Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

It was May 29, 2020, our last Friday under the government-imposed Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (M-ECQ). The government was about to implement General Community Quarantine (GCQ) and ease travel and work restrictions. Everybody was excited to have some semblance of normalcy back. On that day, my wife Shawie and I were excited for another reason – we were going to ...

With the easing of work and travel restrictions under the implementation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila, we hope and pray that most of you stay safe and healthy by staying alert and wearing the proper personal protection gear (like face masks and face shields) when working in groups or when dealing with another person. We strongly ...

Ford Motor Company‘s now-legendary racing prototype, the Ford GT40, had a magical year in 1966. Henry Ford II wanted to get back at Enzo Ferrari for the botched sale of the iconic Italian sports car company to Ford. After watching the GT40 endure numerous early teething problems like aerodynamics, engine and transaxle reliability, Ford confidently declared it would beat Ferrari ...

2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Land Rover Range Rover, which is simply known as the Range Rover. This full-sized luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) was launched in 1970 by British Leyland and is currently in its fourth generation as the flagship model of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which has extended the brand to include the Range Rover Evoque, ...

The Ducati Corse team had many reasons to look forward to the 2009 Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) season. Their lead rider for the Ducati Marlboro racing team was Australian Casey Stoner, who obtained Ducati’s first MotoGP World Championship title in 2007. Partnering with Stoner was the 2006 MotoGP World Champion, Nicky Hayden, who was nicknamed “The Kentucky Kid”. The two ...

When Piaggio Aircraft, the Italian helicopter factory was closed by the Allied Forces after the end of World War II, owner Enrico Piaggio was driven to produce a motor-scooter to provide affordable transportation for the masses. He wasn’t too thrilled with their first product, the 1945 Piaggio MP5, which was nicknamed “Paperino”, so his engineers went back to the drawing ...

The iconic 1953-56 Porsche 550 Spyder is often associated with the late American actor and Hollywood icon James Dean. It seems that glamour, speed and danger are part of the racing sports car’s mystique. For the benefit of those who are not in the know, the Porsche 550 is a mid-engine car with an air-cooled horizontally-opposed 4-cylinder engine. It followed ...

To continue our story from yesterday’s Miniature Wheels feature about Chevrolet’s Plastic Fantastic, we leave our 6-cylinder 150-horsepower Pennant Blue 1954 Corvette behind and go over to our V8-powered 290 hp Venetian Red 1957 Corvette. As we mentioned yesterday, these “solid-axle” Corvettes are first-generation cars (C1) that debuted as a roadster in 1953 and underwent several upgrades, starting with a ...

Using a digital conference platform from their head office in Yokohama, Japan, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) unveiled a four-year “transformation plan” to achieve sustainable growth, financial stability and profitability by the end of fiscal year 2023. The plan was designed to shift Nissan’s strategy from its past focus on inflated expansion to its new focus on cost-rationalization and business ...

How do you launch a new automotive product when there is a government ban on public gatherings to avoid the contagion of the deadly Corona virus? How do you set the standards for the New Normal? How do you disseminate the much needed information to your media partners and eventually, to your customers? Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP), the Philippine ...