24th HFA awards winners

The winners of the 24th Henry Ford Awards (HFA) were presented recently by Ford Philippines during a ceremony at Whitespace Manila in Makati City.

With the theme “Black and White”, the event recognized the outstanding contributions of automotive journalists who have chronicled the industry’s important events, trends and issues, putting them on ‘black and white’, marking an important impact to the Filipino motoring public.

Ford Philippines also announced the Butch Gamboa Lifetime Achievement Award which will be presented to one Filipino motoring journalist who has made a significant impact among his or her peers, colleagues, brand leaders, and the industry in general with his or her profound work in automotive journalism, recognizing the legacy of Philippine motoring journalism icon Butch Gamboa†. The journalist will be honored in 2026 at the HFA’s milestone 25th anniversary.

The distinguished panel of judges composed of esteemed professionals in the academe and various industries went through over 200 entries to select this year’s 13 winners under the Industry Category and Ford Category. From the tally of wins, the Automotive Journalist of the Year and Automotive Outlet of the Year were determined.

The winners of the 24th Henry Ford Awards:

INDUSTRY CATEGORY

•          Automotive Column of the Year – “‘Nawalan ng preno’ not a reason for road crashes” by Raymond Gregory B. Tribdino for Malaya Business Insight

•          Automotive Electric Vehicle Story of the Year (Print/Online) – “EV Life Without the Hassle? Here’s the Best Way to Transition.” by Ramoncito ‘Monch’ Henares for Monchster Chronicles

•          Automotive Industry Feature of the Year (Print/Online) – “Car Ownership 101 – Just say no to an open deed of sale” by Eric Tipan for AutoIndustriya.com

•          Automotive Launch Story of the Year (Print/Online) – “May the re-entry of a legend save another from oblivion” by Teresa R. Salazar for Philippine Daily Inquirer

•          Automotive Lifestyle Story of the Year (Print/Online) – “Luisa’s Journey: A Life on an Electric Three-Wheeler” by Kristoffer Lim for Motortech.ph

•          Automotive Photograph of the Year (Print/Online) – “First Drive – A few laps on the track prove that the 2024 Ford Mustang really is all-new” by Carlo Chungunco for Top Gear Philippines

•          Automotive Short-Form Video of the Year – “The Honda CRV Hybrid RS Edition – should you daily drive it? Here’s 5 reasons why you should” by Aristo Konstantino Tejano for Apex Motoring PH

•          Automotive Tech Story of the Year (Print/Online) – “5 Technologies that can impact how we drive in the future” by Dinzo Tabamo for Top Gear Philippines

•          Automotive Vehicle Review of the Year (Article) – “The P14.49-M Range Rover Sport is worth every darn peso” by Leandre Mari C. Grecia for Top Gear Philippines

•          Automotive Vehicle Review of the Year (Video) – “Can We Make It To La Union in the BYD Atto 3?” by Earl Davidson Lim Lee for AutoDeal

FORD CATEGORY

•          Ford Automotive Article Feature of the Year – “Why the Next-Gen Ford Territory is an endurance athlete’s choice” by Mark Julius Jucutan for GadgetMatch

•          Ford Automotive Short-Form Video of the Year (Social) – “How close car photographers get to nail the perfect shot” by Carlo Chungunco for Top Gear Philippines

•          Ford Automotive Video Feature of the Year (TV/Online) – “South African Adventure With The 2024 Ford Everest V6! | First Impressions” by Kristopper Santos for AutoDeal