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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 12d

Hahahaha

Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 18d

Michael Leiters, ex of McLaren, to run Porsche. Was a former Porsche engineer but travels to Ferrari and McLaren gives him a broader worldview than the expected Porsche lifer

Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 20d

Jaguar kicking themselves they didn’t do quad headlights, a leaper and a bust of Maggie Thatcher

Darragh Mc Kenna @darraghmckenna.bsky.social · 20d

This does not fill me with joy

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 25d

Any premium for Apple CarPlay? That was a new one on me recently! Low car hire prices equals market oversupply and general red flag for economic health

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 25d

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

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 25d

Some eye-popping stuff in the Dataforce stats. MG 2nd biggest hybrid seller in the UK in Sept after Toyota, MG3 hybrid beat the Yaris. Chinese took a third of the PHEV market for the month. BYD the second largest EV maker. Jaecoo 7 4th best-seller outright for the month.

Automotive News Europe @autonewseurope.bsky.social · 25d

MG, BYD and Chery are making strong inroads into the U.K. market with full-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars. www.autonews.com/ev/ane-evs-u...

Electrified drivetrains help Chinese brands to hit a record double-digit market share in the UK

MG, BYD and Chery are making strong inroads into the U.K. market with full-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars.

www.autonews.com

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 25d

On the face of it ALL Ferraris are ridiculous. EV no less so but it has an important job in converting petrolheads to the idea of electric through clever tech etc. Taycan almost managed it but string of issues soured owners and - crucially - damaged residuals, which is death in the lux market

Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 26d

Ferrari acting like the leader it is here, not backing down in the face of the EV challenge and going all out to make electric appeal to luxury customers. In the process hopefully undoing some of the damage done by the Taycan! www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...

1000hp+, 122kWh, four motors… Stop what you're doing: the electric Ferrari just revealed its secrets | Autocar

Wild active suspension tech, 329-mile range and an authentic "engine" note: secrets of the 2026 Elettrica revealed

www.autocar.co.uk

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 26d

Ha. Fluffed it as well. Even the final thing looked like my first choice

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 26d

18 years ago I got the wheels refurbed on my elderly Porsche 944 and it made me so happy I managed a photoshop to brag about it (car long gone sadly)

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · 28d

Here’s how this headline construction jumped the shark, and keeps bloody doing it. If the answer is this bleedin obvious why would anyone click, even if the search algorithm serves it up on a plate?

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 30

FB just reminded me that 13 years ago our 3-series diesel upchucked its water pump and subjected Streatham to another traffic jam. Since then diesel, petrol, petrol, hybrid, EV.

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 30

The Gibbses have gone electric. Hybrid was just too painful (oh the droning). Is charging more painful? Gonna find out!

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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · Sep 26

ANY excuse to post it

#TOTP

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 26

47,800rmb is (gulp) £5000. Now that would give a shove to Europe’s stagnant small car market

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 26

Pictures please

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 26

new Mitsubishi Delica Mini. Awfully fabulous. Fabulously awful. Also, banish the idea (pushed in Europe recently) that a Kei category is the path to low tech, low cost. This thing has 360 cameras, sim connectivity, blind spot, lane-change assist etc etc

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Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 20

Once you’ve lost the mo, hard to regain it.

Nick Gibbs @nickgibbs.bsky.social · Sep 19

Good to see this ancient stock shot of a belching Peugeot 106 still doing the rounds, here in the Week. Remember using it over 10 years ago in Auto Express and gawd knows how old it was then