When your dad broke the bank in the 1960s buying a £1,200 Ford Escort TC, which was twice the price of your mum’s Ford Anglia, highlights Iain Robertson, nobody would have guessed that 50 years later it might be worth 80 times its invoice value. Collectibles are immensely popular. Promoted by various antiques shows on […]
Despite having taken a few months to arrange it, Iain Robertson has now driven the all-electric compact saloon from Tesla’s ground-breaking model range and is unsurprised by its excellence, although its ‘nakedness’ took his breath away. Tesla makes EVs. It also makes roof tiles and space rockets. Its boss is a PR liability but the […]
Image source: Unsplash.com If you like travelling but still want to make money at the same time, there is a plethora of options available. Some people probably think that travelling and work should be separated, but not everyone has this mentality. They depend on money too much or simply have no room for lazying around. […]
Always keen to seek out the more ‘unusual’ motoring stories, Iain Robertson is astonished by the development of a New Zealand-based car manufacturer in the field of bespoke single-seat racing cars and the FZED is its £650,000 result. It is said frequently that there is nothing original in this world, other than the originals. In […]
All prestige, upmarket car brands need a halo tuning arm, states Iain Robertson, and while Polestar has been on Volvo’s side-lines for a few years now, its strength of purpose is now being realised in competently upgraded S60, V60 and XC60 variants. In a slightly mad world of conflicting environmental information, small children joining the […]
Having influenced over 35 million customers since its 1974 introduction, reports Iain Robertson, Europe’s best-selling motorcar continues to set trends, establish new technological parameters and deliver its hefty share of the ‘people’s car’ ethos. No single compact family car has ever held sway over an entire new car market, with as much chutzpah, as the […]
Nobody ever said that small cars had to be tedious to encounter, writes Iain Robertson, which is central to his fascination for the new 208 that introduces classical elegance, a beautiful interior and an attractive stance on technology. Ever since the ground-breaking 205 model arrived in the early-1980s, which turned heads as speedily as the […]
It has been well publicised that the government has pledged to end the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040. That electric vehicles are the future of road transport is indisputable and yet the uptake by the public is slow. Electric vehicle sales still represent less than one per cent […]
For the past decade, writes Iain Robertson, one of the most daring of new cars has led the compact crossover segment, with its avantgarde design and largely unchallenged rate of sales successes, but a new Juke is now available. Around 11 years ago, at that spring’s Geneva Auto Salon, I can recall being mildly irritated […]
As one of the Sino-pioneers into the UK new car scene, MG has enjoyed something of a head start over a rash of future Chinese brands, states Iain Robertson, and the opportunity to drive the latest and priciest newcomer confirms its growing maturity. While not wishing to be unkind to a Chinese car manufacturer that […]
