Is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 still the smart EV buy? Motoring The Hyundai IONIQ 5 starts at £40,695, offers up to 354 miles of range and still charges faster than most rivals. Five years after it first landed, here’s which version makes the most sense. There are plenty of electric cars that make more sense on a spreadsheet than they do in a showroom, but the [...]
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 [...]
Does the Range Rover Sport Electric have the harder job? Motoring The full-size Range Rover Electric has the ultra-luxury EV market largely to itself. The cheaper, sportier Range Rover Sport Electric faces a far bigger fight, and JLR needs it to win. It has been quite a week for JLR. Jaguar finally revealed its £130,000 Type 01 in New York on Tuesday, but the car that [...]
Paris Motor Show 2026: BYD, Geely and the 2CV comeback October 14, 2026 From the revival of the Citroën 2CV to bold pushes by Geely, BYD and Omoda, this year’s Paris Motor Show revealed how nostalgia, electrification and Chinese ambition are reshaping the global car market. Ooh la la and welcome to Paris. We are in the beautiful French capital for the 2026 Mondial de l’Auto, otherwise known [...]
Paris Motor Show: Agreeable Assets for the High-Net-Worth Individual October 14, 2026 As the automotive landscape shifts toward electrification, the global supercar market continues to be dragged, perhaps reluctantly, in the same direction, writes Tim Barnes-Clay. Once ruled by raw mechanical power, modern supercars are increasingly judged on innovation, alternative fuels, and, in some cases, scarcity through limited production runs. The 2026 Paris Motor Show, held at [...]
Paris Motor Show: Executive Family Cars October 14, 2026 The narrative around executive motoring in London and the Home Counties has decisively shifted, writes motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. The modern-day company director’s primary vehicle now needs to transition seamlessly from weekday commutes in The City to weekend continental family road trips. Indeed, just over 180 miles south of Calais, this year’s Paris Motor Show [...]
Is the XPeng G6 a smarter buy than a German SUV? October 9, 2026 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 [...]
Why do so many Brits keep buying the Ford Puma? October 9, 2026 The Ford Puma isn’t new and it isn’t flashy, yet it keeps finishing at or near the top of the UK sales charts. Here’s what it gets right, and whether it’s still worth buying. The Ford Puma has been around since 2019, and while it has never been the car anyone raves about down the [...]
Is VW’s ID. Tiguan the EV the ID.4 should have been? October 9, 2026 Volkswagen is retiring the ID.4 and putting its best-selling SUV name on the replacement. Early prototype drives suggest it’s quieter and comfier, but the charging hasn’t moved on as much as it should have. Volkswagen’s ID naming never quite stuck with buyers, and the company seems to have admitted as much. The ID.2 became the [...]
Bolt set for £190m VAT bill after legal defeat October 8, 2026 Ride-hailing platform Bolt has been refused permission to appeal a case brought by HMRC over how it calculates and pays its VAT. This follows HMRC winning an appeal in June against the Estonian tech giant over its VAT payments and calculations, overturning earlier decisions that had ruled in Bolt’s favour. The tax authority brought the [...]