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

Mar 08, 20212 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 82
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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 Support The Podcast: https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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