Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

(Editor’s Note: We were browsing through our favorite car trading website when we saw this 1987 Land Rover Double Cab for sale. We’ve seen several Landies before but this is the first double cab pickup version we’ve seen that we felt compelled to share it with you, our dear readers.)  According to the seller, this 1987 Land Rover Defender Double ...

On July 4, 2019, UD Trucks and Prime Quest Transport Solutions Inc. launched Croner, an all-new medium-duty truck, to continue its rich Japanese legacy of building the “truck that the world needs today” specifically for its growth markets across Asia, Africa, Middle-East and South America.Making the best of your time Croner is a reliable and versatile truck range built with ...

Cleanfuel, the country’s leading independent fuel company, has recently opened its new service station in Kamias, Quezon City to further strengthen its network in Metro Manila and reinforces its efforts to provide a high-quality and cost-efficient fuel to more Filipino motorists. The new fuel station, which is located at Kamias Road in Barangay Sikatuna Village in Quezon City, is the fuel ...

The internet and the local motoring news are currently abuzz with the recent and much-awaited Philippine launch of the 2020 Toyota Supra. Held on July 9, 2019 at the Manila Polo Club in Dasmariñas Village, Makati, the launch of the Japanese sports and grand touring (GT) machine was organized by Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) like a glitzy fashion show but with ...

I am what you may call a “certified car nut“. I love being around cars. Even as a young boy, I was always playing with toy cars and my childhood dream was to own a lot of cars when I grow up. In school, my workbooks often have sketches of cars or automotive parts drawn in a blank page or ...

Last June 26, 2019, we drove home a green 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1303 S – a FREE gift from its former owner and Beetle enthusiast, Ildefonso “Fons”Caluag, for helping restore his beloved cream 1973 VW Beetle 1300 S. We had a difficult time getting the green Bug started while we were retrieving it from Fon’s garage because its battery ...

The Toyota 2000GT was a sports car produced in very limited numbers by Toyota Motor Company in cooperation with Yamaha. First seen at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, production 2000GTs were built between 1967 and 1970 and it revolutionized the automotive world’s view of Japan, which was formerly seen as a producer of imitative and stodgily practical vehicles. The Toyota ...

In 1948, Preston Tucker conceived and briefly produced an automobile with features so advanced that it was deemed as a big threat to the car sales and image of the Big Three American automakers at the time – General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Corporation. Due to negative publicity initiated by the American news media, a Securities and ...

Since its global introduction at the Chicago Auto Show in February 1989, the Mazda MX-5 has endeared itself to more than a million owners around the world. Known as the Miata in the USA, the nimble and agile rear-wheel drive two-seat sports car has earned the admiration of people from various countries, cultures and age groups. With four model generations ...

While driving the 2019 Volkswagen Santana 1.4 MPI Trendline for our recent Driven story, we realized that there’s a 45 year gap between it and the other volks (people’s) wagen (car) in our garage – our recently-acquired 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle 1303 S. Our test Santana is the base model with the 1.5 MPI Automatic Trendline and the 1.5 MPI Automatic ...