Articles by Matt Kimberley

This Well-Used Aston Martin DB2/4 Is Classic Car Perfection
This mechanically restored DB2/4 MkII features bare-metal bodywork with hard-earned patina that tells a brilliant story of use and competition

Jaguar’s First Mid-Engined Racer Is Reborn – And It’s Road Legal
The XJ13, originally a Jaguar-built prototype designed to crush the competition at Le Mans, has been reborn in the hands of the very company that wanted to race it in the late 1960s

Dirty Weekender: Suzuki Jimny Meets Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
The Wrangler and Jimny are two of the few remaining brand new cars to offer classic off-road giggles alongside everyday running, but how much do they really have in common?

The Gordon Murray T.50 Makes The McLaren F1 Look Compromised
McLaren’s F1 is rightly an all-time legend of the automotive world and in some ways has never been bettered, but its designer Gordon Murray is changing that – big time

The Skoda Mountiaq Is A Winch-Toting Pickup Built By Students
Skoda apprentices have turned a Kodiaq SUV into a full-blown pickup complete with light bar, ride height lift and nose-mounted winch
Here’s The First Trailer For Ford V. Ferrari, 2019’s Essential Car Movie
Our first look has arrived of the promising movie based around Ford’s determination to beat Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans 24-hour race, so it’s time for your early opinions

Despite Its Flaws, The Jeep Wrangler Is The 4x4 I’d Love To Daily
The new Jeep Wrangler manages to retain the charm – and faults – that made its ancestors so lovable, and as time passes it gets under your skin like few other cars…

Behold The Wider, More Powerful Novitec N-Largo Ferrari 812 Superfast
Novitec has lifted the lid on its full suite of tuning options for the mighty 812 Superfast, from the aerodynamically more efficient widebody kit to an 829bhp power upgrade

The Wider, Taller And FWD BMW 1-Series Has Arrived
BMW has officially launched the lighter, marginally shorter and now front-wheel drive 1-series – with claims that it handles better than the last one

Either Audi Loves The R8's V10 Or Batteries Still Aren't Ready
While the TT as we know it is about to go the same way as the Volkswagen Scirocco, the R8 evidently still tugs on a few senior board members’ heartstrings…

BMW Has Launched 523bhp Versions Of The X5 And X7 SUVs
As we all know, the solution to the SUV quandary is simply to add more power, and BMW has done exactly that with two new high-output leviathans

These 395bhp And Dakar-Inspired Civic Type Rs Are Our Kind Of Awesome
Working with touring car racing outfit Team Dynamics and well-known engineer Ralph Hosier, Honda UK has come up with two bonkers concepts...

You Can Already Buy TRD Tuning Parts For The A90 Toyota GR Supra
From downforce-boosting body trim to lighter forged wheels, Toyota’s TRD performance wing has already released go-faster parts for the Supra

The Grand Tour Scrapped An Epic Episode Idea Because Of Terrorists
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed how a planned journey across the Middle East for The Grand Tour’s fourth season had to be canned because of terror threats

Here's Why The New McLaren GT Is A £163,000 Bargain
McLaren is revealing new models fairly frequently, but their reliance on the same set of parts makes the new GT look like an absolute steal

The New Bentley Flying Spur Has Weird 3D Textured Leather
Bentley has released a teaser ahead of the Flying Spur’s full launch, and it’s all about a wacky new leather trim option…

Here’s Our First Look At The All-New Ford Focus ST Wagon
Ford has dropped the first pictures of the new Focus ST estate, and it’s charismatically named the Wagon
A Lego Enthusiast Has Built A Working 1:10 Scale Tesla Model X
It moves under its own power, has two-mode suspension and features four motorised doors – this is a seriously impressive enthusiast Lego Technic build

The World’s Oldest Surviving Porsche Is Up For Sale
The story of the Type 64 is an incredible one, starting in 1930s Nazi Germany but reborn in post-War Austria under a new, and now legendary, brand name
50 ‘Vintage’ Cars Destroyed By Fire At New York TV Set
Around 50 modern classic cars have been destroyed by a rampant fire at a car dealer in New York State, which was being used as a filming location by broadcasting giant HBO
Ford Tuner Mountune Can Now Boost The Golf GTI To 306bhp
Mountune, best known for its work making fast Fords even faster, is now working with Volkswagens in a new joint venture with VW styling specialist fifteen52

SUVs Are Now 46 Times More Popular Than Sports Cars
New industry analysis has revealed that the SUV market share now accounts for almost 37 per cent of the total European market, with sports cars accounting for just 0.8 per cent

The Lower, Louder Swift Sport Katana Makes Us Sad We’re Not Dutch
With coilovers, a new exhaust and a strut brace over and above the standard Swift Sport spec, we’re gutted that the Katana is limited to just 30 units – all for the Netherlands

This New Bentley Continental GT Celebrates Bavaria For Some Reason
In one of the stranger special editions we’ve ever seen, Bentley has built a one-off Continental GT Convertible to celebrate the southern German region of Bavaria