Transportation
Take a considered look at the fast-moving world of transportation, from new innovations, conceptual designs to revived classics. If it moves us then you’ll find it here
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Auto Erotica: new book chronicles the sensuous simplicity of vintage car ads
Vintage car ads, from the 1960s to the 1980s, are honoured in the cheekily titled new book Auto Erotica
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Bring me sunshine: Mini’s Convertible JCW Sport is an ageing extrovert with style
Future Minis may take very different forms, but the heritage-tinged Mini Convertible John Cooper Works Sport is all about youthful spirit and verve – whatever the age of the driver
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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VanMoof’s V is a next-generation high-speed e-bike for the city
Dutch company VanMoof reveals high-performance e-bike capable of 31mph, coming to whizz you through urban streets in 2022
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Genesis’ Luc Donckerwolke brings new shapes to luxury mobility
Luc Donckerwolke, Genesis’ chief brand officer and chief creative officer, on its Europe-only G70 Shooting Brake, the new Genesis EV60 electric vehicle, and the shape of cars to come
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Wes Anderson shapes classic carriage for cinematic journeys
Filmmaker Wes Anderson has helped redesign a 1950s British Pullman train carriage for luxury travel company Belmond
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Ford Mustang Mach-E flexes its electric muscles
The Ford Mustang Mach-E is arguably the best Mustang yet – faster, more spacious, better equipped – and certainly a show of electric strength
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Virtual supercars offer a new kind of driving experience
Virtual supercars and the delights of sim racing mean you can test the limits of an Aston Martin Valkyrie or a Zagato, say, without leaving the comfort of your gaming den
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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These next-generation superyachts are set to make waves
In the wake of the Monaco Yacht Show 2021, a new fleet of concept yachts sets sail, promising hydrogen power, virtual command centres and glass-bottomed pools – ready the retractable helipad, we're on our way
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Citroën C3 Aircross offers utilitarian new face
After a mid-life overhaul, the Citroën C3 Aircross offers a new face for everyday automotive functionalism
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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LoveFrom’s Jony Ive and Marc Newson join forces with Ferrari
Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s creative collective LoveFrom is teaming up with Ferrari just as the carmaker gears up for its first all-electric model. A wider collaboration with Ferrari’s holding company Exor ‘will explore a range of creative projects in the business of luxury’
By Sarah Douglas • Last updated
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Yves Behar on micro-mobility as he unveils new Unagi scooter
Yves Behar and his Fuseproject team have designed the latest Unagi scooter as the ultimate urban transportation tool – it’s also foldable, fun and comes in five colours
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Bentley’s Continental GT Speed reaches giddy new heights
All beauty, artistry and vigour, the Bentley Continental GT Speed is the marque’s most powerful car yet but, a classic grand tourer, just as suited to easy cruising on a scenic Sicilian trip
By Nargess Shahmanesh Banks • Last updated
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IAA Mobility 2021: new future forms for two and four wheels
Our round-up of the best future cars, scooters and bikes seen at IAA Mobility 2021 – from an electric motorbike with built-in skateboard to a purist electric racing car – promises new transports of delight
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Vauxhall Mokka-E heralds brand’s new design-led direction
Vauxhall Mokka-E, the brand’s newest electric car, is the crisp, fresh face of a wider new design direction
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Mercedes S-Class provides a silky ride to the end of the road
The new Mercedes S-Class, perhaps the series’ final fling for conventional power, teams future-facing technology with comfort and cachet
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Fiat's New 500 is an electric delight for urban driving
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Volvo gears up for a new generation of electric vehicles
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Paul Smith takes the new electric Mini for a spin
Paul Smith fashions a one-off model that reveals the the new electric Mini's inner workings
By Deyan Sudjic • Last updated
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Through the lens of photographer Milo Lethorn
Here, Milo Lethorn discusses the eroding perceptions of photographic ‘truth’, the marketisation of higher education, and pushing the boundaries of genre
By Sophie Gladstone • Last updated
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Aston Martin Vantage Roadster offers a swift route to open skies
The Aston Martin Vantage Roadster whips its top down in just 6.7 seconds, all the better to enjoy a final, joyous fling with combustion
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Audi heats up the market for luxury electric vehicles
Is Audi re-shaping the long-standing vision of what a luxury car should be?
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Classic electric restomods: iconic car designs with electric power
Classic electric restomods offer the chance for you to drive your favourite iconic car design, modified and overhauled with electric power. Here’s our pick of companies electrifying classic cars
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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The travel trailer has reached new levels of sophistication
Living Vehicle builds high design travel trailers
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Will this UK company secure the future of classic cars?
Everrati, a specialist UK engineering firm hailing from the rolling hills of the Cotswolds in the UK, thinks it holds the key to classic car electrification
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Outstanding concept car designs upcoming this summer
As motorsport and car events get back into gear, here's eight we rate of the forthcoming machines for summer 2021
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Victorinox blade sharpener e-bike is a whizz for knife repairs
Designers Jenkins & Uhnger, Victorinox, and Butchers & Bicycles cut a new path for an ancient street-based tradition with their blade sharpening e-bike
By Sophia Acquistapace • Last updated
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Aston Martin Valhalla is a next generation supercar
It’s a symphony of swoops and curves
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated