Sundays and Dempsey! The next car meet taking place at Dempsey Hill.
Singapore – 6/11/23 – A compilation of photos from the not-so recent Dempsey Sundays car meet that happened the previous month.
Features a wide variety of cars as a Dempsey car meet would, however no Thai-plate vehicles on display or showing up. With the chosen photo for the event, its a little disappointing that it wasn’t exactly accurate; but perhaps I wasn’t looking hard enough.
Featured above is a video take on the event, recorded again on my Camcorder. Unlike the previous SGRetroCar write-up, I will try to sort the photos by car, not by time that the photos were taken.
Starting with a Civic VTi EG6. Was really down to consider one of these when looking for a classic, too bad these were a bit out of budget.
From my understanding, Volkswagen never had the hot R version sold here in Singapore. The Golf Estate is a thing of interest, to find an estate model these days (Discounting Astra Touring’s) is uncommon, but the Golf/Passat estate’s are one of the more common types to find.
I believe to be one of two left in the country. The Nissan 300ZX Z32 is a unicorn on Singapore roads, especially as these aren’t eligible as classics yet (As of 2023). While the other unit is an automatic and was renewed in a climate of sky high COE, this example is a manual.
The last (to my knowledge) Civic EF9 with the B16A. Might be the Honda hatchback I would want to own given the opportunity (Almost did an EF3 for that matter), but the dream’s likely going to stick only overseas.
Oh the Civic EK9. Remember when I said the Civic hatchback to own? This is more like it, but the prices of these will only keep going up. This is one of two units still around and the stock outlook with suspension upgrades is chef’s kiss. I hope it stays this way!
Keeping on the topic of Civic’s, the FD2R is still a desirable platform for enthusiasts. Just keep in mind the above-entry-level enthusiast car pricing for an example.
To quickly run through the cars, the rest of the Civic’s will not have my commentary on it (Not sure who actually wants it though 🤣)
I really wonder what the prices of Honda CRX’s go for these days. The last time one of these came up for sale, the asking price was some 185k. Effectively Civic Type R (CTR) money depending on generation, or even more than a CTR for other models.
Uncommon sight: Honda CR-Z. Sad these never caught on in large quantities for the local market.
Oh Italian perfection. If you’re like me and are hardly into Alfa’s, let alone the newer series, the green example is the hot 2.9L Quadrifoglio. The red one isn’t, though. I suppose one way to distinguish is via the cloverleaf on the fenders.
The Crown as a model may not be wholly recognized in Singapore. You might be yelling at me asking about the Comfort taxis, but IMO, the taxis are the only Crown having any form of presence, now and then. I don’t think these get enough attention that they deserve.
These things are cheap. Genuinely; the last time I saw an iQ come up for sale, its price for a 08/2029 expiry was only sub-70k. Its surprising how cheap these are for the looks and attention. Its a tiny Toyota!
The W204 coupe doesn’t seem to be that popular a car. Not many of these are around these days, and I don’t think they will be, minimally having a 1.8 (Citation needed) and most registrations in the first half of the decade. With peak COE prices now, majority of these I don’t think will survive.
The AE101 Corolla is, I think, one of the best starter classic cars, or enthusiast cars, in general. Although all manuals have seen their huge amount of enthusiast owners and may not in tip-top shape, I personally think that these cars are still a strong contender for those looking for a modifiable and low cost-of-entry enthusiast car. This example wasn’t in the best condition, so I do hope that it can receive some TLC in the future.
The Celica platform still hasn’t seen a huge renaissance, which is unfortunate. Although I cannot vouch for how good these cars actually are (Certain videos could display their capabilities of varying levels), I think the styling with the correct panels do the car just fine.
The only turbo rotary present (To my knowledge).
Find it a shame that because of the COE revisions several years ago, these cannot qualify under a Cat A registration because of the power output. This example with minor cosmetic additions make this hot hatch evermore fierce.
The Accord Euro R was one of the most common cars of this meet. Its not a bad thing, these things look really good as a whole. The example with the Spoon banner looks particularly fierce.
The trunk on this Lancer CS3 is particularly unique and well done. A good looking example.
A compilation of photos of the cars parked in the back.
Its surprising one of these made it onto Singapore’s roads. As always, the concept of not even having a windshield is jarring to most people, let alone registration of one, but its possible.
Two orange 200SX’s making an appearance, both of differing styles.
The Porsche corner, featuring a GT3RS and GT4RS:
Oddity that probably wasn’t expected to be part of a car meet: Audi S4 Avant estate
The only E46 that partook in this meet. A black finish on silver wheels oozes class.
Nissan Skyline 2.5M present.
The Koenigsegg Medusa that’s sufficiently well-known within the country.
Lots and lots of Suzuki Swift. By far the most common enthusiast car, and the best starter.
Small Ferrari galore.
A bit. Of Ferrari galore.
This Aston driver kept doing pulls on this stretch. I do think its dangerous but I’m not going to enforce my point.
A generally questionably stickered Mazda 6. Its plenty unique on its own though, I would like to add.
This, if you’ve seen social media posts about this car, is not a real 400R. It used to be red, and is also not a GT-R. It is, however, a pretty good looking replica of one.
Video Credit: chineseguy
This is not a E500. All 500-badged W124’s came in LHD, making this impossible to be a factory example. A small conversation with the owner deduced this to be a 3.6L, making me believe that this car is actually an AMG product, but not the biggest capacity 5.0L. This is very likely to be a 320E 3.6L AMG, but that may not be correct. C&C may not have had anything to do with this car either, as this was a Japan import.
Now comes the next compilation of one single manufacturer. Subaru. Many Impreza’s of different generations, and a little assortment of different models as a whole
If you had to get a Subaru with a hatch, which would you pick?
Breaking up two separate Hawkeye models with one of the “holy grails” of this meet. GC8 Subaru Impreza WRX.
And with that, comes no more banter from me. The rest of the cars don’t and didn’t really belong to any category to post, so they’ll be all placed in random order from here on out.
With that, I have no other photos (That I’d like to present).
Till the next entry, be it on a similar label as this or otherwise. Happy spotting.
~Efini
