Leisure Archive
(February 2022)

23 February 2022

MG5 EV takes double honours in What Car? Awards

MG Motor UK has added two new awards to its trophy cabinet after the MG5 EV was named Best Large Electric Car for Value and Best Electric Estate in the prestigious What Car? Awards. Britain’s best-known consumer car title praised the innovative EV for its great value pricing and excellent equipment, as well as its Read more…

Volkswagen celebrates triple win of UK awards – Touran wins 9th consecutive What Car? trophy

Volkswagen is enjoying a positive start to 2022, with awards from three separate UK publications presented to models across the brand’s range of vehicles. The Touran, Golf and ID.4 have all been dubbed the best in their segment, with the ID.4 deemed ‘Family EV of the Year’ by Company Car Today; the Golf named ‘Medium Read more…

The ultimate open-top roadster experience

Luxury supercar manufacturer McLaren Automotive commences production of the windscreen version of its Elva roadster, which makes it road legal to be sold in the USA. Designed for customers who prefer to have a physical screen rather than the barrier of air provided by the Active Air Management System (AAMS), as well as to meet Read more…

The BMW M135i xDrive

Retuned springs and dampers, precise tweaks to the chassis and an optimised soundtrack turn the BMW M premium compact model’s performance up another notch. Detail upgrades to its chassis components endow the BMW M135i xDrive (fuel consumption combined: 7.8-7.3 l/100 km [36.2-38.7 mpg imp] as per WLTP; CO2 emissions combined: 177-167 g/km as per WLTP) Read more…

22 February 2022

Belvoir Estate Shoot

The guns met at Croxton Park Lodge in bright, frosty weather and enjoyed drives at Old Park, Avenue, Knipton End and Transformer. After the first two drives ‘elevenses’ were taken at Frog Hollow. Refreshments included sausage rolls, pigs in blankets and fruit cake while numerous dogs of various shapes and sizes looked on hopefully. It Read more…

Are you lungworm aware?

Matt Limb OBE looks at the growing threat to our dogs from lungworm, why it is fast spreading across the country and how to identify the common symptoms. With the shorter days and longer nights behind us and the days generally becoming warmer, we can look back on winter. But as someone commented to me Read more…