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Mini Introduces the Only Convertible EV You Can Buy, But *You* Probably Can’t Buy It
The Mini Cooper SE continues to be an affordable entryway into all-electric motoring that nobody really talks about. I drove one a little more than a year ago, and it was fine — totally fine. But Mini is hoping to reinvigorate the conversation with a drop-top version, called the Cooper SE Convertible. The only catch?…
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Have You Seen Dmitry Mazepin’s Vanishing Yachts, Because Italy Would Love to Know
Last summer, two yachts thought to be owned by Russian fertiliser oligarch and worst-kind-of-sports-parent Dmitry Mazepin disappeared from the port of Olbia off the Italian island of Sardinia. They had been seized in March, pursuant to European Union sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but local officials weren’t able to immediately tie the vessels to…
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Glass Onion Has a Meaningless Porsche 918 Continuity Error That’s Nipping at My Brain
I’m not much for movies; I’m pretty much whatever the opposite of a “movie buff” is. Name your favourite film; I haven’t seen it. But I’ll tell you what I have seen — Knives Out. And I loved it! I could listen to Daniel Craig declare things as Benoit Blanc for hours on end, without…
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Nissan Asks the World to ‘Please Wait’ for Its Electrified GT-R Replacement
While Nissan has talked plenty about the next-generation GT-R — because the next-generation GT-R has been a decade coming — it’s refused to commit to specifics. Maybe it’ll be electric, maybe not. Last year, the automaker’s CEO said it was still exploring the powertrain side of things. In 2019, the chief architect said development hadn’t…