Is Ferrari’s first EV already a collectable? July 29, 2026 The first Ferrari Luce production car will be sold by RM Sotheby’s during Monterey Car Week, with proceeds supporting the Ferrari Foundation. The very first Ferrari Luce production car will be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s during Monterey Car Week, with the auction house valuing the electric Ferrari at more than £800,000. The car is significant [...]
Has Range Rover just abandoned the SUV? July 28, 2026 The Range Rover GT brings electric grand touring to JLR’s EMA platform with bold styling and impressive refinement. The Range Rover GT is the latest addition to JLR’s luxury line-up, and the fifth model in the Range Rover family, blending the style of a grand tourer with the practicality of an SUV. Revealed ahead of [...]
Jaecoo 8: A Premium SUV with Substance and Surprising Polish July 24, 2026 The arrival of the Jaecoo 8 SHS-P in the UK says something about where the car market is heading here, writes motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. Chinese brands are no longer content with building budget alternatives. They want a place at the top table, and after spending time with Jaecoo’s new plug-in hybrid flagship, I came [...]
New BMW X5 gets diesel, hybrid, electric and hydrogen versions July 23, 2026 BMW’s new X5 offers more powertrain choices than ever, combining diesel, plug-in hybrid, electric and future hydrogen technology. BMW’s fifth-generation X5 arrives with more powertrain choices than any version before it, including a hydrogen model due in 2028 built with Toyota. Rather than picking a side in the electric transition, BMW is selling all sides [...]
Why Ian Callum’s Jaguar XJ220 is only half revealed July 21, 2026 Ian Callum has redesigned the Jaguar XJ220 but shown only half of it. Here’s what we know about the reworked supercar, and why teasing it works so well. Callum’s studio has put out a single image of a reworked XJ220, and it’s already all over motoring news feeds despite giving away almost nothing. There’s no [...]
The Executive Ledger: Is the company car consigned to history? July 17, 2026 | Sponsored The traditional executive company car used to be defined by a beautifully simple set of rules, writes motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. It required a German saloon, 3.0 litres of naturally aspirated displacement, finished in metallic paint, and a designated parking space close to the boardroom doors. It was a statement of seniority, paid for by [...]
McMurtry Spéirling Pure: the £1m electric hypercar redefining what speed means July 16, 2026 | Sponsored The McMurtry Spéirling Pure made its public debut at Goodwood this month. With fan-powered downforce and a record-breaking acceleration claim, the British-built track car offers a glimpse of where extreme performance is heading. The ultimate measure of a performance car used to be simple enough. First it was engine size, then horsepower, then lap times. [...]
Land Rover Defender OCTA: Can an Off-Road Super SUV Really Conquer the City? July 15, 2026 | Sponsored With 635PS, Dakar-inspired engineering and a £147,000 price tag, the Defender OCTA is built for extremes – but does any of that make sense on urban streets? What is the Land Rover Defender OCTA and why is it gaining so much traction? Land Rover has a reputation for totally blinging out some of its models [...]
Citroën 2CV returns as a £13,000 electric car, and the timing is no accident July 12, 2026 | Sponsored Citroën is reviving one of its most famous cars as a sub-£15,000 electric city car. It looks like a nostalgia play, but it is really a response to a gap Europe’s carmakers left at the cheap end of the market, one that Chinese rivals are now moving quickly to fill. Citroën’s decision to bring back [...]
New BMW M3: why the next one arrives as both a 1,000bhp EV and a petrol straight-six July 12, 2026 | Sponsored BMW has confirmed the next M3 will come in electric and petrol versions. It looks like a simple product decision, but it says far more about an industry still unsure what a performance car should be in the electric age. For years the industry told a tidy story about all this. Electrification would arrive, petrol [...]