Articles by Matt Kimberley

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Check Out This Wild Bentley Continental GT Ice Racer
Bentley is entering a specially-prepared Continental GT into the 2020 GP Ice Race in Austria, and it’s pretty awesome
Six Iconic Martini-Liveried Racing Lancias Are Up For Sale
Is one Martini-clad racing car not enough for you? Would you prefer six bona fide 1980s Lancia racers together, all wearing the iconic stripes? Then step this way…
Like It Or Not, Top Gear Is Back And Brasher Than Ever
Series 28 of the BBC car show, the second with the current line-up of presenters, has kicked off with a bang. Has it struck gold, or is the McGuinness, Flintoff and Harris era yet another false dawn?
The 992 Porsche 911 GT3 Has Been Leaked
Porsche has given us a cheeky glimpse of the upcoming 992 GT3, complete with duck-tail rear spoiler beneath a traditional epic fixed wing
An Early Mk7 VW Golf GTI Is A Cut-Price Hot Hatch Prince
The Mk7 Golf GTI took the best all-round hot hatch to new heights across the board, and one can now be yours for (much) less than half the original list price
The New, 329bhp VW Golf R Can Be The Best Golf Ever
The long-serving Golf R is an impressively well-balanced and usable 4WD performance hatchback, but seems to have been usurped by newer FWD siblings. Here’s how it might turn the tables
Here’s How A Half-Naked Bugatti Veyron Looks And Sounds
The Royalty Exotic Cars Bugatti Veyron, whose broken state has been fodder for YouTube videos for the last couple of weeks, has taken to the streets only half-dressed
The First Chevrolet Corvette C8 Has Sold For $3m, But Isn’t Even Built Yet
NASCAR team owner and car collector Rick Hendick won the hotly-contested auction for the very first series Corvette C8, even though it won’t be built for weeks
Paul Walker’s Car Collection Has Sold For £1.8 Million
The majority of Paul Walker’s personal cars have been sold at auction, including a series of very rare E36 BMW M3 Light Weight special editions
Here's A Rare Chance To Buy A Spyker C8 Laviolette
This former Spyker factory demonstrator has an eye-popping interior and more character than the entire Disney back-catalogue
The BMW i8 Will Cease Production In April
Having served its purpose of opening people’s eyes to an electrified BMW future, the i8, so controversial throughout the early years of its life, is being retired
Slow Sales And Flat-Six 718s Prove Buyers Expect More From Porsche
With US sales figures drooping since being chopped to four cylinders, the Boxster and Cayman are in a precarious position, and the only possible explanation is that Porsche got it wrong
Mustang Vs Challenger Vs Camaro: Muscle’s Holy Trinity Drag Race
The Edmunds YouTube channel has finally been able to pit flagship examples of the three fastest American muscle cars together in a drag race, and there’s a clear boss
Watch A Dakar-Racing Toyota Hilux’s Axle Get Torn Out Like It’s Nothing
After cutting a corner a little too closely, a factory Toyota Hilux found out the hard way that, tough as the vehicle is, it’s still no match for Planet Earth
The Boxy 2021 Ford Bronco Four-Door Has Been Spied In Testing
Ford’s resurrection of the Bronco SUV is coming on apace, with new spy images seeming to show it in an advanced stage of build
The 2020 Toyota GR Yaris Is No Celica GT-Four Successor – It’s Much Better Than That
Comparing Toyota’s new, jaw-dropping WRC ‘homologation special’ to its last, the mid-1990s Celica GT-Four, shows us just how excitingly the game has moved on
You Can Buy An Aston Martin DBS For The Price Of A Porsche 718 Cayman S
Never mind dropping to four cylinders for your sub-£60,000 sports car kicks; let’s talk about upgrading to 12 courtesy of an immaculate Aston Martin DBS
Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn Has Escaped From Japan
In a dramatic and much hyped-up escape from the country where he was charged with embezzling funds from Nissan, Carlos Ghosn has emerged in Lebanon claiming ‘political persecution’
This Understated E46 BMW M3 Is The Perfect Q-Spec
You could walk past it in the street and assume it was an old 320d, but thanks to sensible wheels and a manual gearbox this low-key E46 M3 will be an absolute joy to drive
A 26,000-mile Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Project Build Is For Sale
This project, complete with every last part needed to create the finished thing, could be one hell of a 2020 goal for someone
Ford's New 1100Nm Super Duty Chassis Cab Can Carry 5.8 Tonnes
Ford has released the key specs for its 2020 Super Duty Chassis Cab trucks, with some mighty figures to woo the working American
New BMW 4-Series Spy Shots Confirm Our Fears Over Its Huge Grille
Spy shots have emerged of the next BMW 4-series in cold weather testing, and there’s quite an obvious attempt to cover up what’s going to be a gaping grille
The Toyota GR Yaris Will Be Manual, With 4WD And Up To 275bhp
The first true WRC homologation special for decades is coming, and we cannot tell you how excited we are about these new details