4WDs, SUVs, practical for Gua Musang roads?

There has been a surge of luxury vehicles cruising the roads here lately.

Sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and other expensive four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles appear to have outnumbered luxury cars.

Makes such as Porsche Cayennes, BMW X6's and X5's, Volkswagen Touaregs and Lexuses have been spotted around town.

It could not be established who the owners were but residents here believed the big vehicles were driven by those running political campaigns for the Galas by-election.

An aide to a politician said the use of the 4WD's was more practical in the Galas constituency as his "boss" would stay in comfort even when they had to travel through logging tracks to reach remote campaign venues.

"Besides, a normal Mercedes or BMW will get stuck in mud if you try to drive up a slope of a dirt track," he said.

At a recent election campaign in Lojing, a field next to an Orang Asli settlement was turned into a big display of SUV's and 4WD's.

An Orang Asli teenager Awi Alang said he had rarely seen so many SUV and 4WD models being parked at his village before.

"I can only dream to have one of those vehicles," he said.