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Accepting the trophy infront of 60 Car of the Year jurors and over 200 industry colleagues, Volvo Japan CEO Takayuki Kimura said, “This is the first time in Japan COTY’s 38-year history that Volvo has won an award. To be honest, I would have been happy with the Import Car of the Year*. But to come away with the overall Japan Car of the Year is totally unexpected and sincerely humbling. I dedicate this award to the 100 dealers and 1400 staff across the nation.” 
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Volvo’s XC60 Wins In Japan

IN Japan, Car of the Year, Car of the Year Japan, 2018, COTY, Car of the Year Japan 2018, COTY Japan 2018, Volvo, XC60, Volvo XC60

In a monumental battle for the country’s most coveted car trophy, the Volvo XC60 comes from behind to capture the Car of the Year Japan award


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McLaren’s Ultimate Road-Legal Track Car

IN McLaren, Senna, McLaren Senna, Ayrton Senna, F1, Legend, F1 Driver, Ultimate Series, 2017, McLaren Track22, McLaren Production Centre

Named after legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna, the McLaren Senna is limited to only 500 units


Full of energy and zest, Mike walks into the room and immediately starts sharing his stories. Like a small boy excited to talk about his day at school, Mike is animated, full of smiles and yet, 100 percent inspiring at the same time.
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Adventure Knows No Limits

Swiss professional explorer and adventurer Mike Horn was in town recently and we had a chance to meet the motivational figure as we set sail on his ship, the Pangaea.


Team Singapore’s driver, Seng Ann Neo from CWT Limited had this to say in reflection of the challenge, “It feels like the fruit of 30 years of truck-driving experience. There is so much on the Extra Mile Challenge agenda that we learn; it’s not just about the friendly competition. I’ve been driving UD Trucks for one and half years, but there are so many things I learnt for the first time in this training.”
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UD Trucks Extra Mile Challenge 2017 concluded

IN UD, Trucks, UD Trucks

Team Singapore takes top honours in the 'Quon' category


The BMW i8 Protonic Frozen Yellow Edition and the BMW i8 Frozen Black Edition are now available for viewing at Performance Motors’ showroom. Both are priced at $603,800 with COE.
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Special I8 For Sale In Singapore

IN BMW, I8, BMW i8 Protonic Frozen Yellow Edition, BMW i8 Protonic Frozen Black Edition, Performance Motors, 2017

Exclusive features include special exterior paintwork and bespoke sporty interior finishes to enhance the individuality of the vehicle - only one unit up for grabs


There's that even spread of torque particularly between 2,000 rpm to 5,000 rpm, making overtaking a cinch. But if you do have the occasional sporting intents, I'm glad to report that you can stretch it all the way to its 6,000 rpm redline with the engine duly gaming on; that said, it tends to sound gruff anywhere past the 4,500 rpm mark.
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Nissan Qashqai 2.0 Premium | A Walk In The Park

IN Nissan, Qashqai, 2.0-litre, Premium, Nissan Qashqai 2.0 Premium, 2018, SUV, Nissan SUV, Tan Chong Motor Sales

The updated Nissan Qashqai, in 2.0-litre guise, offers more than just good looks


James Pearman, Director of The Performance Company and Liberty Walk EU said, “The Performance Car Show in 2017 was such a success, we simply had to come back! We are planning something really special for our fans at the show, the first reveal of a special Aventador and the display of our unique Mustang.”
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2018 Liberty Walk Aventador To Be Revealed

IN Lamborghini, Lambo, Aventador, Liberty Walk, Liberty Walk Aventador, 2018 Liberty Walk Aventador, Performance Car Show 2018

Liberty Walk EU to reveal bespoke Aventador and showcase unique Ford Mustang at Performance Car Show


Development of the new car was led by the engineers of Bentley Motorsport’s in-house team based in Crewe, together with designers and technicians at Bentley’s motorsport technical partner, M-Sport. The new Continental GT3 has been designed from the all-new Continental GT road car, utilising it’s mostly aluminium structure as the foundation to deliver a race-ready weight of significantly less than 1,300 kg and helping to deliver an ideal weight distribution for racing.
Motorsports

Bentley Reveals New GT3 Race Car

IN Bentley, Continental, GT3, Race car, Bentley Continental GT3, Continental GT, Bentley Motorsport, Blancpain, 2018

New Continental GT3 race car based on all-new Continental GT road car; Bentley Motorsport aims for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup titles


With 430 hp at 7,000 rpm and 440 Nm of torque from 4,000 rpm, 0-100 km/h is dispatched in 3.3 seconds with a top speed of 290 km/h. Helping to harness all that power is a comprehensive range of new aero elements - a new ultra-lightweight front clam with unique carbon fibre ducts has wider radiator apertures and a new mesh pattern grille to provide a more combative aspect and to allow for a new front splitter and air curtain mechanism to reduce drag. The lightweight rear clam panel supports the larger, straight motorsport wing to increase downforce without impacting the car’s overall drag coefficient. The new design front and rear clam panels are 6.8 kg lighter than those on any other Exige. Lotus’ expertise in lightweight design has played its part in reducing the overall dry weight by 12 kg to 1,059 kg, with the vehicle down to 1,056 kg in its lightest configuration. This, combined with the dramatic jump in raw power, raises the Cup’s power to weight from 355 hp / tonne (Cup 380) to 407 hp / tonne.
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Mad, Mad Lotus: The Exige Cup 430

IN Lotus, Exige, Cup, Exige Cup 430, Lotus Exige Cup 430, UK

This full-production model is the most extreme Exige ever conceived by Lotus, offering 407 hp/tonne


Powered mainly by a 2.0-litre 4-cylinder petrol engine, that on its own, pushes out a decent 181 bhp and 290 Nm of torque. But coupled with the huge battery that sits under the rear boot, the combined power output is a rather heady 252 bhp and a cumulative torque figure of 420 Nm. This enables the hybrid 3-Series to hit 100 km/h from standstill in 6.1 seconds and propels it to a 225 km/h top speed.
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BMW 330e iPerformance | Electrifying

We test the first model in BMW’s performance range - the 330e packs some hybrid punch while retaining its 3-Series drive characteristics


Despite Singapore having one of the lowest fatality rates in the world of 15.8 deaths per 100,000 motor vehicles, Bosch believes that there is room for improvement, especially when compared to other highly developed cities. During an interview with Klaus Landhaeusser, General Manager of Automotive Sales for Bosch in Southeast Asia, he highlighted the comparatively lower fatality rates in European countries — 4.8 in the United Kingdom, and 7.9 in Germany — and attributed them to regulations that mandated safety systems such as the antilock braking system (ABS) and the Electronic Stability Program (ESP).
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Bosch showcases automotive safety technologies

IN Safe Driving and Mobility Conference 2017, Automobile Association of Singapore, AAS, 2017, Bosch

We experience Bosch's automotive road safety technologies


At launch, the Golf TSI debuts with a new 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder turbocharged TSI engine, offering 108 bhp and 200 Nm of torque — 25 Nm more than the outgoing 1.2-litre TSI unit. Power increases are also seen in the Golf GTI and Golf R, now producing 226 and 286 bhp respectively.
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Hatchback icon gets perfected further

Volkswagen’s latest Golf is now available in Singapore


Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush commented, “Securing the Endurance Cup Teams title is testament to the hard work that every single member of Bentley Motorsport and Bentley Team M-Sport has put in to this season. We’ll be back next year aiming to go one better and secure the driver’s title too.”
Motorsports

Bentley wins Blancpain

IN Bentley, Bentley Motors, Bentley Motorsport, Blancpain GT Series, Continental GT3

Bentley Motorsport wins the world’s toughest GT3 endurance title


For the first time ever, three-day grandstand passes will be offered during this Super Early Bird phase, in addition to the regular Walkabout and Premier Walkabout passes. There will also be an additional junior ticket category available during this phase, allowing children aged 16 years old and below to access two grandstands at nearly half off the regular adult ticket price.
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Early Bird tickets now available for the 2018 Singapore Grand Prix

IN 2018 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Formula One, F1, Singapore, Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore GP, Super Early Bird, 2018

12 ticket categories on sale at Super Early Bird prices


Reductionism continues inside the cabin, with switches kept to a bare minimum. In their place is JLR’s all-new Touch Pro Duo infotainment system, which mates the 10-inch screen in the usual position with another similar screen at knee level. Other physical switches — such as the steering wheel controls and climate control buttons — have all been replaced with touch-sensitive buttons for a minimalist feel.
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Viva Velar

IN Land Rover, Range Rover, Range Rover Velar, Velar, SUV, Off road, Jaguar Land Rover, 2017

The fourth member of the Range Rover family arrives in Singapore


Sony kindly invited us for a preview of the event, where we could try three unreleased game titles — Gran Turismo Sport, FIFA 18 and Taiko No Tatsujin — in addition to existing game titles already available for the PlayStation 4 such as Minecraft.
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Playing everything at the PlayStation Play Everything roadshow

IN Sony, PlayStation, Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo Sport, 2017

We get an exclusive look at the latest Gran Turismo instalment


The event also marked a Mercedes-AMG milestone — the 50th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s performance arm. Over the past half-century, Mercedes-AMG has upheld their brand promise of ‘Driving Performance’, and continues to do so with the new Mercedes-AMG E63 S.
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Hamilton, Bottas and the new E63 S

IN Singapore, Mercedes-Benz, AMG, E-class, E63 S, 2017

Mercedes-Benz hosted an F1 driver meet-and-greet in conjunction with local debut of the E63 S


The G70 hits the sales floors in South Korea today, powered by a 2-litre turbocharged engine producing 255 bhp, with the option of a high performance 3.3-litre turbocharged V6 engine producing 365 bhp — both engine options are available in rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive flavours.
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Serious Seventy

IN Hyundai, Genesis, G70, Genesis G70

Genesis targets the compact sport sedan segment with their new G70


From the front, differentiating the Turbo from its lesser brethren are the LED main headlights of the Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS), with double-row front light modules. Viewed from the side, one would notice widened wheel arches with painted wheel arch trims, housing the unmistakable 21-inch Turbo wheels fitted as standard. Beneath the wheels sit 6-piston (6-piston front; 4-piston rear) calipers clamping onto tungsten carbide coated steel discs, as part of the Porsche Surface Coated Brake (PSCB) system.
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Champion Cayenne made current

IN Porsche, Cayenne, Turbo, Porsche Cayenne, Singapore, SUV

Porsche’s top dog SUV gets updated


1. Who, or what started you on karting? I’ve always loved racing, when I went for F1 here a couple of times, I realized that it was one of my dreams, so I researched on what we could do to get there - that’s what got me into it and I’ve loved it ever since.
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Karter Conversations - Part 2

IN Go-kart, Kart, Karting, X30, X30 Southeast Asia, KF1, KF1 Karting Circuit, Romain Leroux

In part two of this three-part series, we speak to Romain Leroux who competes in the Senior category of the X30 Southeast Asia Championship.



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