Opinion

Opinion

This new EV maker is upstaging Tesla right now

When I was out in the US recently on World Car Awards judging duty, the Lucid Air was one of the first sets of keys I grabbed. And as expected, it was something else.

Bolloré’s resignation from JLR is not a complete surprise

Earthquake events like a Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) chief quitting come as huge shocks at the moment they’re announced, but the departure of CEO Thierry Bolloré “for personal reasons” has reportedly not been a complete surprise.

Porsche: Too much of a good thing?

I think I get it. After years of letters proclaiming bias, of meeting people full of hate and bile, of hearing strange ‘Beetle’ jokes and being absolutely baffled as to how and why people could be so negative about a car that seems to encapsulate everything they proclaim to love about driving, something in me has changed. I’m sick of Porsche.

The new McLaren CEO is up to the task

There are tough jobs in the automotive industry, and then there’s the CEO of McLaren Automotive. The ambition for the Woking firm, still only a decade or so into existence as a car maker, was always as tough as it gets: to take on and beat Ferrari.

Volkswagen Group cars – are they too similar?

Officially they’re Volkswagen Group products. But I think of them as cars from the House of VACSS – VW, Audi, Cupra, SEAT and Skoda – of Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic. These are vehicles I know very well. My first car in the late seventies was a beige Beetle (AGC 829G).

How will Hyundai’s N division transfer its magic to electric cars?

Can Hyundai transfer the magic to electric cars? It’s one thing stealing a bunch of the best people from BMW to let them do essentially what they do best: make smile-a-mile old-school performance cars. It’s another to break into the uncharted territory of the EV driver’s car.