📍 ‘A bonnet long enough to host a gin tasting.’ Mercedes-Benz has just revealed the Vision Iconic, a concept that makes every other EV look like a household appliance. Imagine 1930s grand tourer glamour reimagined for 2035 — long bonnet, illuminated grille, and solar paint that charges itself while sunbathing in Monte Carlo. Inside, it’s […]
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📍 ‘The difference between bravery and stupidity? Roughly ten miles per hour.’ Speed isn’t merely about getting somewhere first. It’s a language — a dialect spoken in exhaust notes and turbo whines, written in carbon fibre and courage. From Bugatti to Koenigsegg, we chase velocity not out of necessity, but because it makes our hearts
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📍 ‘Paddock whispers say a top team will reshuffle technical leadership before Brazil; if confirmed, it flips the title narrative.’ ◼︎ Verstappen swept Austin (sprint + GP), trimming Piastri’s lead to 40 points with five rounds left. Momentum has a number now. ◼︎ Red Bull was fined € 50,000 (half suspended) for a grid-gate incident
📍 ‘Countach Courage, Modern Manners.’ Lamborghini marked the 20th anniversary of Centro Stile (its in-house design studio) with an elegant, tightly curated celebration—and one ‘unexpected’ reveal: the Lamborghini Manifesto. A calm, intelligent showcase of ideas, not noise. Walter de Silva and Mitja Borkert discussed lineage and future direction with unusual candour. Curious what was shown,
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📍 ‘The TX doesn’t accelerate; it lengthens the horizon.’ Howmet TX: the racer that swapped pistons for a helicopter’s party trick. It doesn’t rev; it spools—one long, silken shove that turns pit lanes into quiet airports. Prototype chic, aviation swagger, and a very polite apocalypse soundtrack. Curious how a turbine car won trophies, baffled purists,
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📍 ‘Configured on an iPad; delivered like a Rembrandt.’ The Vittori Turbio glides like a Savile Row assassin: Italianate curves, a twelve-cylinder grin, and manners that allow it to sip Negronis at 8,000 rpm. Roughly fifty invitations, each fitted like a Mount Street tux—no off-the-peg millionaires here. Think Riviera escapes, helicopter pads, and a garage
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Next F1: United States GP Date: Sunday, 19 October 2025 Track: Circuit of the Americas 📍 If you think the F1 paddock’s recent whispers are mere background noise, buckle up — there’s enough combustible chatter to light your way through the season finale. ◼︎ Oscar Piastri is said to be fielding secret calls from Red Bull
📍 ‘It wasn’t built to impress. It was built to humiliate physics.’ The McLaren F1 wasn’t a supercar. It was a divine accident — a moment when money, genius, and ego aligned at 240 mph. Three seats, one purpose: dominance. Gordon Murray didn’t design a car; he built a rebuttal to compromise. No turbos, no
📍 ‘When he parked a Porsche, it wasn’t posing. It was choreography.’ Robert Redford never shouted about his cars — he drove them. While Hollywood’s loudest collected chrome egos, Redford quietly chose Stuttgart steel. His Porsche wasn’t a status symbol but an accomplice — lean, understated, and capable of outrunning small talk. Behind those amber
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