DS boss: brand awareness must come before sales push

DS will focus on growing its retail operations and raising brand awareness rather than “going for volume” after sales were hit by Covid-19, its UK managing director has said.  

It will also offer six cars by late 2021, with the 9 saloon and 4 hatchback joining the 3 Crossback crossover and 7 Crossback SUV and their respective electric and... ( подробнее )

New Rolls-Royce Ghost to gain bespoke illuminated fascia

Rolls-Royce has continued the build-up to the unveiling   of the new Ghost by revealing the first feature for the car that will be offered by its Bespoke arm:   an illuminated dashboard fascia.

The new fascia element for the luxury saloon has been developed by the British firm\'s personalisation arm as part of the brand\'s shift to a \'post-opulent\'... ( подробнее )

Survivors: The world’s longest-living cars

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While nameplates often seem eternal, it’s rare for a car to remain unchanged for more than a decade.

Manufacturers redesign platforms to incorporate the latest advances in weight-saving materials and safety, and they tweak sheet metal to lure buyers into... ( подробнее )

Extreme Porsche 911 GT3 RS prototype seen for the first time

Porsche\'s   roll-out of 992-generation 911 variants is continuing in earnest, and now the most track-focused of them all,   the GT3 RS,   has been caught testing.  

Seen for the first time ahead of a likely 2021 official debut, the hardcore model follows on from spyshots of the \'standard\' GT3 variant   upon which it\'s based.

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Behind the scenes at the world's busiest Bentley service centre

The team at Jack Barclay Bentley has big shoes to fill, but not in the way you might think. Such is the aftersales centre’s commitment to its high-flying customers, it once fulfilled a request from a “Saudi Arabian client” (read: sheikh) to pay for and collect his son’s extra-large made-to-order shoes from a shop in Mayfair, and deliver them to a... ( подробнее )

Nearly new buying guide: Renault Megane RS

It may look to the untrained eye no more than a tarted-up Dynamique Nav version of the humble Renault M?gane, but keen motorists after a front-wheel-drive hot hatch love the RS, a car so rewarding and so thrilling that it’s the automotive equivalent of a lost weekend in Paris with Lily James.

This is the third-generation M?gane RS, and... ( подробнее )

Councils reverse road closures as residents bash ‘green’ scheme

Councils across the UK have reversed government-backed street closures in towns and cities after criticism from residents, The Telegraph has revealed.

The closures, which have been made as part of the Department of Transport’s ?250 million green roads scheme, were promised to help usher in a “new era for cycling and walking”. However, residents... ( подробнее )

Tesla plots Model 3 hatchback to rival Volkswagen ID 3

Tesla is looking to continue its global push for volume and usurp the efforts of ‘legacy’ car makers with a more affordable compact hatchback model, according to boss Elon Musk.

It is believed that the new car, aimed primarily at Europe, would be a restyled and adapted version of the existing Model 3 – and it could be produced beside the... ( подробнее )

Used car buying guide: Morgan Aero 8

For all that the new Plus Six does to take Morgan belatedly into the 21st century, with its all-independent suspension, lightweight aluminium chassis and punchy turbocharged straight six, it doesn’t exactly advance the Malvern brand’s design language beyond, say, 1964.

That’s part of Morgan’s charm, of course, and its steadfast commitment... ( подробнее )

Ford Capri: a Great British love story

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It's more than three decades since the Ford Capri went out of production, but these are still some of the most sought after classics ever created.

Far from being forgotten, today   Capri values are soaring, with classic car fans continuing to promise... ( подробнее )