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There was a time when F1 felt like a Mayfair men-only members club. It was as intriguing as it was alienating. The paddock was full of engineers, cigarette smoke and team principals deep in thought, holding clipboards; and drivers who were ready to wrestle a car, but would be way out of their depth walking…

This is the Lamborghini Urus SE Performante. It is the world’s fastest and most powerful internal combustion-engined SUV. No, the world does not need a Lamborghini Urus that happens to be the fastest and most powerful SUV, but – in the words of Tom Ford – “bluntly, it really does work”. “No, it’s not re-writing…

What is it? An Aussie supercar! Starting out in the late 1990s, the dream of Joss Developments, led by a guy named Matthew Thomas, was to put Australia on the supercar map, alongside Ferrari and Pagani. The recipe: a shouty, totally bespoke 6.8-litre V8 and a kerbweight below a tonne. Did they build any? One…

On the surface of it, this is yet another restomod; a Land Rover Defender that’s been restored and treated to a shiny new powertrain and luscious leather and aluminium trim by Dutch bespoke builders, The Landrovers. So far, so familiar. But hold those horses… Follow the usual path taken by three quarters of The Landrovers’…

There’s a lot to like about Screamer. Inspired by classic Japanese anime movies, including the phenomenal Redline, it’s set in a neon soaked vision of the future where the cars all look like the result of a dawn raid on the Liberty Walk parts bin. There’s a pleasing complexity to the action, seeing you balancing…

Statistics claim that around 18 per cent of us drivers will experience some form of car vandalism at some point. Sadly, I’m now part of that 18 per cent. Yes, my A6 e-tron was keyed last month. Even now, as I write this, I still can’t fathom why anyone would deliberately damage someone else’s property.…

Like its rival premium carmakers, Mercedes-Benz knows why people buy certain cars. “The all-new electric GLA is the first model in the Mercedes-Benz compact segment to feature the new iconic grille.” Yup, this new GLA – available in both electric and hybrid guise – gets a grille normally reserved for Mercedes-Benz’s big posh cars, bringing…

Marc Newson (far left in the image above), co-founder of the design agency LoveFrom, trained in sculpture and jewellery design, and has a CV positively rammed with eccentrically eye-catching work. Clients include Louis Vuitton, Nike, Apple and Taschen. Then there’s the Lockheed Lounge, a riveted chaise longue inspired by aviation. An example of that sold…

Big news in the not-very-big world of small electric sports cars. A British start-up by the name of the Small Sports Car Company (SSCC) has announced that it is bringing a Chinese-designed and -built lightweight electric sports car to the UK later this year. Called the SC01, it’s already on sale in its homeland where…

You’ve driven the Luce? Yes. And exceptionally good it is, too. But first, some context. TG.com is at the Stellantis test track near Balocco, a sprawling facility that sits just off the A4 autostrada midway between Milan and Turin. Ferrari gets to use it, too. There are 26 different configurations here, across 50 miles, with…