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Abolish AP for cars — the single most effective solution to reduce living costs
Lower car prices would disproportionately help lower-income households.
November 17, 2022
Drive
The future of BMW is digitalisation
Luxury car-maker BMW serves up new sales and marketing strategies to meet the demands of a post-pandemic audience
March 12, 2021
US-China trade war
China hits back at Trump with higher tariffs on soy, autos
(Aug 23): China threatened to impose additional tariffs on US$75 billion ($104 billion) of American goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned levies on Chinese imports that pushed US stocks
August 23, 2019
Drive
Built to impress
SINGAPORE (Dec 3): If you have two bored children in a car, it is sometimes fun to play the “sports car game”. You get anything from one to 10 points if you are the first to see a sports car. One point is for a car such as an Audi TT or a Porsche 911.
December 10, 2018
Drive
Pleasing and predictable
SINGAPORE (Nov 12): The new Golf 1.4 Highline is the latest variant of the popular hatchback to hit our streets, taking the number of models to four. That’s right, there are four versions of the Golf currently available.
November 19, 2018
Is Hong Kong or Singapore a better city for expats?
HONG KONG (June 29): In the race to lure talent for global firms’ regional headquarters, Hong Kong and Singapore have long been neck-and-neck. While many companies make their managers locate in one or the other city — often depending on whether their
June 29, 2017
China Focus
China's getting under the hoods of more American cars
HONG KONG (Feb 14): Chinese companies started talking a decade ago about cracking the US auto market with an array of low-cost passenger vehicles. That hasn’t happened, so instead they’re getting under the hoods of American cars by buying up parts mak
February 14, 2017