Articles by Matt Kimberley

The Volkswagen Corrado VR6 Is The Investment Piece You Can Still Drive For Fun
Scarcity, charisma, pace and appreciating values? The Volkswagen Corrado VR6 has it all, and it's the kind of car you won't even have to put in storage to preserve - you'll get your money back regardless

Is This The Worst Car Advert Photography Ever?
These days, with smartphones everywhere, it's pretty easy to take adequate photos of any product that you might be selling online. This guy, though, has got it so badly wrong we don't even know what to think
Uber Has Effectively Been Banned From London
A shock judgement handed out by Transport for London has removed Uber's right to operate a private hire business in the English capital, with a suggested 3.5 million users affected
This Driver Miraculously Survives His Car Being Crushed Flat By An Overloaded Cement Mixer
How the hell this driver got out of his car alive when it had just been squashed like an insect by a cement mixer that weighed well over 25 tonnes is a question we can't answer
Watch A Pro Drifter Draw The World's Biggest Toyota 86 Logo... Using Tyres
We take our hat off to Toyota GB for this cheeky little video of a drift champ drawing an '86' logo that can be seen from space... well, almost

Brace For The Shocking Reality Of This Windscreen-Obscuring Racing Stripe
Look at it. Then rub your eyes and look again. Look away, pinch yourself to check you're not dreaming and then try one more time. Nope, nothing works: this really is as shocking as it looks

9 Surprising Things I Learned From Owning A Honda S2000 For 9 Months
The Honda S2000 is one of those cars that so much is written about online - and a lot of it is rubbish. Here's a run-down of some of the finer points of S2000 ownership

The New Mitsubishi Eclipse Is Here And It's All So 2017
It's difficult to fire up any kind of car website these days without being bombarded by compact SUVs, and here's one with a controversial name to add to the bunfight
Leaning Out Of A Car To Punch An SUV Invites Instant Karma
We're not sure how low this guy's IQ must be for him to have ever thought that leaning out of his car window to try to punch another vehicle was a good idea, but karma quickly kicks in

BMW Has Ruled Out Four-Cylinder M-Cars… For Now
The chief of BMW’s M Division has no time for four-cylinder M-cars, despite rivals Mercedes-AMG and Porsche getting busy with high-output four-pots
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Infiniti Is Brewing An Electric Halo Performance Car
Infiniti is cooking-up the good stuff when it comes to electric cars, and this standalone halo sports car could be here in 2019

Porsche Might Have Just Smashed Lamborghini's Nurburgring Lap Record
Spectators at a Porsche lap-timing evening at the Nurburgring are reporting that the insanely quick 911 GT2 RS lapped the circuit in under seven minutes... on the first attempt

The All-New Volvo XC40 Is An XC90 That Has Shrunk In The Wash
Packed with technology and with a host of Volvo firsts to speak of, the XC40 has picked up the baton from its big brother, the super-refined XC90
The Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo Is McLaren's Flagship Hypercar For Gamers
The Vision Gran Turismo concepts just keep on coming, and this time it's McLaren's turn to get creative with an 1150 horsepower carbonfibre beast

Rimac Is Planning A Second, Even Faster Electric Hypercar
As if the Concept One wasn't fast enough, having almost killed Richard Hammond, the Croatian company is planning a second, faster model - and this one will be built in greater numbers
An Alpine A110 Advert Has Been Banned In The UK Because Ours Is A Tragic Nanny State
Evidently you can't depict someone having fun in a car on a great road any more, because it's dangerous. That's right; dangerous to even depict it in marketing media, according to the Advertising Standards Authority...

US Honda Dealers Are Marking-Up Civic Type Rs By Up To $15,000
Citing market demand, a number of shady, money-hungry Honda dealers in the US are adding thousands to the price of new hot Civics in order to line their own pockets
This Is The Maddest, Baddest Fiat 500 In The World
This rear-wheel drive, ultra-wide Fiat 500 has a mid-mounted engine from an Alfa 4C, 350bhp and push-rod suspension, as well as a price tag that will make you wince
The Lamborghini Countach's Ridiculous Horn Is One Of Many Things To Hate About It
Doug DeMuro gets all misty-eyed over the definitive 1980s supercar poster child: the Lamborghini Countach, despite a rubbish horn, stupid door locks and windows that barely open at all

The New Mitsubishi Evo Concept Is An Electric SUV-Coupe
In a move seemingly designed to enrage anyone with a soft spot for the amazing gas-guzzling Evo models of old, Mitsubishi has revived the name for a future-thinking battery-powered SUV-coupe
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Ken Block's Awesome 1400bhp Hoonicorn Assault On Pikes Peak Is (Almost) Here At Last
What do you get when you cross a twin-turbo, methanol-fuelled, 1400bhp Hoonicorn with the world's toughest asphalt hill climb course and a whole truck of spare tyres? You get Ken Block doing what he does better than anyone else

The Honda Civic That Inspired The Super-Cool Urban EV Concept Is A Project Bargain
Honda may have just stolen the Frankfurt Motor Show with its totally unexpected and achingly cool Urban EV Concept. The Civic that inspired it is today's bargain buy, if you're just willing to spend some time on it
The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring Is A Death Knell For Porsche Speculators
It’s a good news week for those of us getting sick and tired of rich car prospectors buying into new limited-edition Porsches only to immediately sell them for a massive profit
This Terrifying Exploding Canister Is The Reason For The Massive Takata Airbag Recall
It's easy to see why the Takata airbag recall is being taken as seriously as it is, when the explosive effects are put into a neat video like this one...