Miles Reucroft

2 months ago | thelondoneconomic.com | Miles Reucroft

Catching the back end of Storm Eowyn at least provided an interesting backdrop to a week with the Land Rover Defender 110. High winds and driving rain were far from the worst of it, the bulk of the ferocity having been experienced further west in Ireland. Partially flooded and debris-strewn roads, if there is a silver lining to be taken from such a dark cloud, at least offered a glimpse into the substantial capabilities of the Land Rover Defender 110.

Dec 2, 2024 | thelondoneconomic.com | Miles Reucroft

The headline numbers for the latest car in Lamborghini’s lineup are borderline ridiculous. As well they should be, entirely befitting of one of motoring’s most illustrious marques. We’ll get back to them, however, as one word consistently cropped up during the car’s launch: comfort. It’s not a word widely associated with supercars and certainly not Lamborghinis. Comfort isn’t their raison d’etre, or ragioni di vita to borrow local parlance from Sant’Agata.

Nov 22, 2024 | thelondoneconomic.com | Miles Reucroft

The Ring magazine has been publishing its pound-for-pound number one ranked boxer since 1990. The term pound-for-pound had been used in combat sports for a long time previously, too, as a way of determining who the best in the world is, regardless of weight category. To take an example at the time of writing, Canelo Alvarez would comfortably beat Naoya Inoue in a fight owing to his bigger size and greater power.

Nov 5, 2024 | thelondoneconomic.com | Miles Reucroft

The electric revolution continues unabated. One of my issues with it has been manufacturers producing cars which are trying to be something that they’re not. That instant slug of torque has been used to produce some headline grabbing 0-60 times. That’s great for marketing purposes and those videos of EVs beating supercars in drag races, but what does it really mean? Aside from decent pub chatter, it exposes people who’ve drunk the Kool-Aid. There is more to cars than traffic light racing.

Oct 18, 2024 | thelondoneconomic.com | Miles Reucroft

A two Michelin starred restaurant is where I would like to commence all car reviews from now on. Fine dining, fine wines and fine cars were on the menu at Terre, Vincent Crepel’s feted restaurant just outside of Cork. The obvious link between a Charanmushi (Kristal Caviar, Scallop, Stone Crab and Bone Broth) and the Ferrari Purosangue is that both are somewhat unexpected. This is a route Ferrari once said it would never go down.