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The Visionary and the Reckless

Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina was an Italian automobile designer and the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company founder in 1930 and considered a visionary and perfectionist. On 14 December 2015, the Indian multinational giant Mahindra Group acquired 76.06% of Pininfarina S.p.A. The Pininfarina Battista is an electric performance car manufactured by Automobili Pininfarina GmbH in Munich, Germany. The […]

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F1 Snippets

✺ Watch out, Ferrari and Audi: Red Bull’s F1 2026 engine is ‘miles ahead. ✺ Lewis Hamilton’s brother drops a hint that a new Mercedes F1 deal has been signed. ✺ Mick Schumacher is the ‘obvious contender’ to replace struggling Williams F1 rookie Logan Sargeant. ✺ Charles Leclerc currently holds the longest driver contract in

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The Manual Vow

Behind closed doors, Aston Martin’s Q Customisation Department created a one-off supercar for an Aston Martin collector—the Victor. The Victor creation was strongly influenced by the V8 Vantage 1977 and the Aston DBS V8 RHAM Le Mans car, known as The Muncher. As to the modern influences, the naturally aspirated 7.3-litre V12 engine culled from

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Mr S and the Fiscal Pie

Formula 1 and the FIA are currently assessing submissions from new teams to join the sport; Mercedes chief Toto Wolff says the ten current teams should be able to dictate whether new entrants are accepted. Up to half-a-dozen submissions have been made to the FIA proposing a new team for the F1 grid, with president

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F1 Snippets

Dutch GPDate: Sunday, August 27Track: Circuit Zandvoort ❖ F1 Snippets ✺ Wolff hails ‘Great’ driver waiting to replace Hamilton at Mercedes ✺ Eight F1 drivers would win with Max’s car, said Juan Pablo Montoya ✺ F1 plan to restrict DRS would hit Red Bull hardest amid top-speed superiority ✺ Pierre Gasly has admitted that ‘no

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The Hot Topic

The object of this short article is not to argue the benefits or drawbacks of Electric vehicles, simply to address some of the myths. The Electric Car is relatively recent consequently they are newsworthy and still relatively unknown to a large proportion of the public. I am sure EVs are fundamentally safe, but the most

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Aston’s Wind of Change

Following a recent Strollified information delivery to Aston’s shareholders, Aston’s second-quarter results beat market anticipations. However, one pundit drew attention to detail in the small print that isn’t quite so positive regarding Free Cashflow and Net Debt. Nonetheless, Geely’s CEO, Daniel Li, has been appointed to the board; Geely is the third largest shareholder; in

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Elon’s Secret Team

One of the main concerns with EVs is the driving range between charges. About ten years ago, Tesla created an algorithm to give very optimistic ‘range figures. Additionally, they had a team that suppressed exaggerated claims of possible ‘between charges mileage achievements. It is unclear whether Tesla still uses the algorithm, but recent technical reports

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