The Lamborghini Urus is a huge departure for such a massive supercar icon, many said it would ruin the brand and should never be done. I felt the same way until I drove this new SUV all over Surrey, Sussex and Somerset on a glorious driving tour that changed my preconceptions.

Though this is not the first SUV they made, indeed the Lamborghini LM002, aka "Rambo Lambo”, was an off-road style jeep manufactured by Lamborghini between 1986 and 1993 and resembled a Humvee.

                      A FRESH TAKE ON LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, HUNTING, SHOOTING AND  FISHING, ALL WITH A LAYER OF  GENTLE IRONY  
 

It seems the tide may well be turning, ever so slightly. For a few years now, it's been all about the adventure bike. Everyone makes them and everyone else buys them, it seems. 

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In the car world, manufacturers spend huge amounts of money trying to design cars that will appeal to everyone and offend no one, in an effort to capture as many sales as possible. The end result is a sea of anonymous SUV’s that all look broadly similar and have very few stand out characteristics. They are little more than white goods. 

Energica are an electric motorcycle manufacturer. 

When Toyota first announced they were bringing back the Supra I was like an excited child on the run-up to Christmas. 

I was 6 years old in 1978 when Toyota released the first Supra. It was actually called the Celica Supra over here until 1986 when the 3rd generation Supra was released and the Celica connection was dropped.

There are getaways and there are hideaways. And it was on Arran, an isle separated by the Firth of Clyde that I had chosen to come, to avoid the hassle of Covid, the endless paperwork and all those wretched travel passes.

So I took the ferry from Ardrossan to Arran’s Brodick Bay and then drove beyond a heathered wind-swept mountain graced with roaming deer.

My colleague Darren Lynsdale and I toured the Mustang Mach-E around the South of England, taking in a lovely little cafe on the waterfront in Hove, exploring every beach around Shoreham and the River Adur, plus the country lanes of Sussex and the Surrey hills.

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The Relais Henley is a stylish new waterside retreat in Henley-on-Thames. There’s just something about riverside hotels that is gloriously appealing, particularly in England. In the old days, you could always find something wrong about a hotel, but a new breed has emerged that just gets everything right from the get-go and the Relais Henley is just such a place.