Should you follow directors into this bombed-out stock? June 12, 2019 | City Talk By Edmond Jackson from interactive investor. Down almost 90% from its peak, our shares analyst examines recovery potential at this household name. Should you trust company directors or hedge funds with their dealings, or make your own judgment? The current situation at former mid-cap AA (LSE:AA.) is a stark example as directors buy into an 88% drop since 2015 as [...]
Morgan 3-Wheeler car review: The ultimate quirky city commuter car June 10, 2019 When faced with the pandemonium of driving in London, there’s something to be said for doing so in a car with a sense of humour, something that puts a smile on your face. File under: arguments in favour of trundling around in a silly supercar – or indeed a Morgan 3-Wheeler. From our experience, the [...]
Auto Trader bullish on growth prospects June 10, 2019 | City Talk Amid fears of a slowdown in UK car sales, our head of markets talks us through the big numbers. This sparkling set of annual results from Auto Trader (LSE:AUTO) is tainted only by a more guarded outlook from the company, implying that a repetition of the numbers is unlikely. The majority of the metrics reflect Auto Trader’s [...]
Ferrari Dino ‘Evo’ review: This modified Italian stallion is a £300,000 delight June 3, 2019 Ferraris are works of automotive art, says conventional wisdom; modifying one is like daubing Dulux on the Sistine Chapel. Not that Kevin O’Rourke seems concerned. His Ferrari Dino ‘Evo’ will be among the star cars at London Concours tomorrow and Thursday, while another Dino built by his company, Mototechnique – the 400hp, F40-engined ‘Monza’ – [...]
The Mercedes-AMG GT 63S 4-door serves up supercar pace in a more practical package April 29, 2019 Pity the poor Mercedes-Benz salesperson. The world’s oldest car company lists no fewer than 33 separate models on its UK website, from A-Class hatchback to S-Class limousine. Factor in engines, trim levels and optional extras, and the list of potential combinations is… a lot. Such bountiful choice results in overlap between many models, too. Want [...]
The McLaren 600LT is one of the most exciting supercars on sale. Tim Pitt drives it on road and track April 18, 2019 Choosing the best car I drove in 2018 wasn’t easy. It was mid-December – the season when every journalist is contractually obliged to churn out end-of-year lists – and I had whittled my top 10 down to two. In the Lizard Green corner sat the Porsche 911 GT3 RS: a hardcore, limited-run special with more [...]
The Vantage was Aston Martin’s old-school muscle car of the 1990s – Ethan Jupp steps back in time April 15, 2019 The Aston Martin Vantages of the last 15 years are very different beasts to their 1990s namesake. These latest models are sinewy sports cars that have consistently given Porsche’s class-leading 911 a sore jaw. The previous generation of Vantages, as you can probably tell from the picture above, is not possessed of such precision. It [...]
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the world’s most luxurious and expensive SUV April 8, 2019 Admit it: you’ve made your mind up about the Cullinan already. I know I had. Rolls-Royce’s first SUV has proved more divisive than a meaningful vote on leaving the European Union. Even if I proclaimed it the best car in the world – and in some respects, it probably is – the naysayers among you [...]
Thirty years ago, the Honda NSX changed the supercar forever. Tim Pitt celebrates with a retro road-trip February 25, 2019 After 1989, sports cars would never be the same. That year, the Mazda MX-5 reinvented the roadster – with added reliability – then Honda did the same for the supercar. Its NSX was, in essence, a Ferrari without the flaws. The New Sportscar eXperimental reached UK showrooms in late 1990, priced at £55,000. Its lightweight [...]
Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 review: Improving the classic Jaguar E-Type is a tall order, but a Kent-based company has done just that January 29, 2019 Can you improve on perfection? In the case of the Jaguar E-Type, it seems so. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean giving the ‘World’s Most Beautiful Car’ a modern makeover; this Series 3 Roadster looks near-identical to how it left the factory in 1971. Under those voluptuous curves, however, many mechanical and electrical parts have been upgraded. [...]