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COVER STORY
Giti Tire recently engaged and supported the an- nual ‘Eco Malaysia’ en- durance driving event, featuring 82 cars ferrying a combined 161 individuals. With its strong expe- rience in the motor sports indus- try, Giti provided its ‘outstanding’ braking and grip GitiSport S1 tyre and four selected participants for the journey. Giti tyres were fea- tured on the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG that carried a bright and dramatic livery to showcase the concept of Giti Tire Motorsports Racing car imagery.
The drive event began from Kuala Lumpur and took participants through various terrain to end at Phuket island, Thailand. Overall, the ‘epic journey’ of the 2,000km 1st to 5th August, 2019.
Compared to previous editions of the Evo Enduro event, the 2019 drive was crafted to maximise bonding time and networking op- portunities among participants, with more emphasis towards on-
ground activities and a less hectic drive programme.
The programme started at The Linc Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Tun Razak where participants began assembling from 7am. Joining the occasion were cars from Aston Martin, Bufori, Ferrari, Maserati, Mazda, Renault and Rolls-Royce. Homegrown brand Bufori show- cased its CS sports car in the all-new Renault Megane RS 280 convoyed with the group for the
Lunch at STG Café in Ipoh punc- tuated the journey to the border, after which participants made their way to Thailand at their own pace, staying the night at the beach town of Satun where they were hosted Tourism Board. The next morning, most participants found time to help clean up the beach as part of a CSR activity to promote environ- mental conservation.
It took a full day of driving before the group reached Phuket in the
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