A gift to Aston Martin for its 110th anniversary, and the solution to a vexing problem of Aston’s own making. The Valour’s existence owes much to an earlier, unique Aston that relit the manual fuse: the magnificent Victor. Bespoke to a mystery Belgian buyer in 2021, the Victor features bodywork inspired by the 1970s Vantage, … Read more
Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 11, the first flagship Surface device to ship exclusively with Arm processors. Andrew Cunningham Microsoft has been trying to make Windows-on-Arm processors a reality for so long that at one point I assumed it would never happen. The first attempt was Windows RT, which ran well enough on the puny … Read more
Ever since Apple’s MacBooks switched to the company’s own M-series chips, Windows users have been wondering when a similar revolution would happen to their machines. Microsoft has to say, it wasn’t for lack of trying. In 2012, the company released the , which featured an Arm-based processor, the same architecture used in Apple’s silicon. Unfortunately, … Read more
Specialized Stumpjumper 15 Pro descending performance Adjusting the shock absorber gives you an idea of what’s possible when it comes to adjusting the ride feel. Taking corners quickly accentuates these differences. – Justin Sullivan / Our Media The latest Stumpjumper 15 Pro reminded me in many ways of my time on the early Stumpjumper EVO … Read more
Simon Lucas auditions a new mid-range standmounter that features some impressive new technologies… Monitor audio Studio 89 Floorstanding Speakers Recommended retail price £2,000 Before Monitor Audio rationalized its speaker ranges into the easy-to-understand Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum groupings, Studio was the name given to its premium speaker range. The new Studio 89 standmounter isn’t … Read more
It was a busy year for Polestar. The Swedish carmaker kicked off the introduction of rear-wheel drive on its 2 sedan and after an 18-month wait, the new 3 has finally gone into production. And that’s crucial, because while the 2 has helped the company take on models like the Tesla Model 3, tapping into … Read more
Four years have passed since the Toyota GR Yaris broke the internet (including PH forums) with unprecedented expectations and hype. All the ingredients for hot hatch greatness were there: an all-wheel drive chassis, homologated for a (sadly defunct) ruleset in the World Rally Championship, the most powerful three-cylinder turbo engine ever to appear in a … Read more
At this point, I’ve played The First Descendant in three or four different betas now, and each time I’ve been no more or less certain whether this is something my friends and I would want to play, or just another sci-fi shooter in a sea of similar games vying for our attention. After sinking 45+ … Read more
Let’s go through the headlines. There are two important ones. The GranCabrio Folgore is the first all-electric convertible in the luxury segment. It’s also the fastest all-electric convertible, although headline two is clearly related to headline one. So it’s a convertible. And an electric one. Indeed. Although Maserati will still sell you one with an … Read more
Tracker tags are a simple idea, but one that can easily be done wrong. While the shortcomings of Google’s Find My Device network are largely Google’s fault, it’s just as important to get the hardware right, and that’s where Pebblebee’s Android trackers really shine in my opinion. For now, they’re the best you can get. … Read more