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Has new car design lost it’s way? Is it stuck in a rut? What is going on with the new Alfa Romeo Milano? Why is there no exciting cars around me on the A40. Yet there are some spectacular cars out there, but not enough. What are designers missing? Why aren’t they pushing the boundaries of car design, especially with the advent of modular EV drive platforms?
While at a BMW Media Event, I took the opportunity to have a quick look around next year’s new Mini Cooper, which will come as an EV, although petrol models of the Mini will also still be available. It has a remarkable interior!
Open Day at JD Classics yesterday (they’re held on the last Saturday of each month – invite only, register with them in advance) to see several significant classic Minis including Peter Sellers’ Radford Mini, classic Ford Cortinas, a Thunderbird and Mustang, 80s S-Class, Ferraris, Jaguars, Bentleys plus a stunning 80s Porsche 911 wide-body whale-tail Targa and a Toyota Century.
Video from yesterday at the British Motor Show Pop-Up at Marshall BMW in Salisbury with Tim Shaw of CAR S.O.S @NationalGeographicUK and Sam Hard of Hard Up Garage where I put my 1989 BMW 325i SE E30 on display ( #BCGBMWE30 ) – Cool cars, amazing interviews, crazy antics – watch now!
Volkswagen is killing the VW Golf (including the GTI), Mercedes-AMG is killing the V8, and enthusiast cars are going electric, they should still be fun, but in the long-term is this bandwagon-jumping going to prove a disaster for the car industry?
Top 10 1960s Motors: The Sexiest Motors from the Swinging Sixties – The Magnificent and Mighty motors of the 1950s with their big big fenders, outlandish bumpers, and tall imposing grilles, made way for low-slung sexiness in the Seductive and Salacious sixties – oh behave! In all seriousness – the 1960s is quite possibly the most revolutionary car design eras of the automotive age. But which were the best cars of the 1960s? I’ll tell you in this video!
Are you charged up for ‘The Electric Job’? If not, move on because this Mini is not all it seems. Yes it looks a cheeky chappy, yes the drive will be familiar and yes it’s quick, but there’s no exhaust pipe, the grill is blanked out, and there are bright yellow ‘e’ badges splattered about, including on the fuel cover which now accepts not gasoline but gigawatts. Great Scott!
Continue reading “2021 Mini Electric Review”The 2021 London Concours they celebrating both 60 years of the Jaguar E-Type, and one particularly example is the stuff of legends, plus British Icons on show include the lowest mileage classic Mini, super high mileage Range Rover special edition, Gordon Murray’s Light Car Company Rocket and the XJR15 built in association with Tom Walkinsaw Racing. #BCGLondonConcours #BCGEvents
Continue reading “2021 London Concours – British Icons”While charging the 2021 Mini Electric – full review soon – I went live on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/shahzadsheikh/) and answered questions about the MINI Electric, charging and driving it, and EVs (electric vehicles) in general.
If you joined me you’ll be mentioned in this video. If you didn’t be sure to follow my main Instagram account so you’ll know next time I go live.
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