Kuala Lampur, July 5 -- On weekdays, Singaporean entrepreneur Iylia Kwan drives a Toyota Corolla Altis from his family home in Yishun, but on weekends, he hits Malaysia's highways in a used Porsche Cayenne SUV registered across the border.

The 36-year-old bachelor, who rents a semi-detached house in Pasir Gudang, bought the secondhand 2009 Cayenne for RM50,000, a fraction of what a similar car would cost in Singapore with COE included, The Straits Times reported.

He recently added a used Mercedes-Benz E-Class with a personalised number plate as a birthday present to himself, calling it a "fated" buy.

Kwan is one of a growing number of Singaporeans buying sports and luxury cars in Malaysia, driven by rising COE prices and restrictions o...