Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

Last June 26, 2019, we drove home a green 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1303 S – a FREE gift from its former owner and Beetle enthusiast, Ildefonso “Fons”Caluag, for helping restore his beloved cream 1973 VW Beetle 1300 S. We had a difficult time getting the green Bug started while we were retrieving it from Fon’s garage because its battery ...

The Toyota 2000GT was a sports car produced in very limited numbers by Toyota Motor Company in cooperation with Yamaha. First seen at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, production 2000GTs were built between 1967 and 1970 and it revolutionized the automotive world’s view of Japan, which was formerly seen as a producer of imitative and stodgily practical vehicles. The Toyota ...

In 1948, Preston Tucker conceived and briefly produced an automobile with features so advanced that it was deemed as a big threat to the car sales and image of the Big Three American automakers at the time – General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Corporation. Due to negative publicity initiated by the American news media, a Securities and ...

Since its global introduction at the Chicago Auto Show in February 1989, the Mazda MX-5 has endeared itself to more than a million owners around the world. Known as the Miata in the USA, the nimble and agile rear-wheel drive two-seat sports car has earned the admiration of people from various countries, cultures and age groups. With four model generations ...

While driving the 2019 Volkswagen Santana 1.4 MPI Trendline for our recent Driven story, we realized that there’s a 45 year gap between it and the other volks (people’s) wagen (car) in our garage – our recently-acquired 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1303 S. Our test Santana is the base model with the 1.5 MPI Automatic Trendline and the 1.5 MPI Automatic ...

Rainy days are coming and Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has got you covered! Save more with great deals on Toyota’s best-selling models when you purchase from any Toyota dealership nationwide starting this July. The All-New Vios comes with up to PHP 90,000 savings, an extended 5-year warranty, and a free Periodic Maintenance Service (PMS) package. The full promo details can ...

(Editors Note: We revisit a story we published in the “More Than 2 Wheels” section of our other publication, MotorCycle Magazine.)  While we were at Davao City in 2009, we met up with our friend, Kenneth Sy, who gave us a tour of his huge storage facility that houses his eclectic collection of cars. At the time of our visit, ...

This July, motorists and car enthusiasts residing in Makati City and Pampanga province now have a better shot at leveling their drive up for the second half of 2019, as Volkswagen Philippines holds mall tours in these strategic locations. The mall tour kicks off on July 6 and 7 at the Palm Drive of the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati ...

Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH), the country’s pioneer subcompact car distributor, takes the 2019 Suzuki Auto Festival across the country. The series of mall exhibits will be held in various SM Supermalls nationwide bringing the award-winning Suzuki automobiles and the Suzuki Way of Life even closer to more Filipinos. Join in on the fun and experience Suzuki vehicles up close and personal in ...

“Volkswagen” is an amalgamated German word that combines “volks” (people) and “wagen” (car) to describe the originator’s goal to create the people’s car or a German car that can be afforded by the masses. The original people’s car was the 1938 Volkswagen Type 1, which could be purchased through a special savings scheme called Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) or ...