Matt Prior (@autocarmatt) is an automotive journalist and the Editor At Large at Autocar. We have a chat about his journey and a tonne of topics along the way.
Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/16tJRGNFgt0
https://instagram.com/autocarmatt
Hope you enjoy,
Sam
Audio Podcast:
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Show Notes:
00:00 = Intro, the beginnings of Autocar and what do you do?
08:16 = Do you get a level of enjoyment out of reviewing the more boring cars?
13:00 = Road testing and silly behaviour
18:40 = How fun do you find electric cars?
23:52 = Tyres sometimes emit more particulates than the engine.
25:54 = How do you feel about Restomods vs Modern Supercars
34:40 = GT86
38:41 = C1 Racing and driving slow cars fast
47:54 = Car of the year and mismatched competition
53:45 = Quickfire best car in each category
58:08 = Fixing a broken car and then selling straight away
59:38 = Do many journalists buy new cars vs second hand?
1:04:20 = Finance
1:19:01 = 765LT vs Ferrari
1:21:33 = McLaren Artura and Turbo Hybrids
1:27:20 = Modern cars are still better but they just don't get made how I'd like them.
1:31:30 = How fast does a car really need to be?
1:37:10 = Toyota is cool
1:40:00 = 5 Questions
1:52:56 = Buying spitfires over hypercars
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