Leisure Archive
(December 2022)

16 December 2022

All-electric 500 wins Best Small Electric Car at Parkers New Car Awards

Judges praised the all-electric 500 for its stylish design, driving performance and charging capabilities. The all-electric 500 is the first fully-electric vehicle from Fiat, providing a range of best-in-class features such as Level 2 autonomous driving technologies, a variety of battery options and a substantial driving range of up to 199 miles, the longest range Read more…

Vauxhall reveals All-New Astra GSe and All-New Astra Sports Tourer GSe

Following the recent announcement that Vauxhall will introduce GSe as a new electrified performance sub-brand, the brand has confirmed the first models to launch with a GSe version – the All-New Vauxhall Astra GSe and the All-New Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer GSe. Both models will feature Vauxhall’s advanced Plug-in Hybrid powertrains and offer the optimum Read more…

A star is reborn

Bell Sport & Classic reveals full details of benchmark setting three-year restoration of Concours-winning Ferrari 330 GTC. Leading Ferrari specialist Bell Sport & Classic is proud to reveal full details of the benchmark-setting restoration of a 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC, which secured a convincing victory at the 2022 Salon Privé Concours d’Elégance in September against Read more…

All-New Genesis Electrified GV70

Luxury marque Genesis has already ushered in several electric cars, including the excellent GV60 small SUV. By Tim Barnes-Clay. But, whereas the GV60 was built as an electric vehicle, the model we’re looking at here – the Electrified GV70 – is based on a car that previously had a combustion engine. While the GV60 was Read more…

Rolls-Royce Spectre unveiled: the marque’s first fully-electric motor car

A prophecy fulfilled. A promise kept. An extraordinary undertaking. In 1900, Rolls-Royce co-founder, Charles Rolls, prophesied an electric future for the motor car. Having acquired an electric vehicle named The Columbia Electric Carriage, he foresaw its suitability as a clean, noiseless alternative to the internal combustion engine – providing there was sufficient infrastructure to support Read more…

Bentayga Odyssean Edition – the most sustainable Bentayga

Bentley is unveiling the Bentayga Odyssean Edition, continuing the story of extraordinary sustainable design, without compromise to the renowned Bentley character or craftsmanship. This new limited edition is focused on sustainability, and will be strictly limited to just 70 examples. The first Odyssean Edition was launched in 2021 to the Flying Spur family, and took Read more…

The BMW 3.0 CSL

As the anniversary year comes to a close, BMW M GmbH is presenting the most exclusive special model the company has ever produced – a masterpiece of engineering embodying the essence from 50 years of racing passion and expressing its historic roots in a legendary model designation. The BMW 3.0 CSL (fuel consumption combined: 11.0 Read more…

Can dogs behave and grieve like humans?

Matt Limb OBE reflects on the loss of a family dog and the findings of a recent report into grief among canine companions. Recently and sadly not for the first time, the house was plunged into sadness, tears and chaos, there was great upset for me and the good lady wife as we lost our Read more…