Why Auto Focus 2026 Is the Smart Buyer's Playground
This is your ticket to getting your toes wet in the future of driving.
by Alvin Uy
Published on Apr 30, 2026
The 2026 Auto Focus Multi-Brand Test Drive Festival opens May 7 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, bringing together 15 car brands for four days of free test drives and on-site financing under the theme "Accelerate the Future."
The event runs through May 10, 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily, with no entrance fee. Participating brands include BYD, Tesla, Toyota, Honda, Kia, Lexus, GAC, MG, Lynk & Co, Chery, Foton, Jetour, BAIC, Omoda | Jaecoo, and Radar, several of which are bringing hybrid and electric models alongside their combustion lineup.
The festival follows MIAS 2026 and arrives at a moment when the local car market is mid-transition. Chinese brands have flooded in over the last two years, EVs are no longer a novelty, and hybrid options now exist at price points that were unthinkable half a decade ago. For buyers trying to make sense of all that, the usual approach of driving across the metro to hit individual dealerships one by one is a slow way to do it.
Auto Focus consolidates that process. The enclosed test drive circuit lets attendees get behind the wheel of multiple models in a single visit and compare them directly, which is something no showroom visit really replicates. For anyone still on the fence about going electric, that kind of back-to-back comparison tends to be more useful than a spec sheet.
BPI Auto Loans will also be on-site throughout the run, so buyers who come in undecided and leave with a preference can start sorting out financing before they leave the grounds.
Entrance and test drives are free across all four days.
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