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Employee Car Ownership Schemes set to be targeted by HMRC, but it could hurt industry, government revenue and car buyers

He told police he would not give up the Pin for his phone because he did not want them to see his ‘journalist material’, a court heard.

The 42-year-old was driving a Bentley SUV to the Spanish tourist hotspot when he was stopped

Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard Robinson refused to give the password to police because the phone held information about ‘vulnerable girls’.

At the beginning of the decade, car companies rushed to set expiration dates for combustion engines. It's as if there was a race to see who could go all-in on EVs first, with companies like Volvo and Bentley pledging to abandon gas cars by 2030. Others, like Ford of Europe,…

Super SUVs have it hard. They have to fulfill both poles of an opposite: Be super and be an SUV. Super meaning high performance, great handling, and exotic prestige. SUV meaning practicality, ground clearance, and room for (at least) five passengers and their luggage. These are almost entirely opposed ideas.…

Twenty years ago this month, Bugatti Veyron began production. That’s hard to believe in the same way that so many passages of time are hard to believe—"wow, I’m getting old," etc.—but also because the Veyron is still astonishing two decades later. 

Mercedes has faced harsh criticism for demoting the AMG C63 to a four-cylinder, but deep down, it (probably) knows there’s no replacement for displacement. While archrivals BMW and Audi have long abandoned V-12 engines, and Bentley has retired the W-12, the ultra-rich can still buy an S-Class with a dozen…

Bentley was among the first automakers to enthusiastically announce plans to hop on the electric bandwagon. Five years ago, Crewe pledged to abolish combustion-engine cars by the end of the decade. Reality struck in 2024, when former CEO Adrian Hallmark revealed the company would continue selling plug-in hybrids beyond 2030.…

Of course that's a thing! But why?!

The world's biggest names in performance and ultra-luxury cars are delaying or re-balancing their EV plans as demand and brand identity force a rethink.