Let's do the news! (Feb. 23, 2012)

And now the news. And let's begin with something that is a bit too far. Seems that British television authorities are letting go of Clarkson's "should be shot" comment from last year's The One Show. Well, some say that Clarksie didn't violate any broadcasting rules and this whole "should be shot" comment against the union workers was just a satire. Well, pretty soon, his life is started to rain pianos, pianos that crushed countless Morris Marina cars. Heh...

Oh, and remember one episode of Top Gear Series 18? The one with mobility scooters? Yep but guess what, there's a new one on the block! A man named Colin Furze fitted his mobility scooter with a 125cc engine from a motorcross bike that allows him to go up to 70mph and leave him completely bonkers!

Read: http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/a-70mph-mobility-scooter-on-snow-2012-02-22

Sorry chaps. Colin's mobility scooter kicked your butt. But anyway, let's move on.

2013 Bentley Mulsanne Mulliner

The Grand Bentley Mulsanne has a new variant called the Mulliner and it will premiere at this year's Geneva Auto Salon this March. What to expect on the Mulsanne Mulliner? Let's see uh... 21-inch rims, race-derived titanuim fasteners, drilled alloy pedals, new Mulliner treadplate plaques on the door sills, and the Drive Dynamics Control featured SPORT MODE! Oh, can't this luxury cruiser be any more uncomfortable when set into SPORT MODE?! Uh oh...

Read: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-bentley-mulsanne-mulliner-driving.html

While the Mulliner is somewhat the most uncomfortable Mulsanne ever made, here's something a bit more uncomfortable than this so sit down, here it is.

Nendoroid Generation and Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai Portable were out now for the PSP. Gosh, why did they launched new PSP games in Japan even though the PSVita is here and replace the PSP once and for all? Oh wait! Wait! Remember what they said. Better calm down for a while because we'll talk about those later. Anyway, moving on...

Hey, turns out that the Philippines wasn't the only ASEAN country who got hooked on Top Gear. Malaysia and Singapore were got hooked on Top Gear as well.

For the Malaysian Top Gear site: http://www.topgear.com/my/

For the Singapore Top Gear site: http://www.topgear.com/sg/

Ohohoho! Top Gear is definitely a global favorite just like The Simpsons and PokeMon!

Okay, while we diddling about that, how's New Love Plus? Yes, we know that this is definitely the most "ambitious but rubbish" 3DS game in Japan. We hope they won't happen like what happened to some otaku who married to Nene Anegasaki since 2009. Report shows that New Love Plus sold 104,969 copies a week when it came out in Valentine's Day. It overtook Binary Domain, which is the best selling PS3 game in Japan for the week.

Report: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-22/new-loveplus-outsells-binary-domain-theatrhythm-final-fantasy

Sadly, I'm out of time and that's the news!