Electrified Jaguar XK140 by Lunaz a lavish wedding gift for Brooklyn Beckham
As wedding gifts go, this is very special: an electrified Jaguar XK140 by Lunaz. It’s what Brooklyn Beckham can expect from his father, David Beckham, who invested in Lunaz last year. Lunaz remanufactures and electrifies vehicles, and this particular light blue example represents thousands of hours’ work by its 120-strong team. The electrified classic […]
Opel returns to New Zealand with electrified entries in every model line
If you’re a curious soul like me, you’d have stumbled across the opel.co.nz website a few days ago, and realized that was the German brand being teased to press, something that was officially announced today to New Zealand motoring journalists. The clue wasn’t so much in the ‘modern German’ mention in the teaser, but […]
No Time to Die special edition Aston Martin DB5 Junior released
Today’s children have so many more choices of toys. Once the province of royalty—Aston Martin once presented a scaled-down, rideable DB5 to HRH Prince Andrew in his youth—the Little Car Company has now crafted a No Time to Die special edition of the Aston Martin DB5 Junior. While not unique as the Prince’s was, there’s […]
Miss France 2021, Amandine Petit, goes electric blue with her Peugeot e-208
Miss France 2021, Amandine Petit, has taken delivery of a Peugeot e-208 GT from the company’s dealership in Caen in Normandie, with Victor Mary, marketing director of the Mary group, handing her the keys. Petit has chosen a blue e-208, the all-electric B-segment hatchback from the French car maker. Since its launch in […]
For SAIC’s goodness: MG launches HS plug-in hybrid SUV
MG Motor has announced the plug-in hybrid version of the HS for the Australian and New Zealand markets, in a live-streamed launch on March 2. The HS plug-in hybrid is the second electrified MG on sale in the region, after the all-electric ZS crossover, the price leader in the segment. The HS range effectively […]
Twenty years of Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in
Honda E: already inducted into the Red Dot Design Museum. The Honda E has been named Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2020, the award joining a bunch of others from dedicated motoring and motoring media organizations around the world. For some reason I thought the second-generation Toyota Prius was once named a […]
Automobili Pininfarina completes first high-speed tests for Battista electric hypercar at Nardò
Mahindra & Mahindra, presently looking to offload loss-making Ssangyong, has much more glamorous cars in its sights, as the Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar nears production. The new car, testing at the Nardò track, aims to be the most powerful Italian sports’ car ever produced—quite a claim in a country where Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced a new online visa process, called Sharek, for sports fans, beginning with the Saudia Ad Diriyah E-Prix, which kicks off the 2018–19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship on December 15. The race, as well as associated events such as live music and entertainment, take place at the […]
Dua Lipa and Jaguar collaborate on ‘Want to’, with software allowing a million remixes
David M. Benett Neale Hayn David M. Benett Jaguar, emboldened by its latest products, including an SUV line that includes the electric I-Pace model, has embarked on one of its highest profile promotions yet: teaming up with Dua Lipa on a music track that fans can personalize and share. Lipa launched the exclusive remix […]
As I-Pace draws near, Jaguar shows off a unique, electric-powered E-type
Maybe the electric Jaguar E-type in Andrew Niccol’s film In Time wasn’t so far-fetched after all. What happens when you take one of the most iconic shapes produced in motoring history and blend it with the latest technology? You might get something like the Jaguar E-type Zero, created by the team at Jaguar Land […]
