Bayern Munich valued at £3.1bn as German energy giant buys stake in Harry Kane’s club Sport Business German football giants Bayern Munich have been valued at £3.1bn after taking minority investment from long-standing sponsor Viessmann Generations Group. Viessmann Generations Group has acquired 6.7 per cent of Bayern Munich AG, the commercial entity that houses the professional club and all its business operations, in a transaction local media reported as being worth €250m [...]
Polestar 5: The Electric GT for London’s Elite Motoring If you spend long enough in London, especially around Canary Wharf, you become accustomed to noticing some very nice cars driving amidst the shadows of glass towers, writes our motoring journalist, Tim Barnes-Clay Audi RS e-tron GTs, Porsche Taycans, and the occasional Aston Martin or Bentley are commonly seen. Now Polestar – the Swedish automotive [...]
Is the XPeng G6 a smarter buy than a German SUV? Motoring The XPeng G6 undercuts BMW’s iX3, Audi’s Q6 e-tron and the electric Mercedes GLC by around £20,000, and charges faster than all of them. So what does the German badge actually buy you? For years, buying a premium SUV meant picking between three German badges. BMW, Audi and Mercedes still own that conversation, but the [...]
The BMW i7 costs £1,449 a month. Is it worth it? September 30, 2026 BMW’s i7 is a luxury electric limousine costing £1,449 a month on current finance. But does the car justify that kind of monthly commitment? BMW i7 finance, how much does it cost? £1,449 a month is a lot of money to spend on a car, even if that car is a BMW i7. Yet that’s [...]
Audi A6 Avant E-Tron review: electric estate leads the space race September 28, 2026 The Audi A6 Avant E-Tron has a lot to unpack. Literally, because we have just taken it on a camping trip and filled its 502-litre boot to the brim. And figuratively, because this electric estate is chock-full of clever technology. The E-Tron’s ‘numerous technological advances’ range from the ingenious (a foot-operated boot release with its [...]
Five premium electric saloons, judged on more than price September 7, 2026 BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Porsche all want to sell you a luxury saloon that happens to be electric, but each one goes about it differently. Here’s what actually sets them apart, before we even get to the finance offers. A few years ago, choosing an electric executive car meant accepting you were buying something a [...]
Audi’s brought back the A2, and it’s gone electric August 19, 2026 More than 20 years after the original disappeared from showrooms, Audi is bringing back the A2 as a compact electric hatchback. The new A2 e-tron is expected to offer more than 400 miles of range and cost less than £35,000. Audi is bringing back the A2, more than two decades after its famously clever little [...]
Is the Audi Q9 the poshest Audi yet? August 11, 2026 Audi’s new range-topping Q9 is the biggest, plushest thing the four rings have built yet, a seven-seat, tech-crammed luxury SUV squaring up to the Range Rover. Here’s what we know before it lands on UK roads. Audi has never been shy about going big, but the new Q9 takes things to another level. Audi says [...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2026 Preview July 3, 2026 | Sponsored The Goodwood Festival of Speed will return to Goodwood House this month. Here’s everything you need to know. West Sussex in summer is usually a study in tranquillity, defined by the gentle rustle of leaves in the South Downs and the quiet allure of hidden public gardens. It is a landscape designed for long, languid [...]
Former Goldman Sachs chief backs F1 to hold, and increase, value January 22, 2026 Formula 1 has not yet reached value maturity and can be considered one of the most reliable investments in sport, according to the former head of sports at Goldman Sachs. The premium motorsports series has gone through a major ownership shake-up, with stake sales across the grid seeing team valuations skyrocket. And Elis Jones, former [...]