In the 1960s a young Twiggy joined Mary Quant, Peter Sellers and The Beatles in picking the modest Mini as her car of choice to cut across swinging London. Today's young stars don't quite seem to have grasped the concept of stealth wealth. So as the typical 18-year-old gets to work in a battered-old Corsa, teen idol Justin Bieber, One Direction's Harry Styles and snooker player Judd Trump and are all bombing around in £100k-plus supercars.
Racing driver Sandra Harrison-Moore killed at Goodwood
Sunday 29 April 2012
A woman racing driver has died after a crash at Goodwood motor racing circuit, police said today.
Judd Trump: 'I love fast cars but please don't call me a playboy'
Friday 20 April 2012
He has enjoyed himself after reaching last year's world snooker final. But his fun will be limited to the table next week
Bahrain? It's perfectly peaceful, claims Formula 1 chief Ecclestone
Saturday 14 April 2012
Grand Prix to go ahead as planned, despite fears protesters will try to disrupt the event
Where the car's the star
Thursday 12 April 2012
The Enzo Ferrari Museum in Italy is a fitting memorial to its maverick creator as well as a racing giant. By Jay Merrick
The fast show: Italy's Enzo Ferrari Museum is a fitting memorial to its maverick creator
Thursday 12 April 2012
Jan Kaplicky knew how to fail, brilliantly, better than any other architect in the 21st century. The practice that he and Amanda Levete ran in London's swish Holland Park was called Future Systems, and it became famous for losing architectural competitions with building designs that ranged from gleaming amoebas to towering, ribbed condoms. Even so, they delivered two of Britain's most extrovert buildings, the periscopic Lord's Media Centre, and the glittering supersized basque known as Birmingham's Selfridges.
Electrifying as Model X marks the spot
Saturday 11 February 2012
Tesla Motors, the electric sports car company backed by Silicon Valley tycoons including Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, has unveiled its battery-powered Model X.
Stars' accountant jailed after targeting charities in £70m tax relief scam
Friday 10 February 2012
An accountant to Wayne Rooney and Jeremy Paxman, who taunted the taxman by recording a version of "I Will Survive" boasting of his greed, has been jailed for 18 months over a £70m tax fraud which he masterminded at the expense of charities.
Last Night's Viewing: We'll Take Manhattan, BBC4<br />Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, E4
Friday 27 January 2012
Sutcliffe's Third Law of Dodgy Dialogue runs as follows: "If an East End character employs both elements of a bit of rhyming slang then they are probably a Cockernee – television's caricature of an East Ender – rather than the real thing." Example: a young jack-the-lad photographer asks his assistant: "What happened to that bird from Pinner with the big Eartha Kitts?" If he'd said this at all, surely he would have said "big Earthas", and left it at that. But, since the audience can't be trusted to work it out, or, possibly, to know that Kitt follows Eartha, it had to be clumsily signposted in We'll Take Manhattan, John McKay's drama about David Bailey's romance with Jean Shrimpton. Bailey spent quite a bit of time being a Cockernee in this film because one of its themes was the clash between the brash young upstarts who would make the Sixties swing and the old guard who thought it was vulgar for it to move at all.
Car-maker Saab files for bankruptcy
Monday 19 December 2011
Car-maker Saab has filed for bankruptcy, according to a Swedish court.
Snooker: Maguire warns Trump: Do not repeat my mistakes
Thursday 08 December 2011
Stephen Maguire, a former UK Championship winner, is hoping the game's latest exciting prospect, Judd Trump, will not let the trappings of his new-found success go to his head.
Snooker: Trump loving life in the fast lane since run at the Crucible
Saturday 03 December 2011
It's been all girls, cars and TV shows since May – now for UK Championship
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Sunday 14 August 2011
Saab admits it cannot pay staff
Friday 24 June 2011
Factory staff at Saab were not paid as usual yesterday after the car-maker said it did not have the money to meet the commitments.
Aston Martin Virage
Sunday 19 June 2011








