Author Matt

For those who might want a little more background to our latest MotorVation Video.... Before I get to the main story permit me to get a tiny bit autobiographical. Bear with me, it’s relevant. When I...

The Geneva International Motor Show, or as some call it “Salon”, is now just a few weeks away and manufacturers are putting the final touches to the concepts from which they will whip a satin shroud in...

If you have an interest in tech you are probably aware of the spectacular failure of Europe’s biggest ever Kickstarter project, the Zano drone, which promised the Earth and failed to deliver so much as an...

I am a parent. I would have started that last sentence with the words “believe it or not” but for the fact the simple act of becoming a parent isn’t rare, miraculous or in any way difficult. If one is...

Like most blokes I’ve always loved Astons. It’s not just the obvious connection to you-know-who, more of which later, but for most of my life there was always something special, rarified, exclusive about...

I was in Eastbourne yesterday. For those of you outside the UK it’s one of the many Southern seaside towns on the so-called “English Riviera”, a beautifully preserved relic of a bygone era full of...

It's not all about us. We know most of you share our passion for the automotive and most other things with an engine and many of you also are highly talented, be that behind a lens or a keyboard. If you've...

I’ve always rather liked Alfas. Not in that deluded, blinkered “you aren’t a proper petrolhead unless you’ve owned one” fashion so oft espoused by one J. “Clobber” Clarkson Esq but in a more...

It’s the last day in May, just a few weeks from Midsummer’s Day, but here in the wilds of Cumbria the weather is typically British. Summer is officially on strike. The sun is picketed by remorseless grey...

We spend a great deal of time in our cars. If you travel to work an hour each way then commuting alone means you spend nearly three weeks of every year behind the wheel. Make that trip fifty per cent longer as...