In this edition, we look at if you should use a personal loan or car loan, bust some stop-start myths, answer your questions about Touch ‘n Go, and drive the Audi e-tron S Sportback!
In short, if you’re looking for a condensed list of our weekly round-up, we have:
- Should I Use A Personal Loan Or A Car Loan To Purchase My Next Car?
- Stop-Start Myths And Misconceptions
- A Beginner’s Guide To Malaysia’s Touch and Go
- mReview: Audi e-tron S Sportback – The Good Kind Of Excess
- The CUPRA Leon SP Is Your Best Companion For Work And Play!
- Motorist Vehicle Price Predictor Launched!
Continue scrolling to read a condensed version of the articles! Otherwise, you can click on the links above to bring you to the respective article or video!
Should I Use A Personal Loan Or A Car Loan To Purchase My Next Car?
When purchasing a new car, most buyers would typically waltz into the showroom of a preferred marque, sample what the brand has to offer, then let the dealer process the rest of the loan paperwork for you.
The general process is the same when acquiring a used car. Dealers often have loan packages, either from an in-house source or with a tie-up with a financial institution, with varying interest rates and loan amounts.
There’s another option when it comes to financing used cars, which we’re sure is an avenue some would have entertained when all else fails – a Personal Loan. But just which type of loan suits your use case the best?
Want to know more? Click here to read on!
Stop-Start Myths And Misconceptions
Start-stop systems can be bothersome to live with. And with ever-tightening emissions regulations, it’s not something that you can actively avoid too.
Progressively fitted to even mass-market cars towards the tail end of the 2010s, these systems help to reduce fuel consumption, and thus carbon emissions, by shutting your engine off in scenarios that it would otherwise be left idling.
Its benefits are obvious – think not insignificant fuel savings, though the judders as the engine fires back into life are something that most commuters still find too jarring, despite the system’s pervasiveness.
Misinformation is rife on the internet, so let’s settle some scores and right some common myths about this controversial system!
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A Beginner’s Guide To Malaysia’s Touch and Go
The causeway reopening allows Singaporeans to make alternate weekend plans across the border. Enticed by the wide, open roads and the allure of affordable entertainment, many have already made their way over.
In tangible numbers, more than 1.2 million travellers have hopped across since the restrictions were lifted at the start of the month. To make the trip over, you’ll need a passport with six or more months of validity, and a valid VEP application for your vehicle.
Want to know more about Touch ‘n Go? Read on here!
mReview: Audi e-tron S Sportback – The Good Kind Of Excess
There’s this sense of invincibility when you find yourself perched behind the wheel of the Audi e-tron S Sportback. The sheer mass and size of the car certainly helps to create that illusion.
Audi’s newest tri-motor e-Tron S Sportback drips with automotive excess. It is a car that is best described with superlatives. It is a full-sized coupe SUV, has 1,000Nm of torque, and a price tag just south of half a million dollars.
Especially in the Catalunya Red Metallic our test car was finished in, the e-tron S Sportback is brash and loud – though we aren’t sure if those are the appropriate adjectives for the car.
Interested in the Audi e-tron S Sportback? Proceed here!
The CUPRA Leon SP Is Your Best Companion For Work And Play!
CUPRA’s Leon SportsTourer would quite literally change the way you look at station wagons. This isn’t merely a large, practical estate that solely exists to excite the hypothalamus of the aged family man.
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Motorist Vehicle Price Predictor Launched!
Our aim at Motorist is to simplify vehicle ownership and selling your vehicle is very much part of the ownership process. Used vehicle prices can greatly fluctuate with demand as well as with the current COE prices. As such, it can be difficult to ascertain the best time to actually sell your vehicle.
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