McLAREN revealed its...

McLAREN revealed its vast new 850 sq m ‘Brand Centre’ at Silverstone. The three-floor paddock- based unit has an entertainment area, rest rooms, offices for the team and a restaurant space. It takes two days to construct and the same to take down.

They"re not squeaky...

They"re not squeaky clean, but the new car and related industries deserve a score of nine-and-a-half out of 10 for transparency. No other business in the world openly offers potential customers a combination of: generous discounts on most vehicles being sold; a choice of official (franchised) and unofficial (non-franchised) outlets; precise details of typical running and servicing costs; even more exact data about carbon emissions; warranties lasting from three to seven years; and - most incred-ible of all - a virtual guarantee that every car will still be worth money when it"s decidedly second-hand.