Bertone Runabout: A retro roadster inspired by a 1969 concept car Life&Style International motor shows, once the epicentre of new car launches, have struggled to recover from the financial blows dealt by Covid. However, the annual Retromobile show in Paris has defied this trend by looking to the past, with a focus on classic cars and restomods. For legendary Italian design studio Bertone, Retromobile provided a natural [...]
Padel Rally 2025: Fast cars and the world’s fastest growing sport Life&Style Millions of pounds worth of Porsches, Ferraris and Jaguars were spread out beneath me as I peered over the mezzanine at Joe Macari’s showroom in Wandsworth, south London. But my attention was drawn to the enormous screen above where, pixel by pixel, The Padel Rally logo I’d designed a year ago was loading. You can [...]
Genesis Electrified GV70 review: heading off the beaten track Life&Style Genesis is to Hyundai what Lexus is to Toyota – a luxury cousin to a mainstream brand. For years, Lexus was viewed as a retirement treat for the elderly, but it worked hard to change that image, creating one of the all-time great supercars in the LFA and a striking GT in the LC 500, [...]
Cupra Terramar review: Golf GTI power in a sporting SUV August 6, 2025 My eagerness to test the new Cupra Terramar (‘Landsea’ if translated from Spanish) was curbed when I realised this mid-size SUV isn’t as amphibious as its name suggests. Still, after hastily cancelling a trip to the Lake District, I pressed the start button and my enthusiasm returned as the familiar – yet increasingly rare – [...]
Mini Aceman is an electric SUV with more character than most April 30, 2025 It has been nearly a quarter of a century since BMW revived the Mini. Reinterpreting an icon held close to many hearts is a risky business, as proven by Jaguar’s controversial rebrand and Ford’s attempt to revive the Capri. However, BMW’s Mini is one of the most successful comebacks for a classic name, making the [...]
Land Rover Defender by Onyx Vans review: Passport to adventure November 12, 2024 While driving behind a caravan being towed along a narrow country road, it struck me what makes this Defender, converted by Onyx Vans, a unique vehicle. Unlike the grey SUVs also headed to our campsite, each one dragging what looked like an oversized fridge through the hedgerows, I was aboard an icon without any white [...]
Caterham Seven 360R review: It’s coming home September 19, 2024 Growing up in Caterham, Surrey, at house number seven, I felt a strong connection to the local company that once lined up on the Formula One grid. It was exciting peering into the nearby Caterham Cars showroom (now a retirement home), but driving a Seven 360R – collected from Caterham’s new factory in Dartford – [...]
Abarth 500e review: electric hot hatchback driven February 14, 2024 The quirks of previous Abarths gave them a feisty character to differentiate them from the Fiats they are based upon. I love the Abarth 595 so much that I’ve owned one for the past six years.
