Ferrari Brings Back the Manual… Or Does It? The New 12Cilindri Manuale Explained
Britain’s Car Industry Just Sent an SOS to Government Over ZEV Mandate
The UK’s car makers say the ZEV Mandate is running ahead of reality. Is it time for a rethink before Britain loses jobs, investment and manufacturing?
The British car industry has just issued one of its strongest warnings in years. Not about Chinese competition. Not about Donald Trump’s tariffs. Not even about electric cars themselves. This is about Government policy.
The Digital Car Parts Scandal: Why Your New Car Could Reject Perfectly Good Spare Parts
Remember when broke a headlight and replaced it with a £50 used replacement bought from the scrap yard? That’s no longer possible. Put a non-authorised replacement part in your modern car and it might reject it and shut down the whole car! Parts are now locked to the VIN of your car! Rip-off or great anti-theft security feature?
Remember when fixing your car was… well, fixing your car? Let’s say you clipped a wall and cracked a headlight. The dealer quoted you £500 for a replacement. You laughed politely, wandered down to your local scrapyard, picked up a perfectly good used one for fifty quid, fitted it yourself in an hour, and everyone lived happily ever after. Those days are disappearing. On many modern cars, fitting a second-hand headlight, ECU, instrument cluster, infotainment screen or other electronic component can trigger warning messages, disable functions or simply refuse to work altogether.
The 5 Car Brands That Lost the Plot in 2026
Some of the world’s greatest car manufacturers aren’t failing because they can’t build good cars. They’re failing because they’ve forgotten why we loved them in the first place
The car industry has always been cyclical. Sales rise and fall. Models flop. Companies merge, split, collapse and occasionally rise from the ashes. Automotive history is littered with famous names that simply disappeared, particularly here in Britain where once-proud marques have become little more than museum exhibits or nostalgic memories. What’s different in 2026 is that we’re witnessing something arguably more alarming.
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Legacy Car Brands Are Making a HUGE Mistake
Car companies are obsessing over EV product while forgetting the brand heritage, emotional loyalty and lifelong connection that could actually save them
At a recent event, I was chatting to somebody who works within the legacy car industry. It doesn’t matter which manufacturer, because this relates to the industry as a whole – it’s something bigger, broader and potentially catastrophic for the entire car industry. What this person told me was that, in terms of marketing and PR budgets, their focus now is very much on product rather than brand. And I understand why. These companies have cars to sell, EV targets to hit, emissions legislation to satisfy, ZEV mandates to survive, shareholders to soothe and showroom traffic to somehow summon from the ether. But I also think this strategy could be a fundamental, frightening and potentially fatal mistake.
Car Design: BMW Gets It. Audi Pivots. Mercedes Is Clueless
Has Ferrari’s biggest design misstep in decades accidentally made BMW and Audi look smarter than ever?
The Ferrari Luce may prove to be one of the most important car designs of recent years, not because it is revolutionary, not because it is beautiful, and certainly not because it has been universally admired. Quite the opposite. The reaction to Ferrari’s first electric car has been so overwhelmingly negative that it may have inadvertently transformed how enthusiasts view every major design reveal that has followed it. That sounds absurd, but bear with me.
Billionaires Have Rejected Electric Cars. Here’s Why Luxury EVs Are Tanking
The people who can afford anything appear to be choosing something else
A funny thing has happened on the road to electrification. Along the way, someone assumed that the future of luxury motoring would be silent, seamless and battery powered, that the world’s wealthiest buyers would lead the charge into a brave new era of zero-emissions indulgence, and that once the millionaires and billionaires embraced electric cars, the rest of us would naturally follow faithfully in their tyre tracks. It sounded plausible enough. After all, if anyone could afford the latest technology, it would be the people who think nothing of dropping the price of a semi-detached house on a weekend toy.
Ferrari Luce – The Prancing Horse’s First EV… What The Hell Is This SH!T?!
The new 2027 Ferrari Luce EV has over 1,000bhp, four motors and a £400,000-plus price tag… but has Ferrari completely forgotten how to make a beautiful car?
Ferrari has officially revealed its first fully electric production car, the all-new Ferrari Luce EV, and honestly, I bewildered and apoplectic with rage. This is the company that gave us the Ferrari F40, Testarossa, 288 GTO, Dino, Daytona, 308 and 458 Italia. Cars that looked like rolling works of art. Cars that made grown adults weak at the knees and children plaster posters across bedroom walls. And now… this.
Lotus RESET Again! Have They Finally Learned?
Lotus says its new “Focus 2030” plan marks a fresh start for the iconic British sports car brand, but after years of chasing EV luxury trends, has the company finally remembered what Lotus is really all about?
There was a time when hearing the word “Lotus” instantly conjured up images of lightweight sports cars dancing down B-roads with the delicacy of a hummingbird. Tiny steering wheels writhing in your hands. Barely-there kerb weights. Fibreglass bodies. A driving experience so pure and alive that you could forgive the occasional electrical tantrum, water leak, or trim piece that decided it no longer wished to participate in the journey – because the journey itself was epic (and that’s just to the shops!).