Can Tesla downshift from $130,000 SUVs to mass market electric cars?

After unveiling the luxury Model X, Elon Musk’s company has a big challenge ahead as it aims for a bigger audience with its Model 3, promised for 2017

These airlines are consistently a byword for in-flight excellence and service

Top Airlines in luxury air travel. 3.5 billion passengers take to the air each year. What is the best in luxury air travel? Which airlines offer the best in first, business premium, and economy class travel? According to airlineRatings.com editors who have examined the offerings and in-flight service of over 450 airlines Qantas, Singapore Airlines, … Read more

Bentley sprint against Saudi Arabia’s only desert passenger train

Bentley’s Desert Train Race. Continental GT V8 S Convertible races train from Riyadh to Damman. Saudi Arabia’s only desert passenger train takes a 480 km route from Riyadh – deep in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula – to Damman on the Arabian Gulf. Eighty-five years after three-time Le Mans winner Captain Woolf Barnato famously … Read more

The Bentley Linley Hamper by Mulliner. A champagne reception. Anywhere.

Bentley Mulliner Picnic Hamper takes exquisite luxury to places it has never been seen before.

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As you explore new and unexpected places in the new Bentayga, so will you explore new and unexpected realms of luxury, says Bentley. Take, for example, The Mulliner Tourbillon clock by Breitling matched to the interior of “The world’s most luxurious SUV.

Another high-end addition to Bentayga is the Linley Hamper by Mulliner furnished with the finest examples of luxury crockery, cutlery, and glassware. The picnic hamper, designed in collaboration with British designer Linley, has been created to take the luxury picnic to places it has never been seen before. Secured into the car by using a custom-engineered tray docking mechanism, all three compartments of the hamper can be pulled forward to the edge of the tailgate, for effortless access and removal from the luxury vehicle. The hamper can be utilised with or without Bentayga’s Event Seat option.

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“Whether on snow-capped mountains, in a city-centre park or at the polo, Bentayga and Mulliner’s hamper means that wherever you go, you take the extraordinary Bentley lifestyle with you. The Linley Hamper by Mulliner embraces the essence of Bentley’s luxury credentials – exquisite craftsmanship with incredible attention to detail,” stated Bentley.

One of the compartments is equipped with the finest crockery and cutlery. Plates, cups and saucers are sourced from the Sublime Collection of Havilland, the renowned French porcelain maker. Four sets of award-winning Alta Robbe and Berking silver cutlery are joined by a Somerset Laguiole cheese knife from Linley. The chrome-finished Bentley Flying B bottle stopper completes the set.

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Four Bentley crystal champagne flutes, designed by David Redman of London, stand alongside two bottles of champagne, both chilled to 8°C. The third hamper compartment, with space to stow additional items, contains a Mulliner cashmere picnic rug.

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The world’s first luxury compact SUV convertible showcasing its all-terrain credentials – video

On 1st of October, Londoners were stopped in their tracks as Land Rover placed a collection of full-size Range Rover Evoque Convertible ‘wireframe’ sculptures in the iconic streets of the UK’s capital. Hot on the heels of last week’s London takeover, Land Rover has released a film showcasing its all- terrain credentials. The automotive company … Read more

Cayman finally getting an extra touch of exclusivity

Porsche Cayman Black Edition. It isn’t easy to make a Cayman even more desirable. But it is possible. Porsche is expanding the Black Edition line-up to include a new special edition of the Cayman. A strong complement inside the special edition series, which also includes the Boxster and the 911 Carrera, the Cayman Black Edition … Read more