This is NOT an MG.
Friday, 4 April 2025
OMG
Thursday, 3 April 2025
The case for the defence.
I may have mentioned once or twice that I can't be doing with SUVs.
And people who like cars and driving tend to agree with me.
So what is Steve Walker, Head of Digital Content, at Auto Express, doing defending the stupid things?
Is he a website geek rather than a car geek?
His bio states that he has "been a motoring journalist, road tester and editor for over 20 years" so maybe not.
He gives several reasons why SUVs are extremely popular with the buying public, specifically:
- tough looks
- higher seating position that makes it easier to get in and see out
- outdoorsy image
- Puma
- Capri
- Mustang
- Kuga/Cougar
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Flattened
Like the Tesla battery.
Saturday, 22 March 2025
Build Your Dreams - like swimming or flying cars.
Autocar this week had this story.
It is titled, "BYD's bold plan to take on Mercedes, Ferrari and more"
To which my gut reaction was, "Then why does it look like a Mclaren?"
Not that I could read the article because it is hidden behind Autocar's paywall and I'm not paying £19.99 a month or £199 a year just to read some articles that would only be of interest to some people in the automotive industries.
That car is a Yangwang U9 and Yangwang is the posh arm of BYD - my only previous mention of whom I was grudgingly impressed by.
So I looked further into the Yangwang U9 and found this Australian article basically saying it can actually jump over potholes.
And it looks like it can!
There is footage.
And then I found Robert Llewelyn talking about it and its sibling the Yangwang U8.
The U8 is a Land-Rover lookalike that can swim.
There is footage.
He even forgives the U8 for being a hybrid.
There doesn't seem to be a Yangwang U2 though.
So it won't be trying to save the World (or "byd" in Welsh)Wednesday, 19 March 2025
The Return Trip
Quite enjoyed this video from James May's YouTube Channel last week.
In it, James and Richard Hammond returned to Dunsfold to the abandoned portakabin complex that used to be the Top Gear production offices.
The abandonment does highlight what has happened to Top Gear since October 2018.
Now it looks like they will be doing something a bit similar for Prime with The Not Very Grand Tour.
Part of me doesn't want to watch it for the same reason I tend not to watch the "Best bits" or "Unseen footage" episodes of shows like Would I Lie to You?