Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

We neglected to bring our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T to the service workshop of a Suzuki Automobile dealership for its 30,000-kilometer periodic maintenance service (PMS). The odometer on our long-term test unit recently reached the 35,000-kilometer mark so we decided that it’s time to have the PMS performed at the Suzuki Auto Kalookan dealer, located along EDSA, Caloocan ...

Although there had been numerous performance cars from Plymouth, the Chrysler Corporation’s now defunct third car brand, it wasn’t until 1967 that they offered a model that came standard with the necessary performance goodies.   The 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX (RS23), which was positioned as “a gentleman’s hot rod”, offered stylish performance for the discriminating buyer.  Introduced as Plymouth’s first unified performance ...

Our 1973 Volkswagen Beetle 1300 S Project Car has been in the JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works garage workshop since February 10, 2019. Now, four and half months after we took the disassembled special Bug from the residence of its owner, Ildenfonso “Fons” Caluag, in Pandacan, Manila to the JSK workshop in Marulas, Valenzuela City, we are finally scheduled to drive ...

One of the fine dining restaurants we indulged ourselves in while we were driving the 2019 Suzuki Vitara GLX CVT on our fun food trip story was Stoned Steaks located at 55 Scout Rallos, Tomas Morato, Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City. My wife Shawie, our kids Vette and Chevy, and I were invited to dine and get “stoned” by Sue ...

Here’s a fun fact: “Prius” is a Latin word meaning “first”, “original”, “superior” or “to go before”, which is quite apt because the Toyota Motor Corporation was the “first” major car manufacturer to offer a mass-production hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). The “original” body style of the first-generation Toyota Prius (NHW10), which was introduced in 1997, was a 4-door sedan, while ...

Filipino balikbayan (returning resident) and entrepreneur Debbie Anne Macariola-St. John is a woman on a mission. She wants to prevent deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents, or at the very least, minimize these incidents by warning the drivers and the pedestrians ahead of time. She paints a grim picture of road safety in the city. “Anybody who ventures out into ...

It was our third or fourth time to join the Auto Rally Corporate Challenge (ARCC) organized by Sunshine Television (STV), which is headed by the “dean” of Philippine motoring journalism, Ray Butch Gamboa. On an early Saturday morning (June 15, 2019), my wife Shawie and I found ourselves steering our assigned 2019 GAC Motor GS4 compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) ...

It began with a dream and was built with the commitment, determination and drive for innovation of one man: Enzo Ferrari, Il Commendatore. Founded in Modena on November 16, 1929, the Ferrari racing team has permanently entered the annals of motor sport history. Since its launch, the then Scuderia Ferrari Limited Company has been a highlight of the Italian and ...

On June 13, 2019, Coventry Motors Corporation, the exclusive authorized importer and distributor of Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) vehicles in the Philippines, launched the all-new Range Rover Evoque at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) amphitheater in Taguig City. Dubbed within the JLR factory as L551, the all-new Evoque is the product of several years of evolution and varying corporate ...

Please allow me to begin this Opinion piece with the lyrics of a song “Save the Sunlight” by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass with Lani Hall: Doesn’t it make you feel like trying to save the sunlight? Surely you feel the way we do It’s not gonna last forever Blue skies and sunny weather The problem is up to ...