NEW TO TOWN
The German carmaker’s smallest and most powerful saloon has a revised turbocharged 2.5-litre 5-cylinder engine that kicks out 400bhp, or 33bhp more than the previous unit.
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850 MOVES 380
The 850Nm of torque from the 4.1-litre turbo- diesel V8 of a Porsche Cayenne S Diesel towed an Airbus A380 for 42 metres to set a new Guiness World Record for “Heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car”.
NOT FAST, NOT FURIOUS
Our energetic engineer tested the Shell Eco-marathon Prototype Car in Singapore – really slowly.
ONE MILLION X TWO
Two of the industry’s most iconic sports car numbers reached their 1,000,000 production milestone one after the other – Germany’s Porsche 911 last month and Japan’s Mazda MX-5 last year.
OKAY, COMPUTER
The core VW model has become more sophisticated, thanks to a host of digital gadgets and clever technologies.
GREEN EXEC ROCKET
The Panamera 4 E-Hybrid is a fastback with plenty of green technology and equally plentiful sportiness.
TANK UP & CHOW DOWN
Diners searching for South American fare could consider boCHINche, an Argentinian restaurant
BITUMEN BETTERMENT
Singapore has to find ways to make its roads great again.
HITOSHI TAKAMATSU
DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER, MX-5 MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
SINGAPORE POWER
Vanda Electrics, an e-mobility company under home-grown Wong Fong Engineering Works, has unveiled the Dendrobium, an exotic electric car capable of 0-100km/h acceleration in 2.7 seconds and a top speed in excess of 321km/h.