Here’s how car rental company Virtuo are electrifying summer July 21, 2021 | Sponsored Virtuo, the exciting car hire company that just raised $96 million, has just launched the Tesla model 3 long range. Virtuo currently also has the Mercedes A-class and GLA and are committed to having 50% of their fleet electric by 2025 and 100% by 2030, the Tesla is the start of that journey. To try [...]
Wedge fund: one man’s passion for the unloved Aston Martin Lagonda July 19, 2021 We assembled the world's largest collection of 'wedge' Aston Martin Lagondas ‒ and met the man who owns all 24 of them. Then we drove one.
Valhalla! Aston Martin’s 950hp ‘road racer’ revealed July 16, 2021 The 217mph Valhalla is a new kind of Aston Martin: mid-engined, hybrid and utterly exotic. We’re among the first to see it at Silverstone.
Full circle: driving Mazda’s rotary-engined sports cars July 13, 2021 We experience five of Mazda’s most exciting rotary-engined road cars, from a classic 1969 Cosmo to the modern RX-8.
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2021: Britain’s coolest car park July 9, 2021 Many of the most exciting machines at Goodwood Festival of Speed can be found in the car park. Join us for some Grade A supercar spotting.
BMW and Volkswagen Group fined $1bn by EU for emission cleaning July 8, 2021 The European Commission fines BMW and Volkswagen Group a total $1bn (£726m), saying that three German carmakers breached EU antitrust rules by restricting competition in emission cleaning for new passenger diesel cars. The EU executive said the trio – BMW, Volkswagen Group and Daimler – had colluded on technical development in the area of nitrogen [...]
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi sued by US shareholders July 8, 2021 China’s dominant ride-hailing app Didi is facing two lawsuits, filed in New York and Los Angeles. They come a week after Didi’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange. The two suits, filed on Tuesday, state that Didi failed to disclose ongoing talks it was having with Chinese authorities about its compliance with cybersecurity laws [...]
Lotus Emira revealed: new sports car takes on Porsche Cayman and 911 July 7, 2021 The wraps are off the new Lotus Emira. The sports car offers up to 400hp from four-cylinder or V6 engines, plus styling inspired by the Evija.
Bugatti sold to Rimac in ‘perfect match’ deal July 5, 2021 Volkswagen Group has sold the Bugatti brand after 23 years, with Croatia’s Rimac and Porsche forming a joint venture called Bugatti Rimac.
Bentley Continental GT Speed review: supercar in a Savile Row suit July 3, 2021 The Bentley Continental GT has been given newfound focus for 2021. We take the GT Speed to Silverstone for a suitably sideways first drive.