Is VW’s ID. Tiguan the EV the ID.4 should have been? Motoring Volkswagen is retiring the ID.4 and putting its best-selling SUV name on the replacement. Early prototype drives suggest it’s quieter and comfier, but the charging hasn’t moved on as much as it should have. Volkswagen’s ID naming never quite stuck with buyers, and the company seems to have admitted as much. The ID.2 became the [...]
XPeng G6: Five Things I Like About It Motoring As London’s key decision-makers handle the transition to net-zero, the capital’s fleet managers and executive drivers are navigating the journey to zero-emissions motoring, writes Tim Barnes-Clay. Even though electric vehicles (EVs) haven’t been around for long, the market already feels overwhelmingly crowded. That’s especially true after the recent avalanche of Chinese brands entering the UK, [...]
Six new SUVs that justify their price tag Motoring From a £27k Ford to a premium BMW, these six SUVs all make a genuine case for their price, wherever you’re spending. Not every expensive car is worth the money. Not every cheap one is a bargain either. The new-car market has got harder to read this year, Chinese brands are undercutting on price, EVs [...]
XPeng G6 vs Tesla Model Y, which is worth your money? September 21, 2026 The XPeng G6 is taking on the Tesla Model Y with a lower price, rapid charging and plenty of technology. But is it actually the better electric SUV? The XPeng G6 and Tesla Model Y are competing for much the same buyer, but they go about it in rather different ways. Both are electric family [...]
XPeng G6: The Electric SUV with Business Appeal September 18, 2026 The Tesla Model Y may still dominate conversations in Canary Wharf car parks and City office charging bays. Still, a growing number of Chinese manufacturers are arriving with serious ambitions – and considerable technology, writes our motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. XPeng is one of them. The Chinese EV marque officially entered the United Kingdom in [...]
China’s EV brands are all over sport in the west. Why? September 18, 2026 Electric vehicle brands from China are snapping up sport sponsorship opportunities across the west. Matt Hardy asks why. The automotive sector has long had an association with sports sponsorships: think the century-old deal between Ford and AFL side the Geelong Cats, or Volkswagen’s enduring patronage of Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, originally a works team from its [...]
Britain needs tax devolution, but beware of fiscal war September 17, 2026 Britain is an outlier for tax centralisation, but devolution can go badly wrong, says Tim Sarson Last week government front benchers and local leaders from across England got together at Number 10 North to discuss the details of a new Visitor Levy, or tourism tax. Quite a momentous moment in its own way, because this [...]
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin attacks government’s ‘unfriendly’ attitude to business September 11, 2026 Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin has said he is “very concerned” by the wealth exodus gripping the UK as he hit out at Labour’s “unfriendly” attitude towards entrepreneurs. The pub tycoon said it is “madness” to blame the number of ultra-rich businesspeople leaving the country on anything other than the business conditions created by the government. [...]
Security Compass Partners with ZeroPath to Offer Holistic Application Security Across the AI Development Lifecycle September 1, 2026 This partnership integrates Security Compass leading secure by design offering with ZeroPath's leading edge AI scanning.
Lexus ES 2026 review: Easygoing electric saloon goes its own way August 27, 2026 Lexus has built some superb saloon cars during its 37-year lifetime, from the original LS 400, which bested the benchmark Mercedes-Benz S-Class, to the stylish and dynamic IS 300: a worthy rival for the contemporary BMW 3 Series. Today, however, Lexus is almost exclusively an SUV company. Its UK range stretches from the compact LBX [...]