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Daily Driven: a Japan-based McLaren P1 commuter

13 July, 2016

If I were to say to you that you have one choice of car to make your daily commute in, in a city as congested as Tokyo, what would it be? For most, the criteria would include being small in size, affordable to run — maybe even a hybrid — automatic, and comfortable seating. Well, besides the excessive price tag, surprisingly the McLaren P1 fits most of the criteria — it’s even a hybrid that can cruise in full electric mode! Go Hiramatsu, a Tokyo-based lawyer, uses his McLaren as his daily driver, and come the weekends, he heads out into the mountains or to his nearest racetrack. So much respect for this guy! Enjoy the clip. 

Super affordable supercar

9 April, 2026

The owner of this 1978 GTV, Stephen Perry, with only a skerrick of wishful thinking, says through half-closed eyes, “It is not dissimilar to the Maserati Khamsin”.
The nose is particularly trim and elegant from all angles, featuring cut-outs for the headlights echoing Alfa’s own exotic Montreal. The body is unfussy, lean with lots of glass, and the roofline shows a faint family resemblance — although on a much more angular car — to the curved waistline of the earlier 105s. The slightly hunched rear means there’s much more space in the rear seats than in the cramped rear of 105s — very much a 2+2 — and a generous boot. These more severe lines are not quite as endearing as the 105’s but they are still classy and clearly European.