Power Wheels Magazine A Notch Above

The world is evolving at a staggering pace. Numerous entrepreneurs have become successful at a much younger age than those who struck it rich a generation and half ago. The youth market is now wealthier, more financially independent, and more aggressive than the young ones of the previous two decades. All these were not lost on Mercedes-Benz, the German luxury ...

American muscle cars had reached the summit of horsepower ratings in 1970. General Motors (GM) boasted of a mighty line-up that included the 450-horsepower Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6, the 370-hp Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV, the 370-hp Oldsmobile 442 W-30 and the 370-hp Buick Skylark GS-X Stage 1. However, insurance companies had also wised up to these race-ready ...

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “conquest” as “the act or process of conquering” or as “something conquered especially a territory appropriated in war” or as “a person whose favor or hand has been won”. Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) couldn’t have picked a better name for its top-of-the-line pickup truck, the Toyota Hilux Conquest because it has won the hearts and ...

The last weekend of August 2019 proved to be my most exciting weekend yet. On the early morning of Friday the 30th, my wife Shawie and I pointed our borrowed TRD-accessorized 2019 Toyota Hilux Conquest pickup truck north to the Clark International Speedway (CIS) in Pampanga for the 3rd leg of the 2019 Vios Racing Festival, that covers the 2nd ...

  Sixteen years after it introduced what would become one of its most iconic diesel workhorses, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) launches the most stylish modern iteration of the D-MAX pick-up, the LS-A. To be publicly displayed at the New Glorietta Activity Center, Makati from August 29 to August 31, the D-MAX LS-A represents nearly a century of Isuzu’s experience and ...

Audi e-tron Quattro SUV is the first ever pure battery electric vehicle (BEV) that earned the 2019 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick+ rating, the highest rating awarded by non-profit organizations and funded by auto insurance companies in the U.S.A. The ratings give buyers a way to directly compare the crashworthiness and safety features of different vehicles. ...

With the right time, effort and dedication, any car has the potential to be a show winner and no other vehicle serves as better proof of that than the 1974 Volkswagen Type 181 that bagged the top honors at the 2014 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) car show competition. Owned by Ronnie Fernandez and restored by Jules Chanco of MAC Sport ...

First and foremost, we would like to thank the numerous readers who sent us messages asking why we have not posted the next part of our “unsolicited advice” on managing traffic in Metro Manila. We intentionally delayed this part, which will deal with the third E or Enforcement of the 3 E’s of Traffic Management, because we know that we will ...

Here at Power Wheels Magazine, we regularly get several invitations to attend the launch, introduction, or unveiling of a new vehicle or an automotive product, or the inauguration or opening of a new factory, dealership, flagship store, or outlet. Thus, when we got an invitation to attend the CST Tires 2019 Launch on August 22, 2019 at the Grand Ballroom ...

Three years after the car and truck brand’s last “Big Show”, FOTON Philippines is once again coming up with its largest and latest commercial vehicle offerings in a two-day expo called FOTON’s Big AtTRUCKtion, which will be held on September 12-13, 2019 at the Megatent Events Venue in Libis, Quezon City. In keeping with the brand’s tagline, Empower Your Business, the ...