Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

In October 1969, Nissan Motors, Ltd. of Japan introduced the first-generation Datsun 240Z to the American market as a 1970 model. Internally designated as the Nissan S30, the 240Z was designed by a team led by Yoshihiko Matsuo, the head of Nissan’s Sports Car Styling Studio. The Japanese sports car’s introduction in the American market was spearheaded by Yutaka Katayama, ...

One of the most popular American muscle cars that appeared in television is the General Lee or the modified orange 1969 Dodge Charger that was driven by the cousins Bo and Luke Duke in the hit television series “The Dukes of Hazzard” that ran from 1979 to 1985. General Lee is known for the chases and stunts, especially high jumps, ...

In 1993, I found myself suddenly without a ride when the privilege of taking home my company car was suspended because of petty office politics. At that time, I was in a supervisory position and I only had a small amount of cash in my personal account. With the meager funds I had, I could buy a used Japanese sedan ...

After spending three weeks quarantined in our home during the global COVID-19 pandemic, I began to terribly miss my 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport (RS), which is undergoing a total nuts-and-bolts restoration at JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Valenzuela City. The Luzon-wide lock down stopped work at the JSK shop and I couldn’t visit my beloved Camaro, which ...

Since the lock down started on March 15, 2020, I began contemplating on the importance and relevance of my work as a motoring journalist and entrepreneur. I decided to look back at my past experiences to find inspiration and motivation. When I was working as a sales trainer for the old Nissan Motor Philippines (NMPI) in the 1990’s, I often ...

Sometime in November 2015, I went to the farm of my friend, The Philippine STAR columnist and political satirist Cito Beltran, in Lipa, Batangas to help him sell some of the vintage project cars in his collection. After suffering some back problems, Cito decided to clean up the garage in his farm and finish some of his other project cars ...

What does the 1910 Ford Model T, the 2019 Jeep Cherokee, the 1911 Marmon Wasp race car, and the 2019 Penske-Chevrolet race car have in common? Aside from the fact that the Ford and the Jeep are vehicles you can buy from the dealership and the two race cars won the Indianapolis 500, they have nothing much in common… except ...

  Chevron companies in the country recently teamed up to donate cash and fuels amounting to almost Php1,000,000 to provide safe transportation and equipment to frontlliners and health workers in the fight against COVID-19. Chevron Philippines Inc. (Caltex), marketer of the Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, together with Chevron Holdings Inc. (CHI), donated P500,000 to the Philippine General Hospital ...

Phoenix Petroleum, the first independent oil company and the fastest-growing and leading independent oil company in the Philippines, recently made known efforts it has undertaken to join the fight against COVID-19. Henry Fadullon, Phoenix Chief Operating Officer said, “We saw what was happening, we were part of what was happening, and it would be a shame to not do anything, ...

The automotive industry needs to develop new retail models, as well as update a distribution channel that has not changed much in the last 100 years, professional services firm Deloitte declared in a study published in 2016. Titled the “The foundation of automotive retail: Omni-channel customer engagement,” the paper asserted the automotive ecosystem is being impacted by changing competition, advances ...