Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

The F1 that we featured yesterday was the road-going McLaren. Today, we will feature the McLaren that competed in the actual F1 races. The McLaren Mercedes MP4-16 was the company’s entry in the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship that was driven by the tandem of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard in what would be their sixth and final season ...

What does talk show host Jay Leno, Mr. Bean series star Rowan Atkinson, the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison, tech wizard Elon Musk, and the Sultan of Brunei have in common? If you guessed that they all owned, at one time or another, a McLaren F1 road car, then you’re absolutely right. Not to be confused with the Formula One ...

On September 15, 1991, the Bugatti EB 110 GT was unveiled at both Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche de la Défense, near Paris, exactly 110 years after Ettore Bugatti‘s birth. The mid-engine sports car’s design elements paid homage to the classic Bugatti automobiles. The factory, Bugatti Automobili S.p.A., was owned by Italian businessman Romano Artioli, and the ...

Staying true to its Promise to Care, Kia Philippines is preparing to re-open dealer operations once the government lifts the quarantine this May. The Ayala-owned Korean carmaker’s Philippine subsidiary is also putting in place measures that will ensure the health and safety of its employees, business partners, customers and the general public. “Kia Philippines completely supports our national government’s effort ...

You will be forgiven if you think that the two-wheeled equivalent of a Ferrari sports car is a Ducati superbike simply because they’re both made in Italy, they’re both red, and they’re both fast. But the truth is Ducati is more related to Lamborghini because both Italian super brands are owned by the Volkswagen Group of Companies. Therefore, the real ...

In 2012, My wife Shawie and I attended the Asia Ducati Week in Kuala Lumpur and had a truly grand time. We went with several Malaysian Ducatisti to the City of Malacca for a Heritage Ride; toured the Ducati Corse race team paddocks during the Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) practice; personally met with then-Ducati Corse riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky ...

In 1959, Daimler-Benz introduced the Mercedes-Benz 220 S 4-door sedan as the first vehicle in their W111-series. The car was later given the nickname Heckflosse referring to the small fins at its tail. In February 1961, the 2-door W111 Coupe made its debut at the 75th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart while the 2-door Cabriolet or convertible debuted at ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...