New Morgan Supersport is here to take on the Porsche 911 Life&Style Morgan has affixed a ‘Supersport’ badge to go-faster versions of its existing cars since 1927. However, after 98 years, the Supersport has become a model in its own right, replacing the Plus Six at the top of the Morgan range. With bold design, new technology and even somewhere to put your shopping, Morgan hopes the [...]
No luxury markets outperformed the FTSE 100 last year Retail The once reliable luxury market suffered last year, with even the top performers in the market only posting modest gains in a weak market. The Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index (KFLII), which tracks the performance of 10 popular investments, fell 3.3 per cent for the second year in a row. The FTSE100, meanwhile, posted gains [...]
Mythron Cars Healey: Reborn classic sports car is small and mighty Life&Style With its cartoonish ‘Frogeye’ face, Lilliputian dimensions and 43hp engine, the Austin-Healey Sprite wasn’t the obvious starting point for a giant-killing race car. Yet this plucky roadster punched well above its sub-600kg weight, achieving a 1-2-3 finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1959, then a class win for Stirling Moss a year later. [...]
Mini Cooper SE 2025 review: Minimum emissions, maximum fun February 24, 2025 Cast your mind back to 2001. As a new millennium got underway, the Mini brand was dramatically relaunched under BMW ownership, starting with the first-generation Mini hatchback. Time has moved quickly, with the Mini now into its fourth generation. Electrification is now core to the range, with the latest Mini available in both petrol and [...]
Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge Series II: Opulence with attitude February 24, 2025 The Ghost model name is as old as Rolls-Royce itself. Or so the story goes. In fact, the car revealed by Charles Royce and Henry Royce in 1906 was called the 40/50 hp, but managing director Claude Johnson – who described himself as “the hyphen in Rolls-Royce” – nicknamed his 40/50 hp the Silver Ghost [...]
New Spectre Black Badge is the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever February 18, 2025 Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new, performance-focused Black Badge version of its electric Spectre coupe. The Black Badge arrives in response to unprecedented customer demand, as the British company prepares to invest £300 million in its Goodwood headquarters. Chris Brownridge, chief executive at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said: “Black Badge Spectre is one of the clearest statements [...]
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 review: Taking on the 911 Turbo February 12, 2025 The previous AMG GT was a bit of a brute. With steroid-pumped styling, a bombastic V8 up front and rear-wheel drive, it embodied AMG at its most ‘OMG’: a muscle car that took a wrong turn off Detroit’s Eight Mile Drive and somehow ended up in Stuttgart. The new GT is, well… more of a [...]
Jaguar E-Type Series I restomod: A reborn Jaguar done right February 12, 2025 Elon Musk didn’t like it. Nor did Nigel Farage. The Twitterer-in-Chief responded to Jaguar’s rebrand video by asking “Do you sell cars?”. And the MP for Clacton went further, declaring: “I predict Jaguar will now go bust. And you know what? They deserve to.” Loath as I am to agree with Nigel Farage about anything, [...]
Porsche 911 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid review: The 911 goes electric February 7, 2025 We knew it was coming and so did Porsche; the current ‘992’ generation of 911 was engineered to accommodate a battery and electric motor from the outset. Even so, this feels like an evolutionary leap: a milestone in the car’s 62-year story so far. In time, will the arrival of a hybrid 911 be seen [...]
Porsche 911 GT3 2025 review: An intense hit of purest Porsche January 31, 2025 An espresso machine is steaming furiously and fresh croissants are arranged on a shelf that doubles as a swan-neck rear spoiler. Morning has broken over the Ricardo Tormo circuit near Valencia and business is brisk at The 9,000rpm Cafe. The 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 launch is underway. The name of Porsche’s pit-garage breakfast bar is [...]