£67,000
That’s how much a local tradesman wanted to Tarmac my driveway 😳
Okay, it’s big at around 280 sq m (all six of us who live here have cars!) but £67k?
I genuinely thought he had the decimal place in the wrong place. I’d rather spend that on a 911!
Honey I shrunk the Defender…
Geely’s Panda costs around £5k in China. And they’re looking to see if they could sell it in the UK. They should. It’s a proper little urban runaround 👍🏻
Who said affordable small cars were dead?
Today I’m having a
@Tesla
kind of day.
And for all the Audis, Mercedes and Jaguars out there, these guys are the ones you’re going to have to beat.
Model 3 is an astonishingly good car.
Coolest car of the year?
The Hyundai N Vision 74. If you want it, they might build it…
Inspired by the Giugiaro Hyundai Pony Coupe, which inspired the DMC DeLorean.
Had a poke around the new Toyota Land Cruiser last week.
It’s cool, but is it Defender cool?
(Cue comments: it’s reliable, but is it Defender reliable?)
Car shopping in Scottsdale, Arizona pretty much the same as car shopping in the UK.
Spent ten minutes in this Porsche dealer with a friend keen on a 911 and was totally ignored 🤷🏻♂️
My US family have been for a test drive in the
@Tesla
Model 3.
Verdict: ‘about the greatest car on the road today’ and ‘it’s flawless’.
I agree with
@GrimesRalph
- spot on.
#hellomarsha
If politicians really understood car buyers, they'd have never introduced the 2030 petrol/diesel ban back in 2020.
If politicians really knew how the car industry works, they'd not move the goal posts again just three years later.
Totally clueless and just hunting for votes🙄
I’ve done some bonkers things in cars, but I’ve just been swimming with
@GinnyBuckley
in the new Range Rover Evoque.
Great fun and first impressions of the new car? Bloody brilliant.
Full story here
#HelloEvoque
Today we said a final farewell to my Mum. The most beautiful, brave, brilliant woman.
She suffered lots, but the only thing she ever showed was love. She taught me so much - but I wish she taught me how not to hurt 💔
Her final trip was in a Mercedes. She’d have liked that ❤️
After 12 fabulous years I’m leaving Auto Express and Autovia at the end of March.
I've had an amazing time doing some incredible things.
Sad to be leaving the team and titles I love, but the car business and people who work in it are awesome and that’s where I’ll be staying.
I’ve just bought myself a brand new
@Tesla
Model Y for £66 a month, with just £993 down. Two year deal, 10k miles per year. Car turns up in a few weeks. Thanks
@elonmusk
- I’ll still wait for my Cybertruck, too.
You know when some things seem too good to be true? Let’s see… 🤞🏻
👍🏻Brilliant - new Euro Car Park Marylebone Square has EV charging for every space ⚡️
👎🏻 But no mobile signal (or wifi details) to be able to activate the chargers 🙄
Lack of joined up thinking is exactly what puts people off EVs
I’m in love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rarely do cars turn up that I take straight out for a drive. I did with this. What fun - and the whole family will be using it!🤩
Bold Citroen at its best
One of the most memorable nights of my career.
Thanks
@Tesla
- you continue to surprise, shock and impress, and all with a sense of humour. Being bold pays off big time - I ❤️ the Cybertruck and I've just put down a deposit!
#Cybertruck
#CYBRTRK
When the
@vauxhall
Corsa goes electric, you know it’s time to take electric cars seriously.
This democratises EVs.
Ignore list price. Vauxhall is offering £270 per month (£5,500 down) before fuel savings. Which could make it equal costs of a petrol car.
And it looks great!
Today.
Only one person got it right!
And you can see my first verdict on the
@astonmartin
DBX at 0001 Weds 15 Jan on
@AutoExpress
Shall I give you a clue?
❤️
#OGymru
I promise to drive carefully through roadworks, but if your Mummy and Daddy say they’re working on the A413 they’re lying.
I’ve driven this road 20 times this week and in spite of the cones and reduced speed limit nobody is working on the road.😡😡😡
I 💓 my little Audi A2. A car before it’s time. Nearly 20 years old and more mod-cons than many brand new cars.
And I’ve just discovered it does this... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🤩
Insurance: I'm disgusted and pleased in equal measure.
Spent 3 hours on our multi-car & home insurance, shopping around then negotiating with existing insurer
@AdmiralUK
Reduced overall increase from 44% to 24%
But why didn't Admiral offer its best price in the first place?🤷😠
I’m sure there must be a very good reason for this, but I thought if you parked your EV in the EV charging bay at the station, the least you could do would be to actually plug it in? I would’ve. But there was somebody in the bay who wasn’t plugged in. Confused 🫤
Things to do on a Saturday:
Join 1000+ people collecting their new
@Tesla
Model Ys in Southampton.
Plenty of excitement and impressive logistics but not every one of the new owners really wanted the queues as part of the Tesla ‘Disney’ experience
@TeslaOwnersUK
stole the show😀
Hey good looking 👀
Is there a better looking Golf-sized hatchback you can buy right now? Or has there ever been? 😳
Peugeot making some stunning cars right now.
This isn't just the death of a nameplate, it's another affordable small car disappearing ☹️
The car industry has to remember that making cars all people can afford to buy should always be a priority
April 1 2024
1. 28 years married to (and 38 years besotted by) my wife Victoria ❤️
2. The first day of a new career for me as a freelance editor and consultant
Neither are April fools! 😬
Car shopping again.
Bad experience again.
This time
@LexusHatfield
. Great salesman, nice car (like👇🏻).
Asked for finance quote from sales manager. Would we buy today? No but still wanted to see quote.
No quote unless we were buying today. Really?😡
@LexusUK
should be better ☹️
More great news for
@astonmartin
- first quarter pre-tax profits (yes - a profit for Aston Martin!) of £2.8m. Significantly average selling price up 11% to £160k.
Congrats to
@AndyatAston
and the team - a great British success story
Spent a lot of time in this position over the weekend. Nearly 700 miles to be precise! And I can confirm that the new Range Rover (this is the D350) is bloody brilliant 🤩
Had a quick chat with
@elonmusk
tonight.
Shame we're not getting the Gigafactory or R&D centre in the UK. Yup, blame Brexit uncertainty...
@AutoExpress