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I first drove the MG Cyberster earlier last year on a brief test at Millbrook Proving Ground. Enough to intrigue, enough to raise eyebrows, but not enough to truly understand it. This time, MG handed me the keys for a week. Living with a car exposes its truths. Its cleverness. Its quirks. Its brilliance. And occasionally, its foibles.
Everything Electric is the new show held at ExCel London by the Fully Charged Show, which opened on Thursday 28 March 2024 running to 30 March. Here’s my live walkaround video when I first got to the event on day 1, completely unfiltered and unedited. Apologies for the sound, it was filmed straight off the phone camera and there was a lot of ambient noise.
Don’t bother reading this review. This car won’t appeal to you. At least that’s what the market research must be telling the car industry. Apparently, nobody wants small, fun, front-engined, rear-driven, impractical sports cars, powered by an ‘old-fashioned’ petrol engine and featuring three-pedals, not even at sub-£30.
The Alpine A110 sports car was actually introduced in 2017, but harks back even further to the 1963-1977 Alpine A110, described as a Berlinette (the French version of Berlinetta) otherwise described as a small two-door coupe.
Finally got a chance to try the marvellous little Alpine A110 GT at the recent SMMT Test day at Millbrook Proving Ground. Quick drive reveals a fun little car that is as engaging as it is enticing. #BCGAlpineA110
Continue reading “Alpine A110 GT Review”The original Mustang Mach 1 came out in 1969 as a performance package, with enhanced performance and suspension. That’s pretty much true of today’s version too, which you can identify from the more aggressive front lower end, the driving lamp housings in the grille and the bonnet stripe and highlighting around that and along the side profiles – sadly no shaker scoop – unlike the original.
Continue reading “Ford Mustang Mach 1 Review ”This is the electric Polestar 02 – don’t get too excited, it’s just a concept car. Having said that though, Polestar does have a habit of building its concepts. Ooo… I hope they do. I quite like the look of this.
Continue reading “Polestar O₂ Concept has its own Autonomous Camera Drone!”Fiat 124 Spider. Launched in 2016. Dead in 2020. Just four years. Only about 40,000 were made. But why? I ask the question in this one. Do you have an answer?
Continue reading “Why Did the Fiat 124 Spider Die?”A walkaround and interview with Group Lotus MD Matt Windle of the brand new 2022 Lotus Emira at the 2021 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace yesterday. He explains the importance of this car, the future plans for Lotus, how he worked his way up to the top job from an apprentice and why Lotus is now finally in safe hands. Plus I get my first chance to sit in the Emira, see if I fit and explore the huge step up in interior comfort and quality. #BCGEvents #BCGLotusEmira
Continue reading “Lotus Emira Walkaround”I first drove the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio at the launch in Italy four years ago, around the Balocco test track in Vercelli. Frankly I loved it. Instantly accessible speed, reassuring but entertaining dynamics and as for those knuckle-biting sexy looks… well this is one hot saloon.
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