Leisure Archive
(September 2016)

1 September 2016

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials

Coming hot on the heels of the 2016 Rio Olympics, this year’s Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials looks set to be an international affair, with some of the world’s leading riders, including five Olympic medallists descending on the Lincolnshire town of Stamford, for what is considered by many to be Eventing’s greatest challenge. Ninety-nine horses Read more…

In the field…

Well it’s that time of year again. The 2016/17 shooting season is now under way and some of you may have been lucky enough to get up on a grouse moor for the ‘Glorious Twelfth’ of August. Grouse shooting heralds the start of the new season; this is swiftly followed by partridges and ducks on Read more…

A random collection

Holt’s are auctioneers of fine modern and antique guns are now the largest Sporting Auction House in Europe, specialising in sporting items and militaria. I am always excited as I venture in to someone’s front room in response to a considered phone call as a client is proposing to sell items he or she has Read more…

New £20m technical centre opens for Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has officially opened its new Technical Centre in the heart of the British Midlands. The innovative new £20m facility near Coventry will be the headquarters of SVO and will house manufacturing, paint, technical and customer commissioning and presentation zones inside the 20,000m2 facility. The new Technical Centre is Read more…

Driver Power award for all-wheel drive Forester

The Subaru Forester has been awarded Bronze in the Off Road/SUV category in the influential 2016 Driver Power survey, published recently in Auto Express. The Forester was also rated as the eighth best vehicle to own among all cars in the study. Brian Walters, director, Research and Insights at Driver Power commented: “In 2016, the Read more…

All-new Toyota Prius review

The petrol-electric car that bravely paved the way for hybrids when it hit the roads almost 20 years ago. Back in 1997, the Prius was viewed by many in the same way one might look at an exotic animal in a zoo. We were mesmerised, but we were happier admiring the strange entity from a Read more…

Sporty new Ford Kuga ST-Line at Seacroft Ford

The Ford Kuga ST-Line SUV, offering bold styling and sporty driving dynamics, will be on sale from 1st September. Ford has announced a new Kuga ST-Line version of the popular mid-size sports utility vehicle (SUV) on sale later this year, offering sporty styling inspired by Ford Performance models, alongside powerful and efficient EcoBoost petrol and Read more…

Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing unveil radical AM-RB 001 hypercar

The product of a unique Innovation Partnership between the British luxury brand and eminent F1TM team, this ambitious, uncompromising and wholly extraordinary collaboration combines the vision and skills of two world-leading brands to create a road car the like of which has never been seen before. The three men charged with realising this shared vision Read more…