The popularity of the Honda HR-V name means the new one will sell well based on reputation alone; shame the authorities here don’t want you to have the best one… If there was a car that could perfectly exemplify the intense pants-on-head idiocy of the decisions made at the LTA, the 2022 Honda HR-V would be it. One of the core tenets of industrial design is that a new product should always ...
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The Bavarian automaker’s second-generation mini MPV continues to break new ground for the brand. Image credits: Tom Kirkpatrick MALAGA, SPAIN – The 2 Series Active Tourer may not fit the description of the classic BMW. It is, after all, a front-wheel drive mini-Multi Purpose Vehicle (MVP) made by a brand that was once synonymous with sporty, rear-wheel drive sedans and sports cars. Breaking out of its comfort zone however has apparently paid off ...
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Setting the 'tonale' for the future, the Alfa Romeo Tonale's arrival in Singapore geared for Q4 2022. Alfa Romeo is a company any petrolhead wants to love, but in recent years has not been performing its best. The rear-wheel drive Giulia saloon and Stelvio SUV, launched in 2015 and 2016 respectively, were meant to start a renaissance of sorts for the brand, but despite a warm reception from enthusiasts and the ...
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Haven't tried out our new Stjärnagloss full car clean-up service yet? We speak with Stjärnagloss' sole distributor in Singapore and Southeast Asia to find out more about the car detailing products that promise to give your car a real sheen! Car care can look very different from one car owner to another. Regular maintenance and essential repairs aside, some car owners are happy with the bare minimum — a car wash every ...
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Pirelli’s newly developed tyres for electric cars are quieter, grippier, stronger, and more energy-efficient than conventional tyres. Just as there are different types of cars and trucks to suit different purposes, so too are there different tyres to suit these different vehicles. Although we’ve had a sneak peek at the best Eco tyres on the market during this year’s AUTA Tyre Test, there’s plenty of scope for them to be even more ...
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If you think car care can be a hassle at times, you're not alone! Read more about Victor Chan, an AutoApp customer, and his car ownership experience. Do you own a car for the convenience of travelling around, and to alleviate commuting woes, especially at peak hours? So too does Victor Chan, who uses his car mostly to travel to and from work, and to shuttle the family around on weekends. ...
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With a range of over 420km and 408hp on tap, Mercedes-Benz gives us an idea of what to expect from its forthcoming EV models with the Mercedes-Benz EQC. Mercedes-Benz has (at last), thrown its hat into the Electric Vehicle (EV) arena with the launch of the EQC. Like its compatriots, Audi with e-tron, and BMW with i, Mercedes-Benz's EV sub-brand is EQ, hence the moniker of the car driven here. Given that ...
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The perennial MPV gets a timely facelift to keep it fresh and relevant as the 8-seater market heats up. If you’ve been in the market for an eight-seat people mover, there haven’t been really many choices. There’s the Toyota Previa, and er, that was more or less it, really. At least, until Hyundai and Kia unveiled the Palisade and Carnival respectively within a day of each other. Incredibly, within the same ...
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As one of AutoApp's partner workshops, find out what makes Auto Insure a great fit with Singapore's first quad-system car servicing concierge app! Many good relationships begin with a common interest, and the same can be said for many of the folks at AutoApp. While we sometimes disagree on which vegetables are the best (or not at all), passion for cars is a common interest among many of us here. In ...
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With Phase 2 back in place, we’re having some major flashbacks of the *takes a deep breath* Circuit Breaker period. Don’t fret though, here are some useful skills you can learn to get through the next "lockdown". With the amount of COVID-19 community cases on the rise and the government’s recent move to tighten measures regarding social gatherings, it almost feels like we’re back in the crazy ole’ days of the ...
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This Women’s History Month, we look at 10 famous women whose (tyre) marks have been left on the automotive industry! The automotive and motorsports industries are not without their stereotypes, and the rather skewed gender distribution is one such instance. One might not need to look far to find a male car enthusiast — my colleague right beside me is a fine example. The female counterparts, on the other hand, are ...
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Feeling a little guilty after one too many pineapple tarts this Chinese New Year? Don’t fret, here are some easy exercises to burn off those CNY goodies! Okay, so maybe your mother was right when she tried to advise you against your 27th kueh bangkit at that family gathering. But in between fending off your relatives’ incessant questions about marriage and work, you can’t be blamed for indulging a little more ...
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The Mercedes-Benz E-Class returns with more tech than ever. Is it enough to get folks out of SUVs and back into saloons? There was a time, in the late 1980s, when the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W124-generation) was Singapore’s best-selling car. It even outsold affordable Japanese favourites like the Toyota Corolla and Nissan Sunny, which were ubiquitous on local roads. Such was the demand that at times, along with the confluence of the ...
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If you have a powerful and iconic reputation, you don’t need whole sentences to tell your story. Just one letter will do. We all know the English alphabet contains 26 letters. But at BMW, M is probably the most important alphabet of all. No other single letter in the automotive industry packs as much history, success, passion, and performance as M, something that’s clearly evident in BMW’s own tagline: “M. The most ...
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So 2020 may not have been the best year for you and perhaps you didn’t manage to tick anything off your list of New Year’s resolutions. But would you believe me if I told you it didn’t matter? Okay, so here’s the deal. People tend to think of New Year’s resolutions as a sort of To-Do list. But a lot of the time, New Year’s resolutions aren’t something you can just ...
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