Four luxury SUVs go toe-to-toe to see who emerges victorious. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? This is pretty straightforward. Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) that qualify for this category need to be their respective manufacturers' flagship models and be priced close to the 90th price percentile. Meet The Contenders Four luxury SUVs were reviewed this year - three German, and one Italian. Clockwise from the top left, representing Ingolstadt are the Audi SQ7 and SQ8. ...
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Two superb sports cars square off to see who comes out on top. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? No hot hatches, performance sedans or wagons are allowed in here. They need to be purpose-built coupes or cabriolets that go around corners like a wet dream and get their owners hot under the collar before each drive. They should also be priced below the 90th percentile. Meet The Contenders One is German and the ...
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Three luxury sports cars turn the corner to see who crosses the line first. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Sports cars that qualify for this category need to be priced at or above the 90th price percentile. Pretty simple. Meet The Contenders Three luxury sports cars were reviewed this year, all yellow in colour, all from Germany. Clockwise from the top left, we have the Mercedes-AMG SL 55 4MATIC+ from Affalterbach, the Audi R8 ...
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Five premium SUVs contend for this category's bragging rights. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are a perennial favourite among buyers not just in Singapore but worldwide. On the premium side of things, SUVs that qualify for this category need to be sold in the 50th or higher price percentiles. Meet The Contenders We tested five premium SUVs this year. Three come from parent group Stellantis, of which two hail ...
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Three Cat B SUVs challenge one another for this category's crown. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Each contender must be a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and sold with a Category B Certificate of Entitlement (Cat B COE). At the same time, they should remain relatively affordable Cat B models and not creep into the "premium" territory of pricing. Those cars are saved for another category. Let's have a look. Meet The Contenders Clockwise from ...
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Three frugal Cat A Hybrid/Plug-In Hybrid challenge one another for the championship. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). It also needs to have a full-hybrid or plug-in hybrid drivetrain that allows it to be driven for some distance purely on electric power alone. Although no plug-in hybrids were launched ...
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Four cool SUVs tangle to decide the Cat A SUV category's champion. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that qualifies for this category needs to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Easy innit? Meet The Contenders Three are German and one is French. Three come from parent group Stellantis and use the same engine. Interesting line-up, this. Clockwise, from top left - the Opel ...
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These great sedans set their sights to become the Cat A sedan category's creme de la creme. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? Every sedan that qualifies for this category needs to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Simple. Meet The Contenders Clockwise, from top left, going to battle for the Germans in the arena of Cat A sedans is the Audi A3 1.0 TFSi. Representing the Czech ...
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Five excellent hatchbacks duel to claim the Cat A hatchback category's crown. How Does ACOTY Define This Class? To us, and along with the majority of the world, hatchbacks are defined as having a fifth door with a relatively vertical rear windscreen to access the boot. Plus, all hatchbacks that qualify for this category need to be sold with a Category A Certificate of Entitlement (Cat A COE). Easy peasy. Meet The Contenders Representing ...
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The 2023 Japan Mobility Show kicked off earlier this morning with Toyota’s press conference, where CEO Koji Sato unveiled an arsenal of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to the international press, announcing that the carmaker is finally ready to fully embrace electrification. Taking centre stage were two concept cars – the GR-badged FT-Se sports car and FT-3e crossover – designed to cater to very different needs, but both delivering Toyota levels of ...
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Mazda unveiled their latest Iconic SP concept car at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show today, and it’s everything you’ve come to expect from the marque, and more. Sporting a low-slung silhouette and sleek pop-up LED headlights, the prototype bears more than a passing resemblance to the FD-generation RX-7, albeit modernised for the 21st century. According to the carmaker, the Iconic SP features a hybrid powertrain in the form of a two-rotor rotary ...
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The inaugural AutoApp Car Of The Year awards consolidate the best cars tested in Singapore that will be on sale in 2024. Welcome to the first-ever Autoapp Car Of The Year awards. ACOTY, as it is otherwise known, is meant to be the definitive car award that consolidates the thoughts and opinions of vehicles that we have reviewed this year. Hopefully, this will help you make an informed choice when choosing your ...
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Poised as the executive saloon of the Volkswagen lineup, the Arteon has received an update for the Singapore market. Volkswagen Singapore has just announced a new facelift update to the Arteon. The new model features updated styling, better creature comforts, and a new engine variant. Better still, one does not have to wait for an upcoming launch date, as the Arteon is available for purchase starting from today and will come ...
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Tired of your car’s mundane paint job? Wish you could swap it out for something more exciting, vibrant, or maybe even subtle? AutoApp’s got you covered. This thought of repainting or a car wrap might have crossed your mind before. You may have bought a second-hand car and did not like the colour it came in, or rash decisions made you choose a different colour instead in the showroom when spec-ing ...
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Continental Automotive Singapore recently held its inaugural TechFest conference, signing 3 MoUs with local and global partners The collaborations aim at improving technology for the transport of goods and transforming the mobility experience, with each Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) leveraging Continental’s expertise and the technological competencies of the respective partners to accelerate new commercial solutions for mobility. TechFest included a showcase that demonstrated numerous new technological innovations developed by various companies. Additionally, ...
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