McLaren turns 60: How the British performance marque’s past is shaping its future 

This year the brand is celebrating six decades of innovation and a new era of electrification. Sixty years ago, a relentless Kiwi engineer and race car driver had a dream: to start a Formula One racing team and build a Triple Crown-winning (Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans), race car […]

Melbourne millionaire has $3 million McLaren craned into penthouse

A McLaren turning heads is nothing new on the streets of Melbourne but a McLaren being hoisted 57 floors into a skyscraper – well that’s going to get some attention. Millionaire property investor Adrian Portelli, commonly known as ‘Mr Lambo’, was the man behind the brazen request which saw his $3 million McLaren Senna GTR […]

Bentley posts best-ever first quarter as global car sales soar

The luxury carmaker posted operating profits of 216 million euro ($353 million) fir the first quarter, up 27% on the same period in 2022. The results reflected Bentley Motors’ best-ever first quarter, and second best-ever quarter in history. The company’s overall revenue rose to 882 million euro ($1.44 trillion), up 9% on the previous quarter […]

Inside McLaren’s insane new supercar: The 750S

McLaren has unveiled its new supercar, the 750S. This latest mid-engine V8, rear-wheel-drive performance model replaces the exotic carmaker’s 720S, a benchmark-setting sports car in production from 2017 through the end of 2022. That’s a long run for any model in today’s highly-competitive supercar market, and as noted in our recent Farewell to the King story, the […]

Bentley launches ‘once in a lifetime’ drive journeys

The luxury carmaker will offer exclusive experiences for those wanting to try out a Bentley for the first time, or for existing fans. The new travel series, called ‘Extraordinary Journeys’ is launching this month, with tours across the UK, New Mexico and Scandinavia to begin with, before rolling out more locations later this year. Each […]

Sir Jackie Stewart: How F1 could help cure dementia

He’s a living legend in the Formula 1 world and Sir Jackie Stewart wants to use his high profile, combined with the “fastest problem solving” culture of racing, to help fight a cause very close to his heart – dementia.   As more than half a million spectators come together this weekend for the 2023 […]

End of an era as Bentley axe iconic W12 engine

As the luxury carmaker shifts to a more sustainable model, production of its W12 engines will finish in April 2024. Rev-heads around the world are waking up to the news that luxury carmaker, Bentley, is ceasing production of its iconic W12 engine. “When we first launched the W12 back in 2003, we knew we had […]

You would not expect Ferrari to pull this off

Okay … it’s an SUV … and the new Daytona, with a V12 naturally-aspirated engine – the most powerful it’s ever built into a street car. Ferrari recently unveiled in Australia arguably two of its most exciting products in years: the SUV it said it would never make and the new Daytona, with a V12 […]