Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

In December 2025, we test drove a Khaki White 2025 Jaecoo J7 SHS Premium a week before the Christmas break. We wrote that the J7 SHS Premium “represents a value that is much greater than the sum total of its innovative features, purposeful craftsmanship, and cutting-edge safety technology.” Towards the end of February 2026, Omoda and Jaecoo Philippines lent us ...

Call me “traditional”, “old school”, or simply “outdated”, but as a classic car buff, when I think of Morris Garages, or MG for short, I always think of British sports cars – not SUVs, MPVs or pickup trucks. The garage workshop was founded by William Morris, while MG as a car brand actually started in 1924 when Cecil Kimber, who ...

In 1886, Karl Benz developed a gasoline-powered vehicle and gave birth to the horseless carriage, which was later labeled as the automobile because of its self-propelled (auto) mobility. It was initially considered as a “toy” for wealthy people until 1903 when Ransom E. Olds pioneered the assembly line to produce thousands of Oldsmobile models. In 1908, Henry Ford further revolutionized ...

At ten o’clock on a Thursday morning, March 11, 1971, Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. unveiled its latest, futuristic, and most radical concept car at the at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The Carrozzeria Bertone display stand debuted and showcased the prototype Lamborghini LP112. LP stands for “Longitudinale Posteriore” in Italian, which referred to the rear longitudinal position of the ...

Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) has reached a major manufacturing milestone with the local production of its 900,000th Mitsubishi L300, reinforcing the company’s long-standing commitment to operational excellence and quality manufacturing in the Philippines. The locally-produced Mitsubishi L300 has become one of the most trusted commercial vehicles in the country, supporting business continuity and economic activity across industries. This milestone ...

Adventure just reached a whole new level. Suzuki Philippines proudly announces that the 2026 Jimny 3-Door now comes equipped with Suzuki Safety Support, bringing advanced driver-assist technology to one of the most iconic and capable 4×4 vehicles in its class. Long celebrated for its unmistakable boxy design, compact agility, and genuine off-road toughness, the Jimny 3-Door now adds intelligent safety to ...

As the first and oldest automotive brand in China, Hongqi initially made luxury vehicles that were exclusively reserved for the use of high-ranking government officials. As the official vehicle of the ruling party elite, Hongqi vehicles are designed, manufactured and finished to be utterly reliable, ultimately safe, and luxuriously comfortable since 1958. And as it is often referred to as ...

During my senior year of college in 1987, my dad gave me some money to buy my own car. I can only guess that he got tired of me constantly tinkering with our family car and borrowing it to drive to school and other curricular (and extra-curricular) activities. I’ve always liked the Volkswagen Beetle, especially Herbie the Love Bug (from ...

Albie Espinola, a British-Filipino artist born and raised in London, England, held his very first art show in the Philippines on January 9 and 10, 2026 at the 2nd floor showroom of Wheeltek Harley-Davidson of Cavite along Aguinaldo Highway in Imus, Cavite. Dubbed as the “Albie Art Exhibition”, the art show was the first in a planned series of “Brute ...

The Ferrari 308 GTS became famously recognized from 1980 to 1988 as the red sports car driven around Oahu, Hawaii by private detective Thomas Magnum, played by Tom Selleck, in the popular TV series “Magnum, P.I.”. Few people actually know that the Ferrari 308 GTB “Berlinetta” coupe debuted five years earlier at the 1975 Paris Motor Show while the GTS ...