Traffic is getting busy as the day is advancing. We enter Sentosa Island in our navigation system and start driving towards the southern tip of the main island. We also choose the route that includes some highway driving.

While other city planners discuss and design how many parks to build in their cities, Singapore’s city planners design and build working and living spaces in the Garden. This is how Singapore got its Garden city status. The highways around the city are lined on both sides with trees with far reaching branches that create continues canopy. The natural canopy protects the people on the road from the scorching heat during the hottest and humid days.
As the road opens, we get a taste of the beast under the hood.

Previously, in the crowded urban jungle traffic, we experienced the benefits of having the fuel efficient TDI engine. This diesel engine only sips 7.1 liters / 100 kms (about 33 mpg) during our city driving. On this highway, we experience the 237 bhp and 369 lb ft torque available from 1,500 rpm. As soon as the turbo kicks in, our backs are pressed firmly against the sport bucket leather seats. And the car picks up speed rapidly; too rapid for Singaporean highways (0 – 100 km/h in 5.9 secs).

Thanks to the large dimension brakes that are designed to match the car’s hair raising acceleration, I can slow the car down quickly as I am approaching a wall of traffic. A clever program automatically modulates the braking, and the kinematics of the new rear suspension minimizes the braking dive effect.

When we arrive at Sentosa Island we are surprised by the massive development effort just as we enter the gateway. Large container and cement trucks are traveling in a formation. We stray off of the navigation map because the road is detoured due to the massive Universal Studio construction.

The road becomes harsh. Thanks to the new Dynamic Drive selector on the central column, I quickly change the ride mode to Comfort with a single button push. In milliseconds, electrical signals are sent from the brain of the car to all corners to adjust the characteristic of the suspension based on the real time data of the road condition collected by various sensors.

After passing the construction site, the serenity of Sentosa Island finally greets us. The lush vegetation makes us feel we are in a tropical forest. With all the windows down and the roof open, we hear hundreds of birds chirping. This 2 by 0.6-mile island offers a variety of activities. Families enjoy the Underwater World’s acrylic tunnel where colorful marine lives swim within touching distance. On weekend nights, young adults party at the bars and dance clubs along the beaches. Couples looking for a quiet and romantic time check into five-star hotels and spas on this island.

We park our car and sit at a café with a view of the ocean. Here, we soak in the relaxing ambience with fresh coconut juice.

Traffic is getting busy as the day is advancing. We enter Sentosa Island in our navigation system and start driving towards the southern tip of the main island. We also choose the route that includes some highway driving.

While other city planners discuss and design how many parks to build in their cities, Singapore’s city planners design and build working and living spaces in the Garden. This is how Singapore got its Garden city status. The highways around the city are lined on both sides with trees with far reaching branches that create continues canopy. The natural canopy protects the people on the road from the scorching heat during the hottest and humid days.
As the road opens, we get a taste of the beast under the hood.

Previously, in the crowded urban jungle traffic, we experienced the benefits of having the fuel efficient TDI engine. This diesel engine only sips 7.1 liters / 100 kms (about 33 mpg) during our city driving. On this highway, we experience the 237 bhp and 369 lb ft torque available from 1,500 rpm. As soon as the turbo kicks in, our backs are pressed firmly against the sport bucket leather seats. And the car picks up speed rapidly; too rapid for Singaporean highways (0 – 100 km/h in 5.9 secs).

Thanks to the large dimension brakes that are designed to match the car’s hair raising acceleration, I can slow the car down quickly as I am approaching a wall of traffic. A clever program automatically modulates the braking, and the kinematics of the new rear suspension minimizes the braking dive effect.

When we arrive at Sentosa Island we are surprised by the massive development effort just as we enter the gateway. Large container and cement trucks are traveling in a formation. We stray off of the navigation map because the road is detoured due to the massive Universal Studio construction.

The road becomes harsh. Thanks to the new Dynamic Drive selector on the central column, I quickly change the ride mode to Comfort with a single button push. In milliseconds, electrical signals are sent from the brain of the car to all corners to adjust the characteristic of the suspension based on the real time data of the road condition collected by various sensors.

After passing the construction site, the serenity of Sentosa Island finally greets us. The lush vegetation makes us feel we are in a tropical forest. With all the windows down and the roof open, we hear hundreds of birds chirping. This 2 by 0.6-mile island offers a variety of activities. Families enjoy the Underwater World’s acrylic tunnel where colorful marine lives swim within touching distance. On weekend nights, young adults party at the bars and dance clubs along the beaches. Couples looking for a quiet and romantic time check into five-star hotels and spas on this island.

We park our car and sit at a café with a view of the ocean. Here, we soak in the relaxing ambience with fresh coconut juice.