Charmer On Wheels
Claudine Ho likes her cars sporty and fast, from the styling and the technical features, to the driving experience. During a recent drive trip with Audi traversing the snow-covered roads of the North Cape in Norway, the spunky events organiser and her husband Colin Chen would be ahead of everyone else in the convoy of Audi SQ7s.
For a city ride, she prefers two-door coupes as “they have a sportier look that points towards a glamorous outlook in life”. For Claudine, the second-generation Audi A5 Coupé (top) ticks all the right boxes as it matches her “energetic lifestyle”. Plus, Colin quips, “She prefers not to shuttle people around in her car!” Like her penchant for all-black outfits, she prefers elegantly athletic cars over over-the-top showhorses.
Claudine is a speed lover, so she appreciates the Coupé’s 2.0L 252hp engine, which offers about 17 per cent more performance, while consuming 22 per cent less fuel than its predecessor. The car is also niftier and more efficient thanks to its reduced kerb weight. Even when it enters bends or hits bumps, the driver and passengers do not feel much discomfort because the cabin is a cocoon of leather splendour. The interiors can be customised, from the colour and the type of leather upholstery, to the wooden decorative inlays.
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The Audi A5 Coupé truly exudes the qualities Claudine looks for in a car. “Form follows function is a phrase we often hear when it comes to cars,” she says. “In the case of the A5 Coupé, it’s beautifully on-point and fits its intended purpose of being sporty, sophisticated and sensible, all at once.”
