You guys are silly. Even back when I was 5 I knew Power Wheels were superior.
There were Power Wheels, but only the girls had them. They moved really, really slowly. Safety, you know, for the children. 5mph max, if that, and I recall a switch that could be set to limit it to 3mph. Plus if the battery needed to charge, no play.
The Big Wheels could go a lot faster, plus they had that lever that grabbed one back wheel and made it do a spinout. The street scene was often that of a bunch of boys on 80's-media-property Big Wheels (knight rider, G.I Joe, etc) buzzing around and annoying a girl in a Barbie Power Wheels Coupe. We didn't know better.