About Autocar
For more than 125 years, Autocar has been at the forefront of automotive journalism, delivering the world’s most authoritative car reviews, and news which leads the global agenda.
Autocar is the original car magazine. First published in 1895 ‘in the interests of the mechanically propelled road carriage’, it has plotted the entire history of the automobile. In 1928, its review of the Austin 7 Gordon England became the first road test of a car published anywhere in the world.
Today, Autocar covers the entire car industry, from the in-depth car reviews for which it made its name, through to the news stories that lead the automotive agenda, and the world’s best features and used car editorial.
Autocar.co.uk is the world’s foremost authority on the world of cars, covering its exclusive news content, and reviews of every car that matters.
The world’s best car reviews
Autocar’s team of expert road testers boast well over 100 years of experience between them. They travel the globe to deliver the definitive first car review verdicts from every new-car launch that matters to the British motorist.
Every week, Autocar publishes its world-beating road test.The road test team forensically examine cars, assessing quality, practicality, performance and ride and handling, taking their own key measurements on the way. From this, the team delivers the road test verdict – and the most important star rating in the industry.
Read more: How Autocar tests cars
Global news exclusives
Every week, the Autocar team gains unrivalled access to the most important players in the global car industry to deliver the stories that lead the news agenda. Autocar is the go-to source for both breaking and exclusive car news, and in-depth analysis on all the subjects that matter to the consumer, enthusiast and the automotive industry.
If it happens, you’ll read about it first at autocar.co.uk.
Autocar Business
Autocar Business is the subscription-only section of the website that delivers up-to-the-minute news, views and analysis from across the automotive industry. Leaning on unparalleled access to the key figures in the industry, Autocar Business also grants users unlimited access to leading industry and trend reports, plus webinars, opinion and insight from Mark Tisshaw, Editor, and Jim Holder, Editorial Director.
Sign up for access to Autocar Business today.
Advice and opinion
From clean-air zones to winter tyres, Autocar’s team of expert journalists deliver the definitive advice on all aspects of motoring. If you need to know something, you’ll find it here.
The Autocar team has strong opinions, too, and you’ll find them sounding off on a wide range of topics. The opinion articles are always insightful, drawing on several hundred years of experience between them.
Video and podcasts
Autocar’s YouTube channel brings all that’s great about its market leading website and magazine to a video audience. From supercar track tests, to drives of the very latest models and historical retrospectives, Autocar’s YouTube channel lifts the lid on the world’s most interesting cars.
Autocar’s successful My Week in Cars podcast series sees Autocar legends Steve Cropley and Matt Prior – and the occasional guest – discuss the world of motoring as they see it. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Autocar’s ownership
Autocar is a strongly independent title and part of Haymarket Automotive, a division of Haymarket Media Group, a global media company that publishes a wide range of automotive and non-automotive titles covering sectors as diverse as medicine, horticulture and the charity sector.
Editorial contacts
Editor: Mark Tisshaw
Editorial director: Jim Holder
Editor-in-chief: Steve Cropley
Magazine editor: Rachel Burgess
Associate editor: Piers Ward
Editor-at-large: Matt Prior
Road test editor: Matt Saunders
Road tester: Illya Verpraet
News and reviews editor: Felix Page
Deputy news editor: Will Rimell
Staff writer: Jack Warrick
Editorial assistant: Charlie Martin
Editorial apprentice: Jonathan Bryce
Used cars editor: Mark Pearson
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