In the realm of busy, well-financed individuals, flights are the most efficient way to get around Western Europe or the USA. But there’s still the unbeatable charm of a road trip, a mix of highway miles and mountain twisties, stopping only at the finest of city centres. The allure of a grand tour. A grand […]
I feel that there was a time when car makers were content with sticking to a genre or segment of the automotive market and specialising in it. But that’s not how empires are built and there’s also the competitive need to not be limited. Brands are driven to keep innovating and exploring new options. Like […]
Aston Martin continues their onslaught of a new and refreshed model lineup with the replacement for the Vanquish. Instead, they have revived a different combination of names from their glorious past to release the all-new 2018 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera. It was spotted doing runs around the Nürburgring Nordschleife under some camo-bodywork but now we […]
Early this year, Volvo Cars announced that Polestar will no longer be its performance arm. Instead, Polestar is now a standalone brand which will only make electric performance vehicles from its brand new manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China. Here’s their first model, a stop-gap from the all-electric powertrains, a 592bhp hybrid. Say hello to the […]
Ferrari has been quite busy, as one would expect when you have nearly a year-long birthday celebration. Ferrari’s 70th anniversary also sees the launch of a new Ferrari, the Portofino. It was often a hot topic whether the old entry-level Ferrari cabrio, the California, was a proper Ferrari or not. I mean, sure, it is […]
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