With the P400e, Range Rover add more ecological sensitivity to their range of options… In the spirit of integrity and full disclosure, let me get this out of the way: I own a Range Rover. Before that, I owned an older Range Rover. And I firmly believe that you should all own a Range Rover.…
With the e-Tron range, Audi reveal their first forays into electric vehicles…. And they’re good. After so many years of petrolheaded fun, even Lusso has to grudgingly admit that things have to change. Improvements in fuel consumption were the start, hybrids the second step – anything that helped extend the mileage your average gallon of…
Bentley Motors this week achieved carbon neutral certification for its factory headquarters in Crewe, England, taking another step to becoming the world’s most sustainable luxury automotive manufacturer. Earlier this year, the UK’s largest solar car port, comprising 10,000 solar panels, was installed at Bentley’s factory site in Crewe. The installation has a capacity of 2.7MW…
It’s 1901, Queen Victoria’s 63 year reign has come to an end, Texas discovers its oil, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are officially in trouble, and Royal Enfield produce their first motorcycle. “The oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous production” is a tag the company is rightly proud of, and in 2017 the company…
You and I live in a world where we can have every imaginable luxury provided for us at the press of a button. What material thing could either of us possibly list that the other couldn’t obtain? Perhaps then, the only remaining comfort – the buttress against the uncertainties of existence – is the comfort of…
The booming market for luxury experiential travel is opening an ocean of possibilities to adventurers wanting to experience life-changing sea voyages in the lap of luxury. Picture the solitude of Paradise Bay, Antarctica, where the silence is broken only by pack ice groaning; or the eerie environs of Scott’s Hut on Cape Evans, where the…
The way the ancient poet Hesiod tells it, Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, put it about a bit, ending up with no fewer than 50 daughters. One of them, Galene the Nereid, took it upon herself to be a soothing influence, the one who put a stop to all the quarrels that would…
From Ferrari and Maserati to Bentley and Aston Martin, most of us have our “bucket list” cars that we want to own at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, those dream vehicles often remain elusive unless we enjoy a significant cash injection. Source: Aston Martin via Pixabay So, imagine if you won the lottery. What…
Every year Winter roles around without any warning. One minute you’re sunning yourself on the deck of a boat in Corfu, the next you’re sat on your sofa like a slob watching whatever required the least swiping to access on Netflix. It’s depressing. To make things worse it’s also the time smug bastards start posting…