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While the IM5 is too big and heavy to feel truly sporty, it’s as athletic as its looks suggest.
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The market in Singapore is capped by the Certificate of Entitlement supply, so sales are inherently a zero-sum game.
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The Smart #5 is boxy five-seat SUV that tries to split the difference between practical family transport and something vaguely aspirational.
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