Priced from $146,999, new Hyundai Tucson goes on sale with an eye-catching new redesign, more space, and a fully digital interior. The conservative and practical-minded family SUV sector is not typically where you’d find car manufacturers experimenting with bold, unconventional designs, but then Hyundai these days isn’t like most other brands. Wanting to build a name that represents more than just reliable family transport, Hyundai has since ventured into performance cars ...
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The fourth-generation Skoda Octavia has just launched in Singapore with two flavours — liftback and wagon. Here’s five things we love about it! There’s much to like about Skoda. The funky Czech brand under the Volkswagen Group umbrella offers reliable Volkswagen running gear, all wrapped up in a clever and thoughtful package. Thanks to that, we’re massive fans of the Skoda Octavia. In fact, we liked it so much that we once ...
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Customers can now use AutoApp to send their cars to a SpeedyCare Auto Service Centre without leaving their homes. There’s a time-honoured tradition where sending a car for servicing usually comes with three choices. One, waiting at the service lounge for hours on end and helping yourself to free coffee. Two, heading to a nearby coffee shop for a better quality brew and breakfast. Or three, hailing a ride back home ...
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The latest iteration of the iconic Volkswagen Golf is now in Singapore, with a digitalised interior and 48V mild hybrid technology. Everybody knows the Volkswagen Golf. It’s the second-longest running Volkswagen nameplate — behind the Beetle, of course — with a 47-year production run. In that period, it sold well too, thanks to clever packaging, peppy engines, and a comprehensive range of models. Need to buy your kid his/her first car? There’s ...
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The all-new Audi A3 has arrived in Singapore… and we managed to get a sneak preview! Here’s all that’s new and exciting about Audi’s latest offering in the compact segment. Singaporeans love a good deal. They love nice, fancy things, but with a teeny tiny price tag. And for some peculiar reason, they have a penchant for the traditional three-box sedan shape, despite hatchbacks offering more practicality. It's this combination of factors ...
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The popularity of MPVs is on the wane, but the impressive new Kia Carnival proves why they - not SUVs - are the thinking man’s (or woman’s) choice for family transport. (Un)Fun fact about the 2021 Kia Carnival #1: It costs more than S$200k, no thanks to the latest eye-watering increase in COE prices. (Un)Fun fact about the 2021 Kia Carnival #2: It takes up as much space on the road as ...
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Priced from S$255k, the Lexus UX300e SUV has a 300km range, 8 year warranty, and owners will be able to do a short-term swap to any Lexus Hybrid model in conjunction with a new Lexus car-sharing platform. Considering that Lexus was the very first luxury car company to venture into electrified mobility (the hybrid RX400h SUV appeared a good 4 years before anything from BMW or Mercedes-Benz), it’s an eye-opening revelation ...
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Have you always dreamt of making a road trip to Malaysia, but just not in your EV? Thanks to Porsche's and Shell's crossborder charging network, you can soon drive your EV from Singapore to Malaysia. SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR. A common worry for EV owners is, how far can I drive my car before it runs out of juice? With insufficient charging points along the way, it’s no surprise that ...
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Hoping to change or upgrade your ride but don’t know where to look? Here’s what the AutoApp team thinks are the new cars most worth keeping an eye out for this year 2020 was a year like no other before, full of disruptions and uncertainties across all countries, economies, and industries around the world. The automotive sector was no different, with marquee events like all the various motorshows and racing series’ ...
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The Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been thoroughly facelifted with a new design and suite of leading edge tech to reclaim its place as a benchmark. You can be sure that when BMW launched the new 5 Series recently, Mercedes-Benz wouldn’t be far behind with their updated E-Class. And sure enough, it's now just gone on sale in Singapore, after a virtual premiere on Facebook. For the moment, only the E 200 is ...
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Mildly tweaked looks, more digital displays, new taillights and new paint options are the highlights for the updated maxi-Mini SINGAPORE - Two years ago, beginning with the iconic hatch and Convertible, Mini set about giving its entire model range a refresh, and now with the new Mini Countryman, that process is complete. It’s available as both a 1.5-litre Cooper, or a 2.0-litre Cooper S, and they cost S$161,888 and S$180,888 with Certificate ...
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Aggressive new looks back up a more thrilling drive in the heavily updated Lexus IS; prices start from S$199k SINGAPORE - We love a good sedan here at AutoApp, and the latest one to debut in Singapore, the Lexus IS, has been getting us more excited than most in recent times. We’ve been smitten ever since its global reveal back in June, and now we have all the juicy details that ...
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420i and 430i models are the launch variants for BMW’s new coupe, which sports a controversially bold new design SINGAPORE - BMW’s reputation was built on the desirability and performance of its sporting coupes, and the new 4 Series is the latest entry in a long lineage. It’s also just been launched in Singapore, less than half a year after its initial global debut. If you want to read all about the ...
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Find out how you can Drive Away Hunger and join 320 cars from 18 car clubs to raise 100 tonnes of food donations to feed the hungry SINGAPORE – 18 local car clubs will be answering the call from Food Bank Singapore (FBSG) to eradicate world hunger with a charity drive from October 16 to 18, which coincides with World Food Day 2020. Aligned with the United Nations Food and ...
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Local dealer Komoco Motors is pulling out all the stops to make the 7th generation Avante the benchmark of its segment SINGAPORE – Remember a time when shopping for a sub-$100k 1.6-litre family sedan meant settling for a no-frills, mass market econobox? This clearly isn’t the case any longer. Stalwarts like the Honda Civic, Mazda 3 and Toyota Corolla Altis now offer style, refinement and quality that’s closer to Continental offerings ...
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