Benjamin G. Kline

Benjamin is no stranger to the motoring journalism community, having spent two years gaining precious experience test driving anything from SUVs to Exoticars previously. After a brief hiatus, he is now back to indulging in his love for horsepower through his literature and photography.

His love for automobiles burns brightest for the Porsche marque and he has a roomful of 1:18 Porsches to prove it! Having been a diehard fan of squashed beetles for most of his adult life, his favourite Porker is the track focused Porsche 911 GT3 RS with the earlier 3.6-litre straight six. After piloting Mr Kermit (a green GT3 RS) up the MBS Helix Bridge recently, his love for the GT3 is sealed forever.

As an avid driver, he isn’t sheepish about getting a little naughty behind the wheel to bring you the best impartial reviews possible.

Having owned a Swift 1.5-litre in the past, he is now patiently stalking the Oneshift classifieds for a Swift Sport as his next pet project!

  Azfar Hashim

Not exactly young (but short), our Ex-editor (we used to call him Ed in the office by the way) is an experienced person in short (no pun intended). A manager by training, Azfar made a switch when he decided to give in to his passion to cars, and everything related to cars. While growing up, it was his dad who fuelled his love for cars, his old man was always buying scale models, and teaching him as many car stuff as possible.

With close to a decade experience in the industry and having test driven so many cars, Azfar's other penchant is (of course) food. Driving anywhere on our island, or even across the Causeway in search of food is pretty much normal to him. According to him, the best banana roti prata can be found at Jalan Sultan Ismail in KL, the tastiest nasi lemak can be found at Jalan Kewajipan in Subang Jaya and the best place to have a serene breakfast is in Cameron Highlands. Weird guy, you say? We think so too?

He is in no means a driving god. Taking things slowly and safely, he reckons he is the slowest driver in the local motoring scribe fraternity.

  Justin Lee

Like any car-crazy teenager, Justin dreamed to becoming a car designer, and even got himself into Art Center College of Design, and he shared a flat with Luc Donckerwolke. He himself blew his chance to join Porsche when at his interview said he wanted to work for a car company that produced a range of cars, from small hatchbacks to MPVs, and even though he counts the Citroen DS and 2CV as his favourite cars, he criticized the then American-born design chief at Citroen for the then-new ZX for being dull and uninspired.

Ever questioning the status quo, Justin prefers small cars economical cars to large and fast ones - he believes it is only when resources are tight that true innovation and inspiration can thrive.

Justin is currently a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Design.

  C.K Lim

Ask him anything about geography, and you can rest assured you'll get an answer. C.K, our specialist in the field of luxury sedans and sports cars, lives and breathes anything with four wheels. Another seasoned serial typist in our local motoring industry, his other penchant includes (not surprisingly) food? He knows where to find the best food on our island (and now you know why we say he is good in geography). Two things you must know about C.K? Firstly, he's very camera-shy and secondly, he has a large collection of old automotive magazine hidden off prying eyes somewhere in his house?

  Yang

Yang might be the oldest of us among here but he certainly has the youngest heart. He has spent much of his life test driving cars, writing about them and last but not least, taking photos of them. In fact, he spends more time doing photography more than writing these days – taking photos of cars, events, other subject matter and even weddings. When not holding his camera or zipping around in test drive cars, he zooms around the neighbourhood in his old school 'ah beng' car.

  Edwin Loh

Edwin Loh suffers from automobile distractia, a condition that recognisable with the involuntary shift of attention to any attractive automobiles that are in close proximity. His parents suspect it has something to do with a bump on the head with a Porsche 930 toy car when he was a kid. Perhaps that also explains why he is a Journalism major student at the Nanyang Technological University. He also has an obsessive desire to perfect his heel-toe downshift technique. Then again, Edwin is a staunch supporter of old school stick-shift manual cars.