Plan International youth activist Maisy becomes McLaren Automotive CEO for the day to mark International Day of the Girl 4

Youth Activist Maisy Becomes McLaren CEO for the day for International Day of the Girl 2021

October 11, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Maisy, a 17-year-old youth activist has become the Chief Executive Officer of luxury supercar maker McLaren Automotive for the day to celebrate International Day of the Girl and encourage young people, and particularly young women, into science and engineering careers.

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Refreshed MG ZS EV to Join Lineup Late 2021

October 8, 2021 Staff Comments Off

MG Motor has pulled the wraps off the New MG ZS EV, which arrives in the brand’s dealerships in November 2021. The renewed model builds on the success of the existing ZS EV, which is the brand’s best-selling pure electric model and a consistent fixture among the UK’s top 10 best-selling EVs.

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Lunaz DB6 – Aston Martin’s Icon Remastered and Electrified

October 7, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Lunaz Design announced the completion of its family of the most celebrated cars in British history with the introduction of a limited production run of restored, re-engineered, and electrified Aston Martin DB6 cars.

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Lindsey Tough, Bentley Electrical Engineer, Recognised In The 2021 Inspiring Automotive Women Awards

October 7, 2021 Staff Comments Off

With the Automotive 30% Club Inspiring Automotive Women Awards now in their third year, Bentley is delighted that Electrical Systems Engineer, Lindsey Tough has been identified as one of this year’s 30 award winners.

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VotW – 1933 Riley Race Car

October 6, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Our video of the week this go-round features just such a car, a 1933 Riley racer. The Riley marque is one that is not very well know here in the states, but they produced some great and beautiful cars.

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MG Motor UK Sees Sensational September 2021

October 5, 2021 Staff Comments Off

MG Motor UK has cemented its position as the fastest-growing mainstream car brand in the UK with a record September that saw the brand’s registrations grow 48.6% year-on-year in a market that slumped by 34.4% against the same month last year.

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Mulliner Heritage Paints – Bentley Recognition of 70 Years of Design at Crewe

October 4, 2021 Staff Comments Off

n recognition of the recent 70 year anniversary of Bentley’s design department at Crewe, the Mulliner team have searched through the archives and have identified a number of exterior paints that date back to the 1930s. Four of those colors are available to order today.

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Jaguar XF Makes Its 007 Debut in No Time to Die

October 3, 2021 Staff Comments Off

The Jaguar XF will demonstrate its exceptional performance and exhilarating driving dynamics in a thrilling chase sequence in the new James Bond film No Time To Die in cinemas US cinemas on October 8, 2021.

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Caterham Cars completes sky high build of new Seven 170 nearly 500 feet in the air inside British Airways i360 pod

Sky-High Build of New Seven 170 Completed by Caterham Cars

October 2, 2021 Staff Comments Off

A team of Caterham engineers has celebrated the launch of its lightest ever production car – the Seven 170 – by building it from scratch 450ft in the air on Brighton seafront.

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McGurk Performance Cars Beautiful DB5 Lockdown Restoration

October 1, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Aston Martin specialists, McGurk Performance Cars, has undertaken a full, bare-metal restoration of a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 during the 2020 lockdown.

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SNG Barratt acquires Holden Vintage & Classic

October 1, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Today it was announced that Holden Vintage and Classic has been acquired by SNG Barratt Group, the world’s largest independent manufacturer and supplier of classic Jaguar parts and accessories.

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Rolls Royce Motor Cars Celebrate Contemporary Bespoke Craft Bee and Honeycomb Bonnet

Bee Bonnet – Rolls-Royce Celebrates Bespoke Craft

October 1, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Bespoke craftsmanship lies at the very heart of Rolls-Royce, with creativity nurtured and expressed at every turn. A highly skilled artisan from Rolls-Royce has created a one-of-a-kind bee-adorned bonnet in honor of London Craft Week.

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Rolls Royce announces first fully electric motor car named Spectre 1

Rolls-Royce Announces First Fully Electric Car – A Prophecy Fulfilled

September 30, 2021 Staff Comments Off

In a historic announcement, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced today, that on-road testing of its first fully electric motor car, named ‘Spectre’, is imminent. By 2030 all Rolls-Royce products will be fully electric.

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Pure McLaren GT Series Return to Portugal’s Portimão Circuit

September 29, 2021 Staff Comments Off

The Pure McLaren GT Series returned to action at Portugal’s Portimão circuit on September 23-26, with two sprint races and a mini-endurance contest celebrating McLaren Automotive’s first decade of innovation.

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Rolls-Royce and Electric Power: A Prophecy, a Promise and an Undertaking

September 28, 2021 Staff Comments Off

In April 1900, our founding forefather, Charles Rolls, made a prescient prophecy about automotive electrification. Move forward over 120 years to when I made a public promise, on the record, that we would bring the first fully electric Rolls‑Royce to market within the current decade.

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First Honey Harvest for Jaguar Land Rover’s Busy Bees

September 28, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Jaguar Land Rover employees at Solihull are producing honey as well as vehicles, with the first harvest from their on-site hives.

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Aston Martin Records First Overall Victory on the Nürburgring

September 27, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Aston Martin’s Vantage GT3 made a victorious return to the Nürburgring Nordschleife, as the British luxury sportscar brand secured its first-ever win on the famous German circuit in Round 8 of the high-profile Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS).

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Rolls Royce Silver Ghost re enacts triumphant London Edinburgh run 110 years on 14

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Recreates Triumphant London-Edinburgh Run 110 Years On

September 25, 2021 Staff Comments Off

History literally repeated itself recently, as Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 re-enacted its astonishing run in the 1911 London-Edinburgh Trial.

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VotW – MG XPower EX257 – Le Mans

September 24, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Our video this week is a short informational video on the MG XPower which ran at Le Mans – MG-Lola EX257 (sometimes referred to as simply MG EX257). These cars were created out of a partnership between MG and Lola back in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Lightweight Seven 170 Launched by Caterham

September 24, 2021 Staff Comments Off

Caterham® has unveiled the new Seven 170, its lightest ever production car and measuring 1470mm in width, it’s 105mm narrower than anything else within its current range, making it the smallest Seven as well.

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