Motoring
The latest motoring and cars comment, reviews and features from the experts at Country Life
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The warship-turned-superyacht where Churchill met JFK is for sale at £45 millionChristina O is not just a yacht, she’s a front-row seat to the 20th century’s social and political history, and all the ghosts that came with it.
By Rory Smith Last updated
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'We haven’t flipped yet, but we’ve been close': Making waves on Lake Como with Will Smith and Star Wars-style electric boatsAdam Hay-Nicholls heads to the shores of Lake Como to see the Star Wars-style boats taking on the glamour of Formula 1.
By Adam Hay-Nicholls Published
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Trackside at Silverstone? Your own rally stage? Seven magnificent homes for those who feel the need for speedAs the world prepares for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Annabel Dixon takes a look at the best homes for petrolheads for sale across the country.
By Annabel Dixon Published
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The public yearns for new cars that look like old cars, and we must be indulgedIt's time to fire up the retro machine.
By James Fisher Published
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'A cloud with a V8': Bentley's heavenly Continental GT Azure is the very definition of good taste and great executionThe rich and luscious tradition of the Grand Tour lives on with the Continental GT Azure.
By James Fisher Published
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The new 2CV shows that the fun of French retro shows no signs of slowing downCitroen are bringing back one of the world's most iconic cars, but this time with batteries.
By James Fisher Published
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Polestar 3: The speedy Swede that's fun for all the familyWith a rich racing heritage, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that Polestar has made such a fun car to drive. But with an EV, it's never a simple task.
By James Fisher Published
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Ian Callum, once designer of Jags, now designer of luxury hotel suite featuring many bits of JagAdam Hay-Nicholls takes a visit to the Callum Suite at Taj 51 in London, INEOS Grenadier heading for a career in the Army, and a new rum heads to Silverstone.
By James Fisher Published
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Nothing says cool better than a ULEZ-skewering RollerHalcyon's Corniche is a modern and environmentally friendly take on the most louche of Rolls-Royces.
By Adam Hay-Nicholls Published
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'I discovered a way of doing the Monaco Grand Prix in similar style, with a much bigger boat, and an even louder horn': The floating Paddock pass that F1 fans are fighting overSome 200 vessels turned up for F1’s most famous street race this year, but our writer was on the best one.
By Adam Hay-Nicholls Published
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John Betjeman, Paul Nash, Christopher Hobhouse and the golden age of British guidebooksThe interwar years saw a boom in motoring and the emergence of a new sort of day-tripper, hungry to hit the road and explore the countryside.
By Jack Watkins Published
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The Monaco Royal Family's car collection is exactly the sort of unabashed showmanship you want to see from a princeA De Dion-Bouton, a black Chrysler Imperial, Panhards, a 'Borneo Green' Renault.... If you've thought of it, chances are the Grimaldis own it.
By Zachary Weiss Published
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‘I’m not interested in cars — I’m interested in Ferraris’: Inside Rome’s glamorous new concorsoThe inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma brought 70 of Italy’s finest historic cars to the Eternal City — alongside rooftop cocktails, Vespa sidecars and no shortage of interesting characters.
By Florence Allen Published
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The financier, racing driver and prolific party animal who saved — and then lost — one of the 20th century's most notable country housesArdenrun Place was a short-lived yet architecturally notable English country house. Melanie Bryan tells its tale.
By Melanie Bryan Published
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Back when we were a proper country: Putting a V12 in a Jaguar E-TypeIn our latest dip into the Country Life motoring archive, John Taylor takes us back to 1971, when the E-Type was rewarded with a V12 engine for being a very handsome car indeed.
By Country Life Published
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Between the vineyards and a V8: the Aston Martin DB12 S storms the South of FranceA beefed up version of Aston Martin's DB12 moves the needle in more ways than one, as Matthew MacConnell explains.
By Matthew MacConnell Published
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Engines are the stone tablets on which Rolls-Royce’s legacy was carved. So what happens when you replace them with a battery?The Rolls-Royce Phantom V by Lunaz might be the purest ever vision of Charles Rolls's electric prophecy. Trinity Francis finds out what makes it buzz.
By Trinity Francis Published
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Men with beards rejoice, Lotus promises new petrol carLotus has slammed the brakes on its full EV plan, Morgan unveil spiciest ever car and man drives across world in Ineos Grenadier.
By James Fisher Published
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'I drove the tractor after coming back from testing with Peugeot recently — and it feels so slow': A brief chat with the world's fastest farmerWhen he's not tending his fields in Cornwall, Alex Quinn is competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the European Le Mans Series and testing for Peugeot in the FIA WEC.
By Matthew MacConnell Last updated
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Jaecoo 5: A smaller, cheaper version of that car you've been seeing everywhere latelyThe Jaecoo 5 is the smaller sibling of the now ubiquitous Jaecoo 7 and is similarly packed full of tricks, toys and tech. It's functional, but is it fun?
By James Fisher Published
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It's Twingo time: The world's coolest car has made a comebackAn icon of summer holiday's past, the new Twingo carries on Renault's recent run of designing fabulous 'retro' cars.
By Adam Hay-Nicholls Published


