Co-Founder at Encor Design Ltd. Building British Supercars in Britain. RAF Association Ambassador. All views are my own.
England, United Kingdom
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It’s not easy to describe how it felt driving the S1 on those roads.
This isn’t just another car to those of us that founded Encor Design. We’ve poured everything we’ve learned in our 30+ year careers into creating the car we want to drive.
There was no traffic, no potholes just a ribbon of tarmac through spectacular scenery. And a full tank of fuel in a car that started as an idea between a few car industry veterans 3 x years ago.
I must have done 30+ runs up and down that mountain pass for the cameras and drone following me.
Lightweight, perfectly balanced, an intoxicating noise, beautifully assembled and just pure fun.
Road car Nirvana? We think so.
So driving it on these roads felt like a seminal moment.
Nobody Does it Better 💣💣🔫
@EncorDesign
Live and let’s drive.
Twin-turbo 3.5-litre V8, carbon-fibre body, stunning Algarve roads – the Encor Series 1 captures what life is all about.
#Encor #EncorSeries1
Loved this 1985 Saab 99 parked near us in Fulham.
Clearly in regular use. Slightly shabby. Very chic.
Early start for Cars on the Green in Fulham.
Parked with a gorgeous BB512 and made a Wedge Sandwich 🤗
And there’s the funny thing about super powerful performance EVs.
Once you’ve got over the initial shock of the power and acceleration, you realise they really are not much fun to drive.
You can’t use the power much and when you do, you’re in license losing territory.
I worked with Tobias at Aston Martin. Very talented chap and I’m delighted to see him doing so well.
The Mission S is the most exciting car to come out of the Porsche Design studio since the 918 Spyder imo.
The Mission S is our first look at Porsche under its new head of design, Tobias Sühlmann. We spoke to him to find out what's in store 👉 buff.ly/8LuWEsI
Interesting comparison between my 164 and 166
They very different cars to drive. 164 was quite edgy, torque steering but a sporting saloon to drive. 166 is much more refined but still fun to hustle on a twisty road.
I wish I’d kept the 164 and had the pair🙈
1/3
Special thanks to @cleanforthewknd for detailing the engine bay on the 166.
Beautiful work ❤️
Daily updates coming from Europe on steps being taken to protect and support their automotive industry.
@andyburnham @JohnHealey_MP would be great to see your government taking similar decisive action.
Avec l’Allemagne, nous avons trouvé un accord pour assurer l’avenir du secteur automobile européen.
Nous portons une ambition claire : réussir la transformation de notre industrie automobile, tout en maintenant notre ambition climatique et notre production en Europe.
Notre cap ne change pas : réduire fortement les émissions de CO₂ et produire en France et en Europe les futures voitures électriques. C'est cela la préférence européenne.
Nous souhaitons que cette dynamique franco-allemande puisse aboutir à un accord rapidement avec nos partenaires, pour nos emplois et notre industrie.
L’Europe doit être un continent qui innove, qui investit et qui produit tout en protégeant le climat et en préservant nos emplois, c’est le sens de notre engagement.
Simon Lane retweeted
There’s a lot of self-serving spin emanating from the UK government about how virtuous it is re fiscal consolidation.
Here are the facts.
Labour inherited an OBR budget deficit forecast of £87bn (3.1% GDP) for FY2024/25. After R Reeves’ 1st disastrous budget the actual deficit was £153bn (5.2%). Massive jump.
Labour inherited OBR budget deficit of £77bn (2.7%) for FY2025/26. After RR’s disastrous 2nd budget that turned out to be £133bn (4.3%).
So in its first two years it added over £120bn to borrowing/deficit (despite huge increase in taxes).
The OBR forecast it inherited for this FY2026/27 was £69bn (2.3%). It is now forecast to be £116bn (3.3%). That looks like an underestimate. More likely to be closer to £130bn again.
Inherited budget forecast for 2027/28: £51bn (1.6%). Latest forecast: £97bn (2.9%).
Inherited budget forecast for 2028/29: £39bn (1.2%). Latest forecast: £86bn (2.5%).
Far from fiscal consolidation Labour is forecast to borrow an incredible £260bn more over the 5 years from 2024/25 than the forecasts it inherited. Despite the tax rises.
Which will continue. Alone among G7 countries the IMF projects the UK tax burden to rise by 3.7% of GDP 2025-31. The only other country with a rising tax burden is France (0.8%). Italy is static. Rest of G7 have falling tax burden.
And let’s not forget Labour’s so-called ‘fiscal consolidation’ is all backloaded to end-decade. Unlikely to happen. So taxes will have to rise by even more.
French politicians have woken up and are backing their domestic car industry with real action.
Meanwhile in Westminster 💤💤😴
Au Mondial de l’Auto, j’ai rencontré celles et ceux qui inventent la voiture de demain. Ils ont le talent. Maintenant, à nous de leur donner les moyens.
Face à la concurrence déloyale de la Chine, l’Europe doit cesser de toute urgence d’être naïve. Défendons nos emplois et nos savoir-faire pour produire en Europe et pour vendre en Europe. Avec nos règles.
Je propose un pacte clair pour la filière automobile :
• 50 milliards d’euros d’impôts de production en moins, en contrepartie de 50 milliards d’aides aux entreprises en moins
• Un moratoire sur les normes et la fiscalité de nos entreprises.
L’automobile a fait notre histoire. À nous de bâtir son avenir.
In my 3rd year of owning the CLS63.
We’ve covered over 20,000 miles and started 3 x businesses together.
I still love it despite its increasingly expensive drinking habit and its propensity for upsetting the neighbours.
