Matt Prior | Autocar (Editor At Large) - How It All Began

Matt Prior (<a href='https://instagram.com/autocarmatt'>@autocarmatt</a>) 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. <br/><br/>Check out the video podcast: <a href='https://youtu.be/16tJRGNFgt0'>https://youtu.be/16tJRGNFgt0</a><br/><br/><a href='https://instagram.com/autocarmatt'>https://instagram.com/autocarmatt</a><br/><br/>Hope you enjoy, <br/><br/>Sam <br/><br/>Support The Podcast:<br/><a href='https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint'>https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint</a><br/><br/>Show Notes:<br/>00:00 = Intro, the beginnings of Autocar and what do you do?<br/>08:16 = Do you get a level of enjoyment out of reviewing the more boring cars?<br/>13:00 = Road testing and silly behaviour<br/>18:40 = How fun do you find electric cars?<br/>23:52 = Tyres sometimes emit more particulates than the engine. <br/>25:54 = How do you feel about Restomods vs Modern Supercars<br/>34:40 = GT86<br/>38:41 = C1 Racing and driving slow cars fast<br/>47:54 = Car of the year and mismatched competition<br/>53:45 = Quickfire best car in each category<br/>58:08 = Fixing a broken car and then selling straight away<br/>59:38 = Do many journalists buy new cars vs second hand?<br/>1:04:20 = Finance<br/>1:19:01 = 765LT vs Ferrari<br/>1:21:33 = McLaren Artura and Turbo Hybrids<br/>1:27:20 = Modern cars are still better but they just don't get made how I'd like them. <br/>1:31:30 = How fast does a car really need to be?<br/>1:37:10 = Toyota is cool<br/>1:40:00 = 5 Questions<br/>1:52:56 = Buying spitfires over hypercars<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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