Sean Loo, Author at AutoApp

by Sean Loo 12 July 2025

Featured, Local, News

All-New MINI John Cooper Works Family Lands In Singapore

The all-new MINI John Cooper Works (JCW) family is serving up five firecracker models, including two electrifying new entries. These are the hooligans of the range, dressed to the nines and itching for a good backroad brawl or a high-tech sprint to the office. Whether it’s the howling TwinPower Turbos or the whisper-quiet-but-whiplash-inducing electric variants, each model is remixed for a modern audience. Something for Every Adrenaline Junkie This generation also marks the arrival ...

by Sean Loo 12 July 2025

Featured, Latest Cars, Reviews

XPeng X9 Review

The XPeng X9 is a sci-fi-styled first-class lounge on wheels, lavishly appointed and an absolute indulgence to ride in. Some cars beg to be flung around a winding mountain pass, while others all but demand a full-throttle run down an unrestricted stretch of road. The XPeng X9, however, plays a different tune altogether. The moment I laid eyes on it, my instinct wasn’t to grab the wheel, but to slide into the ...

by Sean Loo 11 July 2025

Featured, Latest Cars, Reviews

Land Rover Defender 110 PHEV Review

With its unmistakable silhouette, peerless off-road pedigree, and a plug-in hybrid heart, the Land Rover Defender 110 PHEV bridges the gap between rugged heritage and modern responsibility. If you’ve ever inherited an heirloom, you’ll know the burden it carries. Not just in keeping time, but in keeping tradition. The Land Rover Defender 110 PHEV is precisely that: a revered nameplate reborn for the modern world. One that must still climb mountains, ...

by Sean Loo 11 July 2025

Featured, Latest Cars, Reviews

2025 Audi A3 Sportback Review

The new Audi A3 Sportback continues the model’s long-standing tradition of sensible practicality. There’s something undeniably comforting about a well-cut suit. Not the flashiest thing in the room, not the loudest either, but when it fits just right, you know you’re in good hands. That, in essence, is what the Audi A3 Sportback feels like. Now in its latest iteration, the A3 glides quietly into Singapore’s fiercely contested premium compact segment, refreshed ...

by Sean Loo 10 July 2025

Featured, Local, News

New 2025 SsangYong Musso Launched In Singapore

The new 2025 SsangYong Musso is back, now with more muscle under the hood and creature comforts you wouldn’t expect in a pick-up. Underneath its broad-shouldered bonnet sits a Euro 6-compliant, 2.2-litre turbo diesel engine. This one pushes out 202 horsepower and 441Nm of torque. And with a fuel economy of 9.0 litres/100km, it’s not guzzling diesel like it’s going out of style either. Transmission duties fall to a trusted 6-speed automatic ...

by Sean Loo 9 July 2025

Featured, Motorsports

Christian Horner Sacked From Red Bull Racing

Christian Horner, the architect, the instigator, the man who once swaggered into F1 with an energy drink and a dream, has been sacked. Just like that. After 20 years at the helm of Red Bull Racing. Since 2005, Horner’s been the team principal of a project that, at first, felt like a novelty. Red Bull? A soft drink brand trying to play with the big boys of F1? But under Horner, the ...

by Sean Loo 7 July 2025

Featured, International, News

Ferrari Debuts New Amalfi

With the new Ferrari Amalfi, Maranello has written a bold, open-air overture to pure, unfiltered grand touring. No roof. No compromises. No apologies. This is a design-first, engine-forward homage to the bliss of driving beneath the open sky, with nothing but the horizon ahead and that glorious V12 at your back. Inspired by the winding coastal roads of Southern Italy, the Amalfi is a celebration of la dolce vita. With its mid-front-mounted ...

by Sean Loo 2 July 2025

Featured, Local, News

Maxus eTerron 9 Launches In Singapore

The Maxus eTerron 9 is Singapore’s newest heavyweight contender in the electric commercial vehicle ring. Officially unveiled by Cycle & Carriage on 23 June 2025, the eTerron 9 is built with a dual-motor, four-wheel-drive setup pushing out 325kW and 700Nm of torque. Designed to take on muddy trails and sandy inclines, it sports Maxus’ All-Terrain System 3.0. Six preset modes (Eco, Normal, Power, Expert, Mud, and Sand) plus an intelligent 4WD mode ...

by Sean Loo 2 July 2025

Featured, Local, News

Volvo Launches Refreshed XC60

Since its global debut in 2017, the Volvo XC60 has quietly charmed over 1.5 million drivers worldwide. It’s been Volvo’s global best-seller for a reason, and with the latest round of updates, it’s more poised than ever to keep that crown firmly in place. Wearnes Automotive has brought in two variants: the Volvo XC60 B5 Plus Mild-Hybrid and the punchier XC60 T8 Plus Plug-in Hybrid. Both share the same 2-litre four-cylinder turbocharged ...

by Sean Loo 1 July 2025

Featured, International, News

Lotus Launches MY26 Updates for Eletre & Emeya

Come 1 July 2025, Lotus is giving its Eletre hyper-SUV and Emeya hyper-GT a full-on philosophical refresh. The 2025 line-up for both Eletre and Emeya now runs on a clearer naming convention, ‘600’ and ‘900’, which handily reflect their power output in metric horsepower. For the nostalgic, the beloved trim names of GT SE and SPORT SE also make a triumphant return, resurrected from the Lotus hall of fame and stitched ...

by Sean Loo 30 June 2025

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Lotus Emira Turbo SE Review

The Lotus Emira Turbo SE stands as a fitting tribute to the internal combustion engine, arguably its finest farewell. Lotus, as the legend goes, was built on a whisper and a prayer, and a borderline obsession with lightness. Colin Chapman, the man behind the badge, would probably break into hives at the thought of thick door insulation or soft-close tailgates. AMG, meanwhile, marches to a different drumbeat altogether. It’s a name that ...

by Sean Loo 30 June 2025

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Audi Q7 Review

How long can one generation of SUVs continue without feeling old? Audi seems determined to find out with the Q7. The second-generation Q7, which first greeted the world in 2015, is now entering its second facelift, and rather than feeling tired, it’s found a second (or is it third?) wind. Familiar Face, Fresh Details For 2025, Audi has dusted off its big seven-seater once more, giving it new digital eyes, a cleaner face, ...

by Sean Loo 26 June 2025

Featured, Latest Cars, Reviews

Range Rover Evoque Review

A Range Rover Evoque with an engine smaller than a Prius? Have the engineers at JLR lost faith? Cool, poised, and with just the right amount of flash, the Range Rover Evoque hasn’t lost an ounce of its magnetism since its debut back in 2011. Now in its second generation, with a gentle facelift in 2023, the Evoque is still the sharp dresser at the SUV party, with everyone else trying to ...

by Sean Loo 26 June 2025

Featured, Latest Cars, Reviews

MGS5 Review

The MGS5 EV is MG’s new electric offering, replacing the ZS EV in the brand’s increasingly crowded line-up. Bigger, better-equipped, and riding on the same Modular Scalable Platform as the MG5 and MG4, this is MG’s second wind. The brand has had a good run over the last five years, but now it wants to grow up. Out with the baby steps, in with the real players. So, what’s new? Quite a lot actually. ...

by Sean Loo 26 June 2025

Featured, Local, News

The Corvette Stingray Roars into Singapore

After more than seven decades of sculpting asphalt into ribbons of burnt rubber and bravado, the Corvette Stingray has finally arrived in Singapore. Since 1953, the Corvette has been the rolling embodiment of American muscle and ambition. A car that grew up alongside rock and roll, drag strips, and Daytona sunsets. It raced at Le Mans, danced through Sebring, and played the national anthem through growling exhaust notes. Now, Singapore joins this ...