500 cars and counting: Studio434, Europe’s biggest classic car collection March 9, 2021 Located close to north London, the huge and eclectic Studio 434 collection supplies cars to The Crown, Peaky Blinders, Downton Abbey and more.
Best of travel: Rampaging through Dartmoor in an Aston Martin March 5, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. Today we revisit Adam Hay-Nicholls’ tour through the rugged terrain of Dartmoor in an Aston Martin Vanquish. ••• It’s the tail-end of dusk in Devon and silence is broken. Thundering down the twisting A382 from Exeter to [...]
Peugeot and Fiat owner Stellantis nets profit boost after mega-merger March 3, 2021 The newly formed Stellantis predicts better than expected financial results after profits remain high in the pandemic
Best of travel: The luxury yacht with more toys than Hamleys March 3, 2021 To tide us over until we’re able to travel again, we’re republishing classic travel stories from our archives. Today we revisit Adam Hay-Nicholls’ stay on what might be the best pound-for-pound yacht in the world. ••• Luxury journalism: It won’t make me a billionaire, but I do get to act like one on occasion. The [...]
Toyota Supra 2.0 review: no replacement for displacement March 3, 2021 You can now buy a Toyota Supra with a downsized 2.0-litre engine. Does less power and less weight – plus a lower price – equal more fun?
US governors urge Biden to pressure semiconductor firms on global shortage of automotive chips February 26, 2021 A bipartisan group of eight governors from U.S. automotive states urged President Joe Biden today to do more to press semiconductor firms to address a global shortage of automotive chips that has cut some vehicle production. Governors of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri co-wrote a letter to Biden asking him [...]
Rise in SUVs and car usage hinders net zero targets, spending watchdog says February 26, 2021 An aversion to public transport, made worse due to the pandemic means the UK will have even further to go to reach its net zero emission targets, data from the National Audit Office (NAO) today has shown. The NAO report revealed transport is the UK’s largest contributor to carbon emissions, with cars being the primary [...]
Porsche 911 Carrera S review: why the manual gearbox still matters February 26, 2021 The Porsche 911 is one of the few sports cars still offering a traditional manual gearbox. Is it better than the paddle-shift PDK?
Tesla temporarily freezes production at California assembly plant February 25, 2021 Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company, has told workers it will temporarily freeze parts of production at its assembly plant in California. Workers on a Model 3 production line in the California-based Fremont factory were told their line would be down from Monday until 7 March, according to Bloomberg. Impacted staff expected to take holiday [...]
Skoda Octavia vRS review: Czech mate for the Golf GTI February 24, 2021 The Skoda Octavia vRS is a more practical alternative to a Volkswagen Golf GTI. We find out what the new, fourth-generation car has to offer.