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As an additional highlight, the BMW 3 Series Coupé and Convertible now feature headlights with newly designed contour lines, a modified structure, and innovative LED light technology. New paintwork colours, an updated range of leather upholstery, make a further contribution to the elegant looks of both models and the supreme driving experience they have to offer.
Happenings

New BMW 3 Series Coupé and Convertible

IN BMW, 3 Series, Performance Motors

The new BMW 3 Series Coupé and Convertible, elegant style and sporting performance at their best.


The Pit

Monthly Giveaways! June 2010

IN Blur, New Era Singapore, Contests

Win a set of 'Blur' the game courtesy of New Era Singapore! All you have to do is register yourself as a member of Burnpavement.com and answer a simple question below to qualify.


Consider this, it has four comfortable seats (the driver's is electric-powered), an electric sunroof, full leather upholstery and door panels, a premium sound system, well insulated cabin, quality materials inside and looks to kill. And it is, by no means, slow. On top of all that, it's really beautiful. I mean just look at it, the fender bulges, the rakish lines...
Projek

GR8T Expectations...

Our 'Ribena Berry' is a real head-turner, dropped jaws and pointing-fingers are a common reaction at bus-stops and taxi-stands. But can it perform as well as it looks?


At first glance, if one can get past the looks and drive this car proper, he or she will be amazed at what the Octavia vRS can offer. What we have here is a near clone of Volkswagen's highly sought after hot hatch, in fact you can call it a Golf GTI in guises of either a sedan or an estate, each offering more boot space than a hatchback with the latter being the roomiest of them all.
New

Czech It Out! | Skoda Octavia VRS

IN Skoda, Octavia, VRS, Harvest Automobiles

Back in 2000, we drove Skoda's 150bhp Octavia 1.8T - which was a real riot! 10 years on, the riot's turned into a full-on violent rampage in the form of this Octavia vRS!


Happenings

Mercedes-Benz Driving Experience 2010

IN Mercedes-Benz, Driving Experience, Defensive driving, Advanced driving, Safety, Cycle & Carriage, C & C

Guided by professional driving instructors, 'The Mercedes-Benz Driving Experience' provided participants with an exclusive opportunity to drive an almost complete range of Mercedes-Benz models.


The teams are from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) West, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Happenings

Shell Eco-Marathon 2010

IN Shell, Eco-Marathon, Singapore

Making its debut in Asia in July 2010, the Shell Eco-Marathon is an educational project that challenges student teams to design and build the most energy-efficient vehicles to compete with each other.


Apart from showcasing the two new MINIs, visitors to MINIFESTO 2010 also had the opportunity to participate in activities like a miniature 'gymkhana circuit' Driving Challenge, remote controlled car challenge, go karting as well as seeing the legendary MINI rally champion Rauno Aaltonen perform in a MINI which he did with gusto on the handling course demo runs despite his age.
Happenings

Minifestation Of Fun

IN MINI, Cooper, Loft, Stratford, MINIFESTO

The 2010 MINIFESTO is Singapore's very own official MINI festival. Now let's celebrate all things MINI with a Hidey Hidey Hidey Ho!


Projek

Demo car | Mazda RX-8

IN Mazda, Borla®, Purple, RX-8

New to the Burnpavement garage is a sexy Mazda RX-8. Finished in deep purple, this rotary-powered coupé will double up as a demo car for our Borla® exhaust systems set to arrive in 2 weeks.


Each fuel purchase receipt entitles customers to only one chance and one prize. Customers are required to check their receipt at the point of purchase and present the original receipt immediately to the cashier, who will then issue them the Prize Collection letter. Shell estimates at least 100 winners per month in this promotion. The 13-week promotion is part of Shell's ongoing drive to help motorists
Happenings

Spot ‘1000’ to win S$1,000 worth of Shell fuels

IN Shell, Petrol, 95, 98, V-Power, Fuels

Shell is offering its customers a chance to win up to S$100,000 worth of fuel monthly just by spotting numbers on their fuel receipts.


Disc brakes are fitted to all wheels, with ventilated discs and Brembo double piston, fixed calipers at the front. Suspension is derived from a tried and tested Abarth configuration with the front provided by independent McPherson struts, while rear suspension is semi-independent with a torsion bar. Abarth has also fitted a larger anti-roll bar together with front springs that are 20% harder than those of a standard suspension system.
Happenings

Italian Sting | Abarth Punto Evo

The scorpion stings again! This baby 'Evo' is Fiat's hotter Punto hatchback. Powered by a 170bhp Multiair 1.4 turbo petrol engine, it has some 'go' to match it's racy looks.


“We are hoping to build on our successes from previous years and maintain our 100% finish record,” said Puteri. “It is going to be exciting with the driver line-up that we have, there’s some vast skills, some raw talent and a lot of passion in the team. We have a competitive car, and we are incredibly enthusiastic about the team’s performance on race day,” she added.
Motorsports

Red Bull Rookies announces all-female racing team lineup

IN Red Bull, Sepang, 1000KM race, Female

The upcoming Sepang 1000KM race will be graced by an all-female race team, the Red Bull Rookies. Puteri Ayu Jasmin, Carmen Lim, Noradzlianayati Abdul Radzak and Melline Jaini make up the team.


Classics

Honda Prelude 2.3A

IN Honda, Prelude, Coupé

She's a pretty 18 year-old with a curvaceous hot body and a voluptuous rear-end. They sure don't make coupés like they used to.


Readers' Rides

Double Dose | A Pair of EVO GSRs

IN Evo, GSR, Yellow, White

What's interesting about these cars is that they belong to the same owner. Many people have two or more cars, but rarely does a person buy the same model, twice! It simply shows how great the Evo is.


Above base WRX will have current STi looks with augmented arches and large air-scoop.
Happenings

2011 WRX grows some muscle

IN 2011, WRX, Subaru

The last incarnation of our favourite boxer-clad rally machine was a bit of a disappointment, missing all the flared-arch fenders and gaping air dams, the response to the GR WRX was lukewarm, at best.


Exige S Type 72 features enlarged roof scoop (compared to the standard Exige S) and Lotus variable traction control and Lotus launch control.
Happenings

Lotus Exige S Type 72

The Lotus Exige S Type 72 is a celebration of the most successful F1 car of all time, the Lotus Type 72 Formula One car, which achieved 20 Grand Prix victories between 1970 and 1975.


Looks like a ball from here. Just the way we pictured it!
Projek

16 inch deep dish XXR Wheels with 0 offset!

IN Mazda, MX5, Roadster, Deep dish, Wheels

Yup, you read that correctly, ZERO offset! The Miata is known to be a 'girly' car, so we decided to add more muscle to the car with these wide wheels.


Aggressive new front design an improvement on what was already one of the most handsome cars on our roads.
Modified

Swede Sensation | Saab 9-3 Combi 2.8T V6

IN Saab, 9-3, Black, Wagon, Swede

Having the top-of-the-line 2.8 turbo-charged engine is not enough for this 9-3 owner. Already pushing close to 300bhp at stage 1, he's not stopping and has already planned his stage 2 mods.


Happenings

Edo Competition Ferrari California

German tuner Edo Competition has a dark horse, almost literally, in this manifestation of a black powered-up Ferrari California.


Readers' Rides

It's A Materia World | Daihatsu Materia

IN Daihatsu, Materia, Bippu, White, VIP, BB

This bippu styled Materia 1.5A might not be a pavement burner, but its cool and funky looks give it the right amount of street-cred to cruise down any boulevard.


This yellow Silvia S15 was setup so nicely with what looked to me like a Vertex kit. Staggered wheels so neatly tucked under the fenders.
Motorsports

Carpark Shoot | Formula Drift Singapore 2010

IN Carpark, Spectators, Candid

Every now and then, we spot some sweet cars at an event and snap a few photos. These were from the Formula Drift Singapore 2010.



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