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The Genesis GV70 sits in a crowded luxury SUV market, but it does things a little differently. It looks expensive. Feels expensive too. Yet Genesis has priced it against familiar names such as the BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Audi Q5, Volvo XC60, Lexus NX, and Porsche Macan. That makes things interesting. The GV70 mixes a sporty shape with a five-seat cabin, turbocharged engines, all-wheel drive in the U.S., and a long list of cabin technology.…
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Jiffy Lube is one of the best-known quick-service automotive maintenance brands in North America. Most drivers know the company for oil changes, but its service menu now reaches well beyond engine oil. The chain operates more than 2,000 service centres and says it serves about 19 million customers each year. In July 2026, an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners completed a roughly $1.3 billion acquisition of the business from Shell. For drivers, the basic idea…
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Litchfield Motors has been around for decades, yet the business is still closely tied to one name: Iain Litchfield. He started young. What began with imported performance cars grew into a specialist operation handling servicing, ECU work, engine builds, transmissions, suspension, dyno testing, bodywork and parts. The scale is easy to miss if you know Litchfield mainly from tuned Nissan GT-Rs. Its Gloucestershire site currently lists 23 MAHA supercar ramps, a climate-controlled four-wheel-drive dyno, an…
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Introduction Caterham Cars is one of those companies that does not need huge production numbers to get attention. Its best-known car is tiny. Very tiny. The Caterham Seven can weigh from around 440 kg depending on the model and specification. It has exposed front wheels, two seats, hardly any excess bodywork and a shape with roots going back to the Lotus Seven. But the company around that car has changed. Caterham is now owned by…
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Introduction Adrian Hallmark knows difficult car businesses. He has seen them up close. The British automotive executive has worked for Porsche, Bentley, Volkswagen, Saab, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin, moving between sales, engineering-led management, corporate planning and CEO positions. Today, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda. Hallmark took charge in September 2024 after leaving Bentley Motors, where he had spent more than six years as Chairman and CEO. Aston Martin…