06 Jul 2021
It’s sounds almost rude, I know, but I turned downed my first opportunity to drive the new Rolls-Royce Ghost. I postponed my second opportunity too. It was very much a conscious thing on my part, and fortunately, Emma, Roll-Royce’s very nice PR fully understood my quandary. You see, Rolls-Royce offered me not one, but two long weekends in their new Ghost right in the middle of a lockdown. Or...
29 May 2020
This was going to be the place where I told you all about my drive to this year’s Goodwood Member’s Meeting.
The 78MM - to give it its shorter title – was, as has often been the case of late - to be 2020’s motorsport season opener (well for the UK at least, the F1 jet-set always start early), and as usual it was to offer a host of automotive delights.
The main attraction for me this...
20 Sep 2017
Think of a GT car and your thoughts quite naturally turn to the likes of 1960’s Aston Martins, Bentleys, Ferraris, and Jaguars; exquisite luxury leather-lined coupes with effortless power, sleek styling, and more-than-likely astronomical price-tags. GTs are cars in which an intercontinental drive would be a pleasure not a chore - GT stands for Grand Touring after all GTs. They’re the kind...
01 Jun 2015
“Have you driven one before?” asks the delightfully plummy PR lady as the glass elevator descends towards to the ominously entitled H block.
“No” I reply before adding, slightly sheepishly, “But, I have driven this car’s predecessor, a couple of times”
“Oh, in that case you’ll be fine” she says. “Keep the key in your pocket, you’ll only need it to lock the doors - you won’t need it to...