• AEHRA — Design without limits

    AEHRA — Design without limits

    Those that know me well know that I’m not exactly enthralled about the idea of electric cars, but perhaps I may just have been a touch hasty. What the electric vehicle powertrains have brought is a performance standard that is more easily obtained as electric motors are able to recreate beloved combustion engine metrics with…

  • Unveiled — The New Maserati GranTurismo 2023

    Unveiled — The New Maserati GranTurismo 2023

    When I first saw a Maserati GranTurismo some 11 years ago, I remember thinking at the time that car design had peaked. The vehicle profile was striking and vast, baring its teeth as it elegantly roared past. It was design from another era, the past translated into the future if you will, now proven by…

  • Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II — Beyond Sentiment

    Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II — Beyond Sentiment

    Of all the Rolls-Royce models I’ve encountered, I’ve always felt that the Phantom is the most timeless. It could be down to the deep sense of emotion it evokes in me, or perhaps the fact that it’s the literal embodiment of ceremony in its truest form. Or maybe I’m just sentimental. If some thought that…

  • Cielo — The Sky is the Limit

    Cielo — The Sky is the Limit

    Having to compromise in life is something we learn to accept from a young age. You can’t have your cake and eat it — or so we’re told anyway. To coin the phraseology of the times, I’ve generally been one with a more “Bullish” outlook to life, a dreamer if you will. I like the…

  • Boat Tail — Chapter II

    Boat Tail — Chapter II

    To read a good book is to embark on a journey; each chapter further unveiling the storyline, characters, emotive connotations — and the nature of the author. It’s a cumulative revelation, a story building layer upon layer, ultimately leading to a grand finale. By no means at the end of the Boat Tail saga –…

  • Grecale – the Coupé SUV

    Grecale – the Coupé SUV

    I first met Grecale in 2020, during my first post UK lockdown international event. In Italy’s largest event since the pandemic began, the world of motoring gathered to witness the unveiling of a new era for Maserati, encapsulated in the Maserati MC20 supercar. But the brand’s newness was just about the car, there was also…

  • Coachbuilt — The Boat Tail

    Coachbuilt — The Boat Tail

    For many, Lago di Como is seen as the honey pot for all things elegant and tasteful, as its tranquil waters circumnavigated by an undulating mountainous green backdrop provides the ultimate setting, perfect for any unveiling — especially one of this magnitude. It was there I travelled early October eschewing the customary UK downpour for…

  • Rolls-Royce Cellarette — Where Cigars & Whisky meet

    Rolls-Royce Cellarette — Where Cigars & Whisky meet

    I must admit, it came as a big surprise to me to learn one of the industries most affected by the pandemic is the cigar market. In fact just yesterday morning, I received a received a message asking if I knew anyone that supplied Cohibas due to a shortage of cigars for a top client…

  • DRIVEN — Ferrari F8 Spider

    DRIVEN — Ferrari F8 Spider

    “What do you do for a living? Are you a footballer?” A question I faced many times over the past few days as I stepped up-and-out of the bright yellow flying machine also known as the Ferrari F8 Spider. Ordinarily it’s a question that would have taken me aback but given the boldly ostentatious nature…

  • Car Diffuser — by Acqua di Parma + Poltrona Frau

    Car Diffuser — by Acqua di Parma + Poltrona Frau

    It’s hard to get excited by the car fragrance options on the marketplace. Just as your choice in fragrance is seen as an extension of self, so is your choice of car, and as such it comes as great surprise to me that there has been such a dearth of options in the car fragrance…

  • DRIVEN — The New Rolls-Royce Ghost

    DRIVEN — The New Rolls-Royce Ghost

    It was an early start — early for me at least — as a Rolls-Royce Cullinan pulled up outside my house. It was morning apparently, but the sky was yet to be notified as the carriage of the Cullinan glowed mysteriously in the fading darkness. My destination? Goodwood; the home of Rolls-Royce and venue for the…

  • Maserati MMXX — A New Era

    Maserati MMXX — A New Era

    At a time where things seem anything but straightforward, Maserati have set themselves no mean task; to launch thirteen new models by 2024. When you take into account the brand has seven models currently on sale (eight including the new Maserati MC20) that is very ambitious indeed. When you delve deeper and learn that these…

  • The All New Rolls-Royce Ghost

    The All New Rolls-Royce Ghost

    In my experience, the features that truly make a Rolls-Royce stand out are the hidden petit luxures that surround your experience of the car — they don’t shout, they whisper. Synonymous with the ethereal spirit like names given to the cars themselves, these features add to the mysterious legend, the fairy-tale that is Rolls-Royce. This…

  • Trident by Triumph

    Trident by Triumph

    For a motorcycle company with more than 100 years heritage, any change to the brand’s proposition sends shockwaves through the segment. So it is today with Triumph’s latest model — the Trident. Triumph’s history is punctuated with legends, from racing icons to their category defining bikes, but for this latest iteration the goals are… different.…