Whenever we test drive and review sport utility vehicles (SUV) here in Power Wheels Magazine, we always categorize the test vehicles size and type as subcompact, compact, mid-size or full-size SUVs. For those who are new in the automotive world, subcompact SUVs are those small 5-passenger crossover models such as the Ford EcoSport, Suzuki Jimny, Toyota Raize, and other brands ...
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2024 Haval H6 HEV DHT Max: Flying Freely, If Only…
In the mid-1980’s, Japanese carmakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda wanted to enter the lucrative American luxury car market but found it difficult to do so because their brands were associated with economy cars. So, they individually came up with their respective luxury and performance auto divisions – Toyota with Lexus, Nissan with Infiniti, and Honda with Acura. The three Japanese ...
Read More »2024 Changan X7 Plus: Rooting for the Underdog
Lately, my husband Lester and I realized that we need more space to fit our family and some stuff in our car, so we planned to replace our family car with a 7-seat vehicle. However, we were faced with a myriad of choices – aside from MPVs, there were crossovers, minivans and SUVs from Japanese, Korean, American, and Chinese car ...
Read More »2024 Mitsubishi Triton Athlete 4WD AT: Safe, Smart & Helpful Pickup Truck
“When I was a younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any wayBut now these days are gone and I’m not so self-assured Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors” From The Beatles’ 1965 hit song “Help!” I have been driving since I turned 18 in 1983. To be completely ...
Read More »2024 Suzuki XL7 Hybrid: The Graduate
Perish any thought if you’re thinking of the classic 1967 film “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hoffman. This review is not about a romance between an affluent middle-age woman (Mrs. Robinson/Ann Bancroft) and a young man (Benjamin Braddock/Hoffman) who’s in love with her daughter (Elaine Robinson/Katharine Ross). After all, this is an automotive website, not an online movie review. This article ...
Read More »2023 Honda HR-V S CVT with Honda SENSING: Sense and Sensibilities
When Colene Jalalon of Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) sent me a message that they’ll be sending me the latest Honda HR-V for a weeklong test drive, I was expecting that they’ll lend me their top-of-the-line RS Turbo CVT Honda SENSING variant. After all, Honda cars have become popular because of their performance and I’ve been anticipating a drive of ...
Read More »2023 Geely Azkarra 4WD: Analyzing Its Overall Appeal
In his book “The Acorn Principle”, author Jim Cathcart summarized people’s behavior into four major styles. The Thinker tends to be orderly, precise, conscientious, neat, trustworthy and careful but they are also a bit fearful, dependent, defensive, traditional, restrained and non-expressive. The Relater tends to be loyal, attentive, patient, mellow, cooperative and pleasant but they can also be indecisive, immobile, ...
Read More »2023 Foton Thunder 2.0 A/T: Tougher But Gentler Modern Workhorse
“Workhorse”. That’s the term I used to describe the 2009 Foton Blizzard pickup truck for a test drive story that I wrote in the Business Motoring Section of The Philippine STAR when I still wrote for that popular broadsheet. Rommel Sytin, who was then the president of Foton Motor Philippines (FMP), liked it so much that they used the term ...
Read More »2022 Peugeot 2008: La Vie En Rose
I was driving along a scenic tree-lined avenue somewhere north of Manila when the infotainment system started playing “La Vie En Rose”. “Perfect!”, I said to myself. The French song seemed apt for the drive since I was cruising along in a French car. Although the music playing in my vehicle was American singer Grace Jones’ 1981 disco version and ...
Read More »2022 Chery Tiggo 8 Pro 1.6T: My Chery Amor
If you’ve been to the malls lately, you must have seen the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro “World of Luxury” display at SM Aura (July 1-7), SM Megamall (July 14-20), Eastwood City (July 29-August 3), Estancia (August 12-18), and The Block at SM City North Edsa (August 25-31). If you haven’t, you can still catch it at SM Mall of Asia, ...
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