Kenneth Wong, the business development director of a local trading group, has had the good fortune to own and drive a number of powerful cars
“I have a BMW 1 Series M Coupe, and I was drawn to it because I have always loved BMWs. I got it two years ago from a friend who had owned and loved it for years.
I also have a modern BMW, but the 1M is a limited-edition car with a widened track, flared wings and a 19-inch wheel and tyre combination. It gets its power from a three-litre twin turbo; E92 M3 suspension and M3 brakes; slick-shifting six-speed close-ratio transmission rear-wheel drive. Not only does it look mean, it can shame a lot of sports cars on the road.
It is as happy as a cute puppy, always wagging its tail, which is a way of saying oversteer.
My first car was a four-door (1992) E36 325i five-speed manual with absolutely no options to keep it lightweight. I drove the car daily and raced at weekends in the North American Solo Racing series.
I used to like normally aspirated cars when I was younger. I really fell in love with the Honda VTEC in the 1990s and can’t get enough of VTEC “kicking in” at high revs.
A few years after that, I got myself a (2001) Subaru WRX and the force of forced induction has been with me ever since. I’ve since I tended to buy force-induction cars such as the (1988) Audi B5 Twin Turbo S4, and later a monstrous (2001) Porsche 996 GT2, which had a twin turbo 485-horsepower engine, rear-wheel drive with no traction control, so no wonder it was called “The Widow Maker”.