Author: Trendici
The Prelude has returned to fill a small, front-driven hybrid coupé-shaped gap in Honda’s line-up – some 16 years after the launch of its spiritual forebear, the CR-Z. The older car, while similar in conception, arrived in an entirely different era for the petrol-electric performance car. At the time, the motoring world had yet to meet any of the much-celebrated ‘holy trinity’ of hybrid hypercars (Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Porsche 918). Henrik Fisker was on the brink of launching his rare-groove Karma (remember that?). And the only really widely seen performance hybrid you could buy was the Lexus GS 450h sports saloon. It was early…
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Pfft. Only if you want it to be: there’s not much evidence beyond some observational studies. But we’ve been conditioned into believing it by a breakfast food maker who asked a physician to agree it was true, who in turn asked a group of other doctors to countersign his statement. That was sent to the newspapers and so later it’s what our mums told us when they wanted us to eat our porridge. Ultimately, though, it was a marketing campaign, a message that Big Bacon concocted when it wanted to boost sales. Eat…
People think the main thing about starting a car company is coming up with a special machine that people will want to buy – but that’s only part of it. A key part, for sure, but almost certainly not the biggest part. And the reason I love Ariel so much is because its founder and owner, the creator of its cars and the bloke who still makes all the big decisions, Simon Saunders, understood all these things from the beginning. The Atom, the basis of Ariel’s success over four generations, had its beginnings 25 years ago in a design competition…
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a cornerstone of the global automotive calendar, but how does the estate decide who secures the famous central spot on the lawn? Charles Gordon Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond, has revealed the process behind the feature to Autocar’s editor-at-large, Steve Cropley. You can listen below. This year the honour falls to Singer, Rob Dickinson’s famed Porsche restomodding firm. The sculpture will celebrate Singer’s influence and be flanked by a collection of its cars. When it comes to who is honoured by the annual artwork, there isn’t any sort of shortlist. It all depends…
Ineffective repair practices, poor financial controls and a lack of long-term maintenance planning by councils are among the reasons Britain’s motorists are experiencing record numbers of potholes, claims an industry expert. For the 2025/26 financial year, the UK government handed councils an extra £1.6 billion for highway maintenance and has pledged a further £7.3bn over the next four years. However, the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance survey by the Asphalt Industry Alliance claims that the 17% budget increase has yielded only marginal improvements in the conditions of UK roads. Indeed, only 16 of the 154 local authorities in England…
In short order, along with his old racing life, he also lost his TV work (presenter of Channel 5’s Fifth Gear), a sum of money in investments that went wrong and his marriage. Rock bottom included two attempts to take his own life, he says, and he credits the support of friends such as Brawn for pulling him out of the darkness. Now, returning to the sport he loves as a team owner has given him a new lease of life – in an uncomfortably stark and literal sense. “But we’re late,” he says of the start-from-scratch project that only…
The drive looks fairly innocuous on a map -you turn right out of the airport, subtly cross a border then sit on the E14 until the glowing bars of Are heave into view. The road gently wends its way through scenery that appears frozen solid, the Cooper S taking it all in its stride on those foolproof-feeling studs – until WOAH!, an urgent, cold-blooded stamp of the brake pedal and a swing left of the Mini’s steering wheel to avoid an errant moose that’s chosen now, of all moments, to wander blindly into the road. The ‘elk test’ was given…
What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I will be playing whiffleball at the park, and I’m going to watch more of DTF St. Louis — the first episode was surprisingly compelling. (Thanks to the readers who recommended it!) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web… The real reason Freddie and I broke up. So many people asked! (Big Salad, paywalled) Always love a dinner recipe with toast. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s writing advice: “She always tries to give a character three things to juggle in any given scene. For…
Image: Larry Hachucka/Creative Commons A simple tweak to a web address was all it took to peer into someone else’s Express order. The retailer recently patched a flaw in its website that exposed customer data through its order confirmation pages. The issue stemmed from the way Express generated sequential order IDs embedded in URLs, which allowed unauthorized access to personal details such as names, contact information, shipping addresses, and partial payment data. The vulnerability, discovered by a security researcher, did not require advanced hacking techniques, only knowledge of how the URLs were structured. From a fraudulent transaction investigation to uncovering…
After years of teasers and delays, Mouse: P.I. For Hire finally launched yesterday, and according to our freelance reviewer Billy Givens, it was worth the wait. Combining a noir story with classic rubber hose animation (think Steamboat Willie) and the mechanics of a boomer shooter (think Doom), Mouse’s unique style really stands out. But how does it play? Here’s an excerpt from Billy’s review:”With its black-and-white rubber hose animation, lively jazz soundtrack, and gripping detective noir setting, Mouse: P.I. For Hire serves up a refreshing 1930s-inspired experience in the seedy city of Mouseburg – a name that makes perfect sense…