A full-throttle Christmas: Our guide to the best gifts for car lovers 

What do you buy for the motorist who already has everything?

Well, there are plenty of festive, car-themed options for every budget if you shop around.

Perfect for young drivers

YoungDriver this week launched a junior electric car for children aged four to 10, called Firefly Sport, priced at £11,500 for use on private property only.

Built near Kenilworth, Warks, with all-British components, this new battery-operated Firefly Sport is produced by British-based Young Driver Motor Cars, a sister company of Young Driver, the world’s largest driving school for under-17s. year.

Kids can try the car out for themselves by taking trial lessons at 45 Young Driver training centers across the UK, costing £20 for a 15-minute test drive. Visit youngdriver.com.

For parents or collectors with bigger pockets, the Little Car Company (thelittlecar.co) based in Bicester Heritage, Oxon, may appeal.

The fast-growing company produces working electric mini versions of classics, including the Aston Martin DB5 Junior (from £35,000), a gadget-laden ‘No Time To Die’ James Bond version (from £90,000), as well as a Ferrari Testa Rossa J and a Bugatti Baby II based on the original Type 359).

Brand special offers

Socks are a staple of Christmas gifts, but would you pay £31,000 for a pair of pairs – with a new car thrown in?

Vauxhall is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Corsa supermini with a new all-electric Corsa-e Anniversary Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered vehicles in the UK and only available to order online.

Each comes with a collector’s sock presentation box featuring both the classic and contemporary versions of the Vauxhall tartan tartan.

Aston Martin once offered embossed leather underpants for sale.

Today’s brand offerings are more mainstream, ranging from a humble mug (£18) and torch (£30) to F1 cap (£35), a set of 12 Callaway golf balls (£86) and a canvas backpack (£86). £395).

Easy driver: The Firefly Sport is produced by the British company Young Driver Motor Cars and can only be driven on private property

If you can afford a sporty Aston DBX crossover, you can stretch to matching leather luggage that costs £3,671 for a four-piece and £5,506 for a six-piece set. See amwparts.com/product-category/merchandise

Former Jaguar and Aston Martin designer Ian Callum now uses his design skills to create exciting items including furniture and whisky.

He has produced a limited single malt Scotch whiskey in a unique bottle – ‘Callum 529 by Annandale’ – costing £350 and coming from a unique cask. Details at: callumdesigns.com

The luxury brand Bentley has a range of gifts to match its models, but not all of them have to break the bank. They include a new Bentley Momentum Intense Eau de Parfum (£49 to £69.50), Birkin Teddy Bear (£45), sterling silver cufflinks (£195): shopbentley motors.com/collections/gifts

Practical experience

Driving days are a popular experience-based gift, whether it’s a sports car or classic on the open road, or a supercar on the track.

Based in Bromsgrove, Worcs, Great Driving Days has cars from the 1960s to the 1990s, including a Jaguar E-Type, and offers ‘Classic Tasters’ – 60-minute guided experiences – from £49, as well as road trips, driving itineraries, and daily rental, with special Christmas offers. Details at greatdrivingdays.co.uk

Track Days offers guided experiences on racetracks across the UK Whether you fancy driving supercars such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches, or a tank.

Young people as young as six can experience a range of high-speed passenger rides. Details at trackdays.co.uk

Golf fans can appreciate tickets to next year’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth (September 12-17), which combines on-course action with performances by Rory McIlroy, along with a mini motor show of the latest BMW cars and bikes, plus live music.

Controversial electric scooters are being touted for sale this Christmas.

But watch out. Only those hired from an authorized government trial operator are allowed to be driven on the road.

Privately purchased and owned scooters may only be used on private property and it is currently illegal to use them on public roads.

Merry Christmas!

Sweet on Bentley honey

Here’s a treat from Bentley. The company, famous for its luxury sports cars and sweeping grand touring cars, may have the ‘Flying B’ as its symbol.

But it also has its own colony of more than 600,000 ‘flying bees’ – spread across ten active hives on the campus of its headquarters and factory in Crewe – and ended the year with a record harvest of around 1,000 jars of exceptional honey

Buzzing: Bentley has its own colony of over 600,000 ‘flying bees’ – spread across ten active hives on the campus of its headquarters and factory in Crewe

But it’s not for sale. Instead, it will be shared with colleagues and visitors to the factory whose 4,000 employees in Crewe are currently building five model lines and plan to be fully electric by 2030.

At the plant’s ‘Excellence Center for Honey Production’, each frame of the hive is ‘centrifuged to extract every last drop’ before the honey is carefully drained, filtered, decanted and bottled.

Bentley’s swarm has grown from a colony of 120,000 native honeybees that moved in in May 2019 as part of Bentley’s wider green plans to promote biodiversity.