Author | Lightnews

Will Dron

Will Dron

@wdron.bsky.social

310 followers 100 following 970 posts

Digital Driving Editor at The Times & Sunday Times, posting only online and in front of the paywall. Killed my Twxtter because of Elon, and feel conflicted about it. But here seems good.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, but you have to just get on with it, don't you?

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 21h

Plaything for a week.

Close-up of 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera T door decal.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 6d

No. There's an N Performance wing that you can buy and add on but even that is not quite as mad as this.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 6d

That noise is... you tell me. I can say it's loud.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 6d

Bit of slow-mo.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone for the Hyundai Ioniq 6 N drift mode?

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 6d

The answer I was looking for is NEXO. So no!

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 7d

Today. What car am I driving?

Hydrogen refuelling sign in South Korea

Reposted by Will Dron

Richard Porter @sniffpetrol.com · 11d

Yeeeees

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 11d

My dad chatting to Colin Chapman, I'm told in 1973 at a non-championship round of the F1 season held at Brands Hatch (the Race of Champions, open also to F5000 cars -- one of which caused a stir by winning that year).

Pic sent to me without a photo credit so apologies if you own the rights.

Colin Chapman speaking with Tony Dron in 1973

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 11d

How are they at getting people to sign up to "interesting" finance deals?

Supercar retailers will start taking an interest when these robots can take customers out to lunch at The Ivy or offer them tickets to Taylor Swift. interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...

China's humanoid robot takes over presentation, car salesperson gig

AiMOGA Robotics unveiled Mornine, their new humanoid capable of speaking in multiple languages and acting as a car sales assistant.

interestingengineering.com

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 12d

It does, yeah, but you could also run a different app through Android Auto. Waze is my go-to, especially in towns and cities.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 12d

It's a step forward from EX90 launch car in both hardware and software, which I know needed significant updates. I think EX90s are being retrospectively updated gratis, further cementing the idea that it just wasn't ready at launch.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, it has voice control and Google AI built in (the infotainment is Google-based), so it's quite sophisticated and has the capacity to get smarter. Why not just have proper buttons, though? I think many are finding this stuff a real turnoff.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 13d

I drove a taxi. Sorry... Volvo ES90. www.thetimes.com/article/1b9a...

Volvo ES90 review: Scandi and the Brain

This new Volvo boasts a computer performing over 500 trillion operations per second. Which is great… but what’s it like to drive, and why does it look like a taxi?

www.thetimes.com

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 15d

Just found my first ever car review. I must have been nine, and it was for a school weekend report. The day itself involved driving three electric ride-ons for a Classic Cars feature my dad put together. Think he had a framed copy at his house. Wonder if my stepmum still has it.

Reposted by Will Dron

Richard Porter @sniffpetrol.com · 24d

Tapping the I’VE GOT A NEW BOOK OUT sign again.

Richard Porter @sniffpetrol.com · 24d

This any many other pieces of insightful car journalism can be found in my new book. It's a compilation of some of my evo columns from the last 22 years, it's called Petrolhead, and it's out now.
amzn.eu/d/eqwAVQj

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 24d

The brilliance of Partridge is that there's a bit of him in all of us.

Reposted by Will Dron

Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 24d

Important info if you bought a car, motorbike or campervan on finance from April 2007 to Nov 2024.

A snippet from the new ‘car finance mis-selling everything you need to know' Martin Lewis Podcast available on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., Apple, Spotify & all the usual pod players.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 24d

Do you get annoyed when people get Bond wrong? Is the Rover Metro just a rebadged Mini Metro? Is your favourite Beatles album The Best of The Beatles? Do you have strong feelings about the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre? 😆

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 25d

youtu.be/Y4drNFXd6dw?...

Milky Way - Red Car/Blue Car (original 1989 ad)

YouTube video by ZilogJones

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 25d

And three Milky Ways in a line.

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 25d

Another BL colour factoid: Jonathan Palmer's race helmet is painted in Tahiti Blue because that was the colour of a Morris Marina estate that my dad was driving when he helped get JP started in racing. Full story here, from 30 mins in: youtu.be/rG834ZVGa24?...

A celebration of the life of Tony Dron

YouTube video by Tony Dron channel

Will Dron @wdron.bsky.social · 25d

And this is the typical contents of a facelifted L322 boot, I take it?

Reposted by Will Dron

Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 25d

Fenomeno you say? These guys are waiting for the ad director's call