Andrew Noakes
@andrewnoakes.bsky.social
Freelance motoring writer, course director MA Automotive Journalism at Coventry University, chairman of the Midland Group of Motoring Writers.
By me for Classic Cars: reader gets behind the wheel of his dream car, an Alvis TD21 www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/blog/driving...
July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
By me for Classic Cars: reader gets behind the wheel of his dream car, an Alvis TD21 www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/blog/driving...
Trying to find a Citroën AX GT for a magazine shoot in Yorkshire next week. Anyone know an owner who might be interested?
May 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trying to find a Citroën AX GT for a magazine shoot in Yorkshire next week. Anyone know an owner who might be interested?
Can you trust what AI tells you?
No.
No.
![Google AI text saying William Lyons of Jaguar was 'known for his lavish lifestyle... "booze, [women], and fast cars.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqi6gxvshmaultbxzi465hag/bafkreidleqrm2xs2phuumzciulzj4hel44wka5hzpcaoqo52m2cffubzsa@jpeg)
April 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Can you trust what AI tells you?
No.
No.
Great to catch up with two fellow members of the Midland Group of Motoring Writers today, Syd Taylor and Paul Hadley, at the bike/car themed The Danery near Bridgnorth. Much car talk and some good ideas hatched for future Midland Group activities.
March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Great to catch up with two fellow members of the Midland Group of Motoring Writers today, Syd Taylor and Paul Hadley, at the bike/car themed The Danery near Bridgnorth. Much car talk and some good ideas hatched for future Midland Group activities.
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I've been using women's names to categorise periods of history since time Emma-Muriel.
March 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I've been using women's names to categorise periods of history since time Emma-Muriel.
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Just back from my first 'Learn to Speak Ultrasonically' class and I can't recommend it highly enough.
February 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just back from my first 'Learn to Speak Ultrasonically' class and I can't recommend it highly enough.
Talking road testing today with the Automotive Journalism Masters students. Any top tips I can share?
February 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Talking road testing today with the Automotive Journalism Masters students. Any top tips I can share?
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#winereview
Amazing top 5* wine from Asda for just £7
Via Vincini Il Gran Rosso Appassimento 2023
www.wineuncorked.co.uk/wine-reviews...
Amazing top 5* wine from Asda for just £7
Via Vincini Il Gran Rosso Appassimento 2023
www.wineuncorked.co.uk/wine-reviews...
Via Vincini Il Gran Rosso Appassimento 2023 review - WineUncorked: Wine Reviews and Tips
How to buy great value wine: reviews and tips from wine writer Paula Goddard
www.wineuncorked.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#winereview
Amazing top 5* wine from Asda for just £7
Via Vincini Il Gran Rosso Appassimento 2023
www.wineuncorked.co.uk/wine-reviews...
Amazing top 5* wine from Asda for just £7
Via Vincini Il Gran Rosso Appassimento 2023
www.wineuncorked.co.uk/wine-reviews...
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My 1991 Volvo 240 GL 2.0L Auto which will be for sale as soon as I tidy it up & get it MOTd.
127,433 miles.
Rare sunroof option. Huge stack of history. Previous owner bought it new.
Full stainless exhaust. New Bilstein shocks, Lesjöfors springs. Upgraded IPD anti roll bars.
£4,500 ono
127,433 miles.
Rare sunroof option. Huge stack of history. Previous owner bought it new.
Full stainless exhaust. New Bilstein shocks, Lesjöfors springs. Upgraded IPD anti roll bars.
£4,500 ono
February 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My 1991 Volvo 240 GL 2.0L Auto which will be for sale as soon as I tidy it up & get it MOTd.
127,433 miles.
Rare sunroof option. Huge stack of history. Previous owner bought it new.
Full stainless exhaust. New Bilstein shocks, Lesjöfors springs. Upgraded IPD anti roll bars.
£4,500 ono
127,433 miles.
Rare sunroof option. Huge stack of history. Previous owner bought it new.
Full stainless exhaust. New Bilstein shocks, Lesjöfors springs. Upgraded IPD anti roll bars.
£4,500 ono
We can argue about 'twin cam' but a 32-valve V6? Come again?
January 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We can argue about 'twin cam' but a 32-valve V6? Come again?
Out just ahead of Christmas, Classic Cars February (!) 2025 with my cover story on the cars of the ’70s that disrupted the market: Range Rover v Jaguar XJ6, Dolomite Sprint v MGB and Golf GTI v Ford Capri with fab pics by Peter Seabrook. www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/.../classic-...
December 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Out just ahead of Christmas, Classic Cars February (!) 2025 with my cover story on the cars of the ’70s that disrupted the market: Range Rover v Jaguar XJ6, Dolomite Sprint v MGB and Golf GTI v Ford Capri with fab pics by Peter Seabrook. www.classiccarsmagazine.co.uk/.../classic-...
Amazing, if true, given how different these companies are. Demonstrates how seriously the threat from China is being taken. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Honda and Nissan to start talks on potential mega-merger
Japanese car firms embark on negotiations to combat competition from bigger EV manufacturers
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Amazing, if true, given how different these companies are. Demonstrates how seriously the threat from China is being taken. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Out all day, and came back to find an email from Evri telling me they had delivered a parcel, "through your letterbox". Included a handy picture of said delivery.
I don't have a letterbox, and have no idea where that picture was taken.
I don't have a letterbox, and have no idea where that picture was taken.
December 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Out all day, and came back to find an email from Evri telling me they had delivered a parcel, "through your letterbox". Included a handy picture of said delivery.
I don't have a letterbox, and have no idea where that picture was taken.
I don't have a letterbox, and have no idea where that picture was taken.
Subaru exhaust is shot, needs a full system from manifolds back. Good news – they're still available from Subaru. Bad news – six-week special order from Japan. Worse news – £5500+VAT. (Not a typo.) Anyone have any experience of custom builds?
December 4, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Subaru exhaust is shot, needs a full system from manifolds back. Good news – they're still available from Subaru. Bad news – six-week special order from Japan. Worse news – £5500+VAT. (Not a typo.) Anyone have any experience of custom builds?
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Whoever follows Tavares will have to start as a kind of anti-Tavares and that’ll work for a bit until it doesn’t. Keeping employees, governments, suppliers, dealers, customers and stockholders happy as leader of a global car co almost an impossible job at the moment
December 1, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Whoever follows Tavares will have to start as a kind of anti-Tavares and that’ll work for a bit until it doesn’t. Keeping employees, governments, suppliers, dealers, customers and stockholders happy as leader of a global car co almost an impossible job at the moment
Tavares goes. Didn't see that coming. What next for Stellantis, and where will CT pop up next? Can't believe he's done yet.
www.ft.com/content/ffb1...
www.ft.com/content/ffb1...
Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares resigns
World’s fourth-largest carmaker has suffered a sharp decline in profits this year
www.ft.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Tavares goes. Didn't see that coming. What next for Stellantis, and where will CT pop up next? Can't believe he's done yet.
www.ft.com/content/ffb1...
www.ft.com/content/ffb1...
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Is Bernie Ecclestone’s collection the finest assemblage of GP & #F1 cars of all time? Yes - & it’s now for sale. One of the world’s leading high-end dealers in historic sports & racing cars, Tom Hartley Jnr, is handling the sale, and I’m proud that my comms agency Diagonal Comms is doing the PR.
December 1, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Is Bernie Ecclestone’s collection the finest assemblage of GP & #F1 cars of all time? Yes - & it’s now for sale. One of the world’s leading high-end dealers in historic sports & racing cars, Tom Hartley Jnr, is handling the sale, and I’m proud that my comms agency Diagonal Comms is doing the PR.
Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer, based in Chemnitz. But then you don't expect the Sun to bother checking the facts, do you? www.thesun.co.uk/motors/31980...
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer, based in Chemnitz. But then you don't expect the Sun to bother checking the facts, do you? www.thesun.co.uk/motors/31980...
The Luton news makes this piece from seven years ago relevant once again, except for 'PSA' read 'Stellantis'. theconversation.com/peugeot-grou...
Peugeot group’s past takeovers cast a shadow over Opel and Vauxhall
The takeover of GM’s European brands has historic parallels – and implications for both Europe and the US.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The Luton news makes this piece from seven years ago relevant once again, except for 'PSA' read 'Stellantis'. theconversation.com/peugeot-grou...
BMW M535i E12. Had it 20 years ago when it was 20 years old and loved every minute.
November 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM
BMW M535i E12. Had it 20 years ago when it was 20 years old and loved every minute.
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If you’re going to use AI to make the background for the slide about your company’s excellence you might want to take a closer look at it before you present at a conference
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 AM
If you’re going to use AI to make the background for the slide about your company’s excellence you might want to take a closer look at it before you present at a conference
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I saw Bono out shopping for some frozen water, herbs, a bathroom extractor unit, and a new season's ceremonial pelt for him to wear as the self-styled ruler of his own toilet.
I found his shopping list:
- Ice
- Dill
- Air vent (fanned)
- Autumn loo king fur
I found his shopping list:
- Ice
- Dill
- Air vent (fanned)
- Autumn loo king fur
November 23, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I saw Bono out shopping for some frozen water, herbs, a bathroom extractor unit, and a new season's ceremonial pelt for him to wear as the self-styled ruler of his own toilet.
I found his shopping list:
- Ice
- Dill
- Air vent (fanned)
- Autumn loo king fur
I found his shopping list:
- Ice
- Dill
- Air vent (fanned)
- Autumn loo king fur
Never been much of a fan of how Alpines look, but the way they drive is sublime.
good morning, I just don’t think we’ve had sufficient discourse about how sublime the proportions are in the A110 - and anything with those skinny tires and a cage promises borderline illegal degrees of fun
classicmotorhub.com/alpine-a110-...
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November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Never been much of a fan of how Alpines look, but the way they drive is sublime.