Articles by Matt Kimberley

Is Racing Priceless Old Cars Up Tricky Hill Climbs An Acceptable Risk?
After a Ford RS200 driven by a long-standing professional bit the dust at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed this week, we starting asking ourselves whether this sort of thing is a risk we can live with

9 Things I Learned After Driving The New Ford Fiesta
For years the Fiesta has been known as the go-to car for a fun driving experience no matter which model you pick, but the new car has upped its game, stopped the tomfoolery and shown its more serious side

The Debut Of Top Gear America Is Just A Month Away
Top Gear America has announced the date its new, revamped and one-third British line-up will hit your screens, and it's just over four weeks away
Walking Away From A Brutal Bus Impact Makes This Man The Volvo Of Humans
We've never been hit by a fast-moving bus, but we imagine it hurts. That's why this video of a man simply walking away from a colossal impact makes us think he's made out of pure nineties Volvo

Here's Where Volvo's Name And Logo Came From
We always try to bring you the most interesting car content, but today we're bringing you education as well, if you please. Swedish car maker Volvo has a very different type of origin story to most car makers

A Fast, Fun, All-Electric Polestar Would Be The Biggest Automotive Surprise Since Tesla
If any European brand was going to be first with a mass-produced all-electric hot hatch or super-saloon, we'd have bet on Audi or Renault Sport, but Polestar could be about to spring a massive coup while the rest are fumbling their lines
If You Drive Your BMW Graduation Gift Into Wet Concrete, You're Going To Have A Bad Time
Ignoring the classic he-says-she-says of how the BMW 3 Series ended up axle-deep in wet concrete in the first place, the phone call the owner had to make to her parents must have been a touch awkward

The New Audi A8’s Suspension Is Stupidly Clever
Suspension so clever that it can preempt bumps, stop body roll and even make side impacts safer is the latest of next year's Audi A8's innovations to be showcased ahead of the car's launch
This Terrifying Cars Franchise Origins Theory Will Haunt Your Nightmares
Loads of petrolheads love the Cars movie series but have probably never given any serious thought to how this seemingly fictitious world came into being, but this theory suggests a horrifyingly real possibility
The New Honda Civic Type R Somehow Makes 295bhp At The Wheels
Despite a claimed power output of only a little over 300bhp, a tuning company's dyno test suggests that the Civic might be a bit more powerful than that...
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The Mulgari F56 SV Is A Mini Cooper S That's Customised Before You Even Take Delivery
Rather than taking your new car to design house Mulgari, you can let them do the shopping, tell them what changes you want, and sit back while the job is done before you even get the keys

Brace Yourself For 13 New McLarens Over The Next Five Years
We like new McLarens, mainly because they're stunning to look at and usually rammed with ridiculous performance statistics, and it looks like we're in for a golden era of new metal from the Woking-based speed merchants
The Porsche GT2 RS Reveal At E3 Could Forever Change The Way Performance Cars Are Marketed
Choosing to unveil such an important new flagship car at a gaming event instead of a car show is a bold move that reflects an irrevocable acknowledgement of how important gamers are to performance car makers

A Local Council Has Towed A Legally-Parked Car And Told The Owner They Crushed It
Some councils can take months to remove genuinely abandoned cars, but one local authority in the north of England is a bit keener than most. Some might say a bit too keen. on this occasion…
Porsche America Is Bizarrely Pretending That The 911 GT2 RS Isn't Official
After a routine follow-up email to confirm some GT2 RS performance statistics that had been reported in a US magazine, Jalopnik got a rather unexpected response...

BMW Confirms 8 Series Concept And 1500bhp F1 Car For Goodwood Festival Of Speed
This year's Goodwood Festival of Speed is going to witness some pretty cool stuff at the Munich car maker's stand, starting with the revived 8 Series that's due to arrive next year

Accidentally-Firing Airbags Spark Massive Dodge Minivan Recall
After it was confirmed that badly-placed wiring could wear through to the core and short-circuit, Fiat Chrysler has had to recall nearly 300,000 Grand Caravans in North America

The Jannarelly Design-1 Is The New Retro Sports Car You Never Knew You Wanted
Having never even heard of the company before, we stumbled upon this absolutely stunning new roadster co-designed and engineered by the man who penned the Lykan Hypersport

Hyundai Is Planning A Second High-Performance Car
Even before the i30N makes full production Hyundai is planning a second N-branded hot model, and if the early opinions from test drives of the i30N test mules are any measure, this could be very good news

8 Awesome Used Civic Type Rs For Every Budget
If the sparkling reviews of the 2018 FK8 Civic Type R have got you in the mood for a bit of hot Civic classifieds action, you're in luck, because we've picked out eight good options from £1500 to £30,000
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McLaren's New 570S Spider Is A Seriously Effective Way To Dry Your Hair
The 570S Spider might be McLaren's 'most affordable' convertible, but with stats like 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds and 0-124mph in 9.6, it's all the open-top supercar you could wish for

The Audi R8 V10 Plus Spyder Is 602bhp Of Noise And Sky
Audi has stepped-up its convertible game by chopping the top off the fastest R8, and for anyone blessed with the gift of hearing who also has about £150,000 going spare, this is a very good thing

Four-Cylinder 630i Opens The New 6 Series Gran Turismo Range
Built to replace both the 6 Series Gran Coupe and 5 Series GT, the 6 Series Gran Turismo is larger, more spacious and more advanced than either, but don't be fooled by that 630i badge...

This M3-Engined Land Rover Discovery Has Just Sold And It Makes Us Sad
It's sad news, because the former owner and builder of the awesome off-road project has lost a leg in a road accident, forcing him to sell his mid-engined and YouTube-famous off-road racecar on eBay