Toyota UK’s Hidden Heritage Fleet Walkaround: Icons, Oddballs and a £777 Time Machine

A rare behind the scenes tour of Toyota UK’s hidden heritage fleet packed with icons, oddities and unforgettable automotive treasures

Some days in this job make you grin like a kid who has just found the secret stash of sweets hidden away for Eid. My visit to the Toyota Media Experience Centre in Crawley did exactly that. I walked in expecting a few classics tucked into a corner. What I found was a warehouse of wonders containing everything from a Lexus LFA to an Corona time capsule to a Prius that survived a cross continental rally.

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Budget 2025 – Drivers Betrayed: Pay-Per-Mile Confirmed For EVs and PHEVs

The Budget drops the biggest anti-motorist bombshell in years – a full Pay-Per-Mile tax on electric and plug-in hybrid cars, plus luxury-tax hikes, Motability cuts and a fuel-duty freeze that expires in months

If you were hoping today’s Budget might go easy on motorists, then bless you for your optimism. Anyone paying attention knew this was coming, and yet it still feels like being slapped with a wet kipper. And just like that, buried beneath all the other headlines, comes the most consequential motoring announcement in years – one that will reshape the automotive landscape, hammer the car industry, and punish drivers across the country. The Government has now confirmed Pay-Per-Mile taxation for electric vehicles. Yes, it’s real. Yes, it’s happening. And no, it won’t stop at EVs.

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AI Told Me the Truth About the Future of Cars and Driving. Should Petrolheads Panic?

A calm AI voice told me driving would survive, but it felt oddly like being reassured by someone reading the instructions for a Temu lawnmower

So I’m driving along, in a plug-in hybrid test car, contemplating important matters like the fate of petrol stations, why people keep buying grey cars and what it would be like if we couldn’t drive anymore. This scenario would, of course, unfold at the advent of an AI era that removed the necessity to pedal and steer a vehicle, handing such duties to sensors, cameras, radars, lidars, a computer brain and, naturally, the all-seeing mysterious Cloud.

So I thought, you know what, let’s ask it. Let’s put to it the big, existential questions about cars, freedom, petrolheads and whether the steering wheel is about to join fax machines and Sony Walkmans in the museum of things we most miss.

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BCG Podcast | The Wild Truth About Ambulances, Batman’s Pee Problems & Why a Countach Made a Grown Man Cry

One of the most unpredictable, hilarious and shockingly insightful podcasts we’ve ever recorded – and you’ll want to watch every second

What happens when you sit down with a former London emergency response driver who used to pilot ambulances faster than some supercars, a man wearing an Iron-Man helmet and a car guru who ends up explaining urinal etiquette? You get a BCG Podcast so outrageous, so packed with jaw-dropping real-life stories, and so wonderfully unhinged that you absolutely cannot miss it. This episode genuinely blindsided me – and I was in it.

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2026 MG S6 EV Review: The Big, Calm, Grown-Up MG EV

MG’s new S6 EV arrives as a grown-up, spacious and impressively refined electric SUV that could tempt many families away from the usual big-brand choices

The 2026 MG S6 EV arrives without theatrics, yet the moment you walk around it, sit in it and drive it, you realise MG has shifted up a gear. This is the brand’s new family-sized electric SUV, the one many households have been waiting for. It sits on the same modular platform as the MG S5 EV but stretches everything further. A 77 kWh battery, rear-wheel-drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive, up to 329 miles of official WLTP range, and prices sitting roughly between forty-one and forty-four thousand pounds. MG is not pretending this is “budget” anymore. It is aiming for the mainstream.

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23/11/2025 0

Budget Black Hole? Why the UK Car Industry Might Be Our Unexpected Economic Lifeline

Britain doesn’t need higher taxes – it needs smarter growth, and the car industry could deliver billions in extra revenue without changing a single tax rate

Next week’s Budget is already being whispered about in tones normally reserved for horror films and MOT failures. The words “stealth taxes” and “tough decisions” are being tossed around like loose change in the Chancellor’s red box, and ordinary Brits are bracing for yet another round of financial whiplash. But here’s the bit nobody seems to be talking about – in all the noise about tax rises, cuts, freezes, and fiscal black holes, we’re ignoring one of Britain’s biggest, most underappreciated economic engines.

Cars. Not just the things on your driveway – the entire UK automotive ecosystem. Let’ me explain…

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BCG Therapy Podcast: Remembering Quentin Willson: A Personal Tribute to a Motoring Giant

A personal tribute to Quentin Willson, filled with memories, gratitude and the stories that show why he mattered so much to car people everywhere

Some news knocks the wind out of you, even when you don’t expect it to. The passing of Quentin Willson did exactly that. A motoring journalist, consumer champion, former Top Gear presenter, and one of the sharpest, driest voices ever to grace British car culture. For many of us, he wasn’t just part of the furniture – he built the room.

For me and Imthishan, the shock ran deeper because we’d spent a week with Quentin in December 2024 when we hosted him as a guest of the Mille Miglia. It meant we got to spend some time with him: conversations, long drives, and the sort of unexpected moments you only appreciate later. Now, looking back, that week feels very precious.

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The UK Economy Slows and the Car Industry Gets the Blame. Here Is the Real Story

A single cyber attack at JLR slowed the entire UK economy, revealing how vital – and how vulnerable – Britain’s car industry is

The UK woke up to a rather depressing figure this week. Economic growth from July to September came in at 0.1 per cent. The analysts thought we would hit 0.2 per cent, so already things looked a little feeble. The headlines called it a blow for the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. The markets shrugged. Most of the public sighed into their morning tea.

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13/11/2025 1

Petrolhead ≠ Politically Incorrect: I don’t Rev for the Right, but nor do I Line-Lock for the Left!

Some think that if you enjoy the sound of a V8 and a whiff of burnt rubber, you’re a climate-denying dinosaur. Time to set the steering straight

I know that I’m pigeon-holed sometimes. And I know why. I love cars, especially big hairy monstrous motors that smoke their tyres and obliterate decibel detectors.

Yes, my name is Shahzad and I’m an Autoholic. I confess the thrum of a V8 turns me on, octane is my cologne, and a gear-snatching, wheel-twirling thrash up a twisty road is my therapy. Cyclists are annoying, traffic cameras are the enemy, and the Highway Code is a quaint little booklet that’s just the right thickness for the wobbly leg of my coffee table.

And most damning of all, I refuse to apologise for any of this.

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CHINESE: From Copycats to Kings

How China Conquered the Car World – and they’re not done yet, they’re getting more ships!

Somewhere between the mockery and the memes, between jokes about “Range Rover rip-offs” and “plastic dashboards”, something rather extraordinary happened. The Chinese car industry grew up – fast. And now, while the West was busy sniggering, Beijing’s automakers quietly built an empire. An empire of design studios, R&D centres, global shipping fleets, and production hubs from Brazil to Budapest. Once dismissed as cheap copycats, China’s carmakers have now become the innovators – the disruptors – the ones pushing the boundaries of electric mobility, tech integration, and even automotive engineering itself.

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