Let’s get one thing straight: Pickup trucks are designed to be workhorses. Whether they are powered by a diesel engine, hybrid or electric motor, pickup trucks are meant to be workhorses. The common midsize 4-door crew cab pickup trucks that you see being driven around on our roads are designed to transport 5 people in relative comfort and carry around ...

“Jack and the Beanstalk” is a classic children’s story where a poor boy named Jack traded a cow for magic beans, which infuriates his mother, who throws the beans out the window into their garden. The next morning, Jack was surprised to find a giant beanstalk that reaches high into the sky, climbs it, and discovers a castle above the ...

“It’s very smooth,” my wife Shawie and I concurred while we were comparing notes about our recent driving experience with the 2025 Ford Everest Sport. We usually take a drive together whenever Power Wheels Magazine gets a media test drive unit but because of our busy schedules and unusual situations these past few weeks, it was one of those rare ...

When Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH) launched the first generation Suzuki Ertiga multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in July 2014, it was dubbed as a Life Utility Vehicle or LUV for short, which was a clever spin on the colloquial term “luv”, the slang for “love”. SPH promoted the seven-seat compact MPV as another testament to Suzuki’s renowned engineering leadership and legacy as ...

I was able to “overrule” my husband, Lester, when Foton Motor Philippines (FMP) lent us the Foton Tunland V7 for a weeklong test drive in April 2025. I reasoned that it was time to show that women (like me) can drive large full-size pickup trucks around our crowded metropolis just as easily as men. I had a great deal of fun ...

A little over a week after Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) introduced the upgraded Mitsubishi Xpander model lineup on August 29, 2025, I found myself behind the wheel of a 2026 Mitsubishi Xpander Cross, the very same model displayed during the launch at the SM Mall of Asia, for a week-long test drive. Some of my colleagues in the motoring ...

When Li Auto Philippines took us for a Media Drive in August from the Li Auto BGC showroom to Calatagan, Batangas for a relaxing overnight stay at the Nawa Wellness Resort, they designed the drive to pamper us, the motoring media participants, to the point of being spoiled. All throughout the drive, we were chauffeured in three luxurious Li Auto ...

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the renowned artist, painter, draftsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect during the High Renaissance once opined that “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. These words came to mind when we had the 2025 Suzuki Jimny 5-door GLX for a week-long test drive. In this age where vehicles are becoming more complicated and complex to comply with ...

It may be just my luck but there’s almost always a storm or a typhoon on my landmark birthday. On my 10th birthday, I cried because strong rains and floods prevented us from going to a department store to buy a toy car that my parents promised as my birthday gift. I recalled this childhood disappointment when two typhoons, Crising ...

BYD is short for BYD Auto Company, Ltd. of China, a car brand that manufactures battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), which are now collectively known as New Energy Vehicles (NEVs). BYD is also the abbreviation of the phrase “Build Your Dreams”, which is the foundation of the car brand’s visual identity. From 2020 to 2024, BYD ...