Go Granny Go!

Whoever said that women and old people can’t drive has been proven wrong by Shirley Veine. Shirley isn’t your average lady – she’s 82 and drives like a speed demon.

The Causeway War continues

It was just about a year ago that ‘frenemies’ Singapore and Malaysia got into a tiff when the Republic raised Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fares for cars entering the island. The raising of fee from SG$20 to SG$35 per day for foreign-registered cars and the quadrupling of fee for goods vehicles, from SG$10 to SG$40, caused the Malaysian transport authority to respond by proposing an entry fee for Singapore cars entering Malaysian soil. (see: Singapore Raises Vehicle Entry Permit; Malaysia Reacts).

Car sales in Indonesia keep falling

With only 43 cars per 1,000 people in Indonesia, automakers have had their eyes on Indonesia as a key emerging market in Asia Pacific. But lack of consumer confidence, high lending rates and inflation meant that sales have fallen short of expectations.