Monthly Archives: April 2017

City AM Bespoke: Polo with an Italian Stalion

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Where to take a thoroughbred Ferrari for a weekend? Ascot’s Coworth Park will stable your prancing horse. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: The Cat that got the Full-Fat Cream

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A limousine with the heart of a prize-fighter: Adam Hay-Nicholls slips behind the wheel of Jaguar’s sportiest CEO-wagon, the XJR-L. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: Speed of Light

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Adam Hay-Nicholls reports from the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, where three of the boldest supercars created a big bang. Continue reading

City AM Bespoke: Modern Elegance

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The Mall, leading up to Buckingham Palace, is no stranger to pomp and circumstance. On a weekday in September, to celebrate the opening of the St James’s Concours of Elegance, 61 of the world’s rarest and most desirable motors made their way around the Victoria Memorial and into the grounds of royal residence Marlborough House. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: Grand Cayman

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Porsche’s beefed-up baby might just be the best all-round real-world sports car, writes Adam Hay-Nicholls. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: You’ve gotta Rolls with it

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With a sense of occasion that only a Rolls-Royce can provide, Adam Hay-Nicholls says the debonair Wraith coupe is unlike anything he’s driven before. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: Mercedes’ Maglev

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For their flagship two-door, the S-Class Coupe, Mercedes-Benz have unleashed a machine that throws itself into corners like a tilting train and boasts Swarovski crystals in its headlights. Adam Hay-Nicholls cruises in the car that’s on every oligarch’s wishlist. Continue reading

City AM Bespoke: Perfect Gentleman

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It’s the tail-end of dusk in Devon and silence is broken. Thundering down the twisting A382 from Exeter to Chagford, an ancient tin-mining town set on the upper reaches of southern England’s most rugged terrain, Dartmoor, the Aston Martin darts into a private road. Its V12 echoes through a dark tunnel of trees, then skimming by millimeters the edges of a stone bridge as the supercar winds its way up to Gidleigh Park. Continue reading

Asia Tatler: Scarlet Letter

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Ferrari’s F12 will hit 100km/h in the time it takes to read this intro, writes Adam Hay-Nicholls.
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Asia Tatler: Intelligent Sophistication

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The new generation of Mercedes-Benz’s flagship S-Class is as revolutionary as its predecessors, writes Adam Hay-Nicholls, and literally drives itself while giving you a back massage. Continue reading