McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt on a difficult year and an electrified future October 19, 2020 We have coffee with McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt, discussing the new 765LT, a "horrible" year and McLaren’s plugged-in hybrid future.
Deloitte starts audit split – the first of the Big Four to do so September 11, 2020 Deloitte will set up an audit governance board, making it the first of the Big Four accounting firms to make headway with demands from the UK regulator. The audit governance board will be effective from 1 January 2021. It will be chaired by Baroness Margaret Ford, who currently chairs Scottish media group STV and real [...]
Mountune’s 385hp Volkswagen Golf GTI is a scorching hot hatchback September 5, 2020 A visit to Essex-based Mountune endows the Golf GTI with as much power as a Porsche 911. How does it feel on the road?
World’s most valuable Ferraris to star at Hampton Court August 29, 2020 A collection of rare Ferraris, including a 250 GTO, will be among the highlights of Concours of Elegance 2020. Here’s what you can expect.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos to build new 4×4 in France August 26, 2020 UK car manufacturing suffered another blow today after it emerged that Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos had made an official offer to buy a factory in France to build its new 4×4. The billionaire was understood to have been in talks with the Welsh government to build a new factory in Bridgend for the car, a [...]
London Concours 2020 preview: 10 cars not to miss August 15, 2020 London Concours is the first major automotive event to go ahead since February. Here are some of the highlights you can expect.
Michael Jordan’s ‘rarest’ trainers set to auction for more than $500,000 August 13, 2020 A rare pair of Michael Jordan’s trainers are set to fetch more than $500,000 (£420,000) at an online auction on Thursday. The basketball legend used the Nike Air Jordan 1 High sneakers in an exhibition game in 1985 and famously shattered the glass backboard with a dunk. British auction house Christies is auctioning 11 pairs [...]
Jeremy Corbyn trying to ‘wreck’ Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour, says David Miliband August 10, 2020 Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to “wreck” Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership as the party descends into a factional civil war. Members of the far-left faction have been vocal over the past week in blaming party moderates for Labour’s 2017 election defeat, with Corbyn accusing officials of sabotaging the [...]
The duelling narratives that will define November’s US presidential election August 3, 2020 There is a theory behind every presidential campaign, a basic narrative as to why the specific presidential aspirant and the specific moment are met, why the candidate is uniquely gifted to help the country through its present moment of peril. Of course, more often than not, this amounts to nonsense. For every Franklin Roosevelt or [...]
The Mini Cooper Sport is a life-affirming blast from the past August 1, 2020 Driving a classic Mini Cooper proves the perfect antodote to post-lockdown blues. Tim Pitt explains how you could do the same.