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Based on my experience the difference will be the tyres not the car. It almost always is. The easiest way to make a car look good is better tyres.

It is always a concern when one sees lots of complaints but I am hoping my personal preferences may avoid a lot of them when my car arrives. Most of the disattisfaction is with software gadgetry not working reliably. My priorities were the ride/handling/quietness compromise. I have specified...

And some more... This is another I bought out of engineering interest. This is my dress watch for black-tie events I eventually got a watch with El Primero movement as a gift from a good friend and colleague when he retired.

A few more. I was delighted when Omega bought the rights to the fantastic co-axial escapement from George Daniels so I could afford one at last! This is my daily wear when I am not using the fitness checker. Another one which fascinated my engineering mind. Solething amusingly silly! This...

I am an old bloke who likes watches. I have never bought one as an "investment" but still ended up with quite a few! The only Rolex I like(d) is the original Daytona with El Primero movement but I already had an Omega Speedmaster Professional, bought for me by my Dad as a 21st present before it...

Not IME, even a standard Hybrid Toyota Prius has a small 12V battery because it doesn't need a battery big enough to start the engine, that is done with the traction battery. In fact generally petrol cars have smaller 12V batteries than Diesels because to power required to start the engine is so...

On my plug-in hybrid the traction battery only charges the 12V battery when the car is switched on. When off the traction battery is isolated, sensibly IMO. I think the makers underestimate how many people leave a reading light on, sit in the car listening to the audio system and/or mess about...

IME on Formula 1 cars the biggest electrical problem is getting a multi pin connector sometimes with one pin making intermittent contact thereby giving inconsistent data from sensors or between boxes. We would change the whole wiring harness... If software is the problem it is more likely to be...

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More extrapolation of a tiny part of the world market and drawing, dodgy conclusions about a foreign manufacturer based on your domestic market. I don't doubt what you write about the US market, which is very rich and therefore important, but the conclusion you draw about it being the reason for...

You are extrapolating the North American market to the rest of the world which is wrong. We would have had the Taycan in the UK whether the Tesla was successful or not. The "Porsches" strongly affected in the US market and elsewhere is the VW platform which has had the Porsche treatment, the...

I have been a car fan all my life and career. First on my list always is how the car drives - steering, handling, brakes and acceleration. Second is interior comfort and ergonomics. Third is interior colour and styling (the bit I see) Fourth is exterior colour and styling. As I get older this...

Again the US market this is clearly the case. Personally I would not compare a Model S to any of the cars listed because of the poor fit and finish and low rent cabin - one of the main reasons I wouldn't buy one. Elon Musk offered somebody I know who he met at a F1 race a job at Tesla so when I...

I think the US is an outlier but a quite big market so it has to be taken into consideration by non-US manufacturers. The UK is banning all IC engined cars as of 2030 and other countries have legislation in place or in discussion so all the makers are busy making electric cars. From my...

It is the battery technology and global warming that kicked off renewed interest in EVs. 120 years ago many engineers recognised that electric motors were the best way to drive vehicles but the size and weight of batteries made them less convenient than IC engined vehicles, which needed a clutch...

I followed Tesla from the early days but the only car they made that appealed to me was the original Lotus based one. They took a conventional approach to specifying the power train, very much along the lines of that taught to students and used on trains, trams etc, based on a "realistic"...

I think Tesla have done some great stuff and reverse engineering their solutions will have given all makers lots of useful low cost R&D but the thing driving the speed is legislation not competition with Tesla. No IC engined cars will be legal to sell in some countries from 2030, so everybody is...

Not really. A precise frontal are measurement is hard without a CAD model. I spent a career measuring racing car aero and just stuck with drag force, since that is all that matters, so never measures a coefficient and didn't need frontal area which was all but impossible to measure when I...

Only the Etron GT not any of the SUVs

Porsches are one of the brands that bring out the most jealous rage in people who can't afford them. I have had trucks try to push me off the road and abuse shouted at me and on one occasion been spat at. In my Ferrari I don't get that reaction at all. One truckie rolled his window down and...