By PMW on 18 June 2021 16:58:34
A rare silver Jaguar E Type roars into Alderley Edge, and a crowd of photographers rush to the roadside. As the £1m vehicle drives past the pack snapping away, onlookers ask: "who are they waiting for?", expecting an A list star or footballer to be behind the wheel. But in Alderley Edge it's the car that's the star to this dedicated group of...
By PMW on 09 June 2021 21:35:07
Over the last few years the reveal of a ‘groundbreaking’ 2000bhp electric hypercar has become a painfully common affair, creating a wash of new-age supercars such as the Lotus Evija, Pininfarina Battista and all manner of small, artisan start-ups, all with similar ambitions and vying for maximum attention. But there’s always been one outlier to the general rule of evo’s cynicism:...
By PMW on 02 June 2021 12:53:00
rolls royce | boat tail | goodwood |
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, which along with the wider luxury goods sector is recovering strongly from pandemic fallout, has launched a "Boat Tail" automobile -- tailor-made for just three ultra-wealthy clients. With a rear resembling a yacht deck and opening up for alfresco dining, the Boat Tail's opulent design features also hand-crafted aluminium panels and Swiss timepieces. Fashioned by Rolls' Coachbuild unit, the blue-painted...
By PMW on 28 May 2021 22:53:39
lotus | goodwood | festival of speed |
Goodwood has announced that the Central Feature at the 2021 Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will celebrate Lotus. The iconic Norfolk brand is best known for its pioneering road and race cars, including the spectacular all-electric Evija hypercar. From the first sculpture in 1997 to the present day, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has become known for its creative and daring...
By PMW on 20 May 2021 19:26:59
MG has announced plans to put its bold new Cyberster roadster into production in a posting to Chinese social media site, WeChat. The posting, made by MG parent company SAIC’s design division, confirms the company has received "more than 5000“ registrations to its 'MG CyberCUBE' crowdfunding platform established to determine whether the Cyberster would be produced. Reports state MG will pursue right-hand-drive...
By PMW on 15 May 2021 11:34:28
What defines a supercar? Is it power output? Price? Mechanical layout? Truth is, none of the above. At least, not officially, and the demarcations between sports, GT, super and hypercars have become increasingly blurred over the years. But we’ve got to have some sort of rules so, for the purposes of this list, we’ll define a supercar as nothing super limited...
By PMW on 15 May 2021 11:16:21
ferrari | electric car | LeMans |
Ferrari have announced their first electric supercar will arrive in 2025 - and also three new models will be revealed over the next few months. Yes folks, Ferrari will build a full EV, and – according to CEO John Elkann – it’ll be “everything you dream the engineers and designers at Maranello can imagine for such a landmark in our history”. It’s another...
By PMW on 15 May 2021 10:51:01
Real estate mogul Manny Khoshbin has a profound affection for seven-figure hypercars and an equally deep obsession with French luxury goods maker Hermès. In the past few years, he has purchased a $2.5 million Pagani Huayra and a $3 million Bugatti Chiron, which he then paid exorbitantly to have both of them customized by Hermès. But his latest purchase outshines both...
By PMW on 15 May 2021 10:42:56
dashcam | motoring offences | UK roads |
As many as 89 dashcam video recordings of alleged motoring offences were submitted to police forces every day in 2019, according to data analysed by the RAC. A total of 32,370 pieces of footage were received by 24 police forces that accept video evidence of driving offences from members of the public, double the number recorded in 2018 (15,159). Data from the...