Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

While sorting through my stuff and cleaning my cluttered small office in our house on New Year’s Eve, I realized that I need to minimize my belongings. I’m turning 60 on my next birthday, and even though I don’t have any plans of retiring (simply because I cannot afford to retire), I have decided to let go of some of ...

On the drive from Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig, where my wife Shawie and I just attended the launch of Tesla electric vehicles, I was filled with excitement and anticipation as we headed into Alabang, where we were going to attend a press conference at Karrera Café about Meta Motors and their M1 Championship League. I was doubly excited ...

Tesla Motors opened their official dealership in the Philippines on November 8, 2024 at the bustling Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig. The new Tesla Experience Center at the Uptown Parade along 9th Avenue is directly across the Uptown Mall where the public launch of the brand was held before the ribbon cutting ceremonies at the dealership. The Tesla Experience ...

The 24th day of October 2024 proved to be a hectic day. There were two major motor shows that happened on that day – the 9th Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS 2024) and the 12th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS), which was hosted by the Electric Vehicles Association of the Philippines (EVAP). Unfortunately, that day also marked the tail end ...

Whenever we test drive and review sport utility vehicles (SUV) here in Power Wheels Magazine, we always categorize the test vehicles size and type as subcompact, compact, mid-size or full-size SUVs. For those who are new in the automotive world, subcompact SUVs are those small 5-passenger crossover models such as the Ford EcoSport, Suzuki Jimny, Toyota Raize, and other brands ...

In the mid-1980’s, Japanese carmakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda wanted to enter the lucrative American luxury car market but found it difficult to do so because their brands were associated with economy cars. So, they individually came up with their respective luxury and performance auto divisions – Toyota with Lexus, Nissan with Infiniti, and Honda with Acura. The three Japanese ...

A celebration of classic style, the Distinguished Gentleman’s Drive or DGD, is an on-road motoring fundraising event, involving classic cars that were built 40 years ago or earlier. Thus, owners, drivers and passengers of classic cars built from the early 1900s to 1984 around the world are encouraged on the last Sunday of September every year to dress in style ...

Sometime in early 2022, I was browsing Facebook Marketplace when I chanced upon my old 2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R. It was the first motorbike that I owned where I was able to reach 299 km/h on a long stretch of highway, albeit for just a few fleeting moments. My son Chevy Martin saw the look on my face as I ...

VinFast Auto, Vietnam’s automobile company, officially launched its stylish VF3 electric mini SUV in the Philippines, starting the VF3’s first foray into an international market. With compact dimensions of 3,190 mm (length) x 1,679 mm (width) x 1,622 mm (height) and a wheelbase of 2,075 mm, the VF3 is perfectly suited for our local city streets. Its 16-inch alloy wheels ...

“When I was a younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any wayBut now these days are gone and I’m not so self-assured Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors” From The Beatles’ 1965 hit song “Help!” I have been driving since I turned 18 in 1983. To be completely ...