Psychologists observed that we humans have the tendency to collect objects that remind us of our childhood. When I was 11, I would ride my bicycle every morning a couple of blocks from our house so I can see an elderly gentleman lovingly care for his nice, shiny black Peugeot 404 sedan. I can tell by its rear fins that ...
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Post War Bubble Car: 1959 BMW Isetta Moto Coupe DeLuxe 300
Cheap and affordable short-distance transportation became a necessity after the Second World War. A micro-car was seen as a better alternative because it offered weather protection than motorcycles and scooters. Italian carmaker Iso came out with the Isetta, and it became so successful and influential as a city car that it was built in other countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, ...
Read More »Suzuka Warrior: Auto Art 2003 Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR34 Motul Pitwork JGTC GT500
Sometime in April 2008, Carlos Gono, the proprietor of Autoplus Sportzentrum, arranged a meet-and-greet event between local motoring journalists, including yours truly, and the Motul lubricants specialist, Dr. Arai. Carlos had Dr. Arai pose with a bottle of Motul on the fender of an actual Motul Pitwork Nissan Skyline GT-R that was displayed inside the Autoplus showroom. The race car ...
Read More »Palm Size Movie Cars: Hero Cars from Hotwheels and Chase Cars from Greenlight
With the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) extended until the 15th of May, it’ll be some time before we can all go out, enjoy each other’s company, and watch a movie together. It’ll be a while before we will be allowed to gather as a crowd in a cinema or a concert. In the mean time, we can surf Netflix or, ...
Read More »Quintessential Movie Spy Car: 1964 Aston Martin DB5
The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 is perhaps the most famous and most recognized automobile of the famous movie spy franchise, James Bond. The DB5 first appeared in Goldfinger (1964), and then in Thunderball (1965), GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Casino Royale (2006), Skyfall (2012), and Spectre (2015). Powered by a 282-horsepower all-aluminum 4.0-liter DOHC inline 6-cylinder engine with three ...
Read More »The Greatest Crumpet Catcher in Miniature: Bburago 1961 Jaguar XK-E Cabriolet and FHC
The Jaguar XK-E is a British sports car that was introduced in 1961 and manufactured until 1975. With its good looks, high performance, and affordable pricing, the E-Type, as it is more popularly known, became an icon of the ‘60s, prompting even the great Enzo Ferrari to call it as “the most beautiful car ever made”. Road & Track magazine’s ...
Read More »Unfulfilled Italian Expectations: Maisto 2011 Ducati Desmosedici GP11
Valentino Rossi is widely considered as one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. With nine World Championships – seven in the premier Motorcycle Grand Prix or MotoGP class – Rossi is the only road racer to have competed in more than 400 Grand Prix races. He has ridden with the number 46 his entire career, shunning the traditional ...
Read More »Ticket To Ride: Maisto 1969 Vespa 150 Sprint Veloce and 1972 Vespa 200 Rally
There’s something about Vespa scooters that attracts us like no other lover. Err…sorry, but we can’t help but jump into a Beatles song when we see these 2-stroke metal-bodied scooters. Vespa scooters seem to have a character and an image that’s purely their own and one that takes us back to simpler times, like when Rock n’ Roll was simple, ...
Read More »Black Beauty: Auto Art Millennium 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera
If you’ve been reading our stories here on Power Wheels since Monday (April 20), you’ll know that I am a huge Porschephile. I love all Porsches from the 356 A, B, C and Speedsters to the 911 from the 901-series until the current 992. I love everything in between including the 924, 944, 968, 928, and the current 718 Boxter ...
Read More »Very Rare 356: 1957-62 Beutler-Porsche Specials
While working on our stories about model cars for our Miniature Wheels section under The Rack, we were reading about Porsche road and racing cars from the mid-1970s when we chanced upon a small box ad placed in the “Market Place” classified ads section of the January 1976 issue of Road & Track magazine. The box ad was about a ...
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