Just because a car is small doesn’t mean it’s not an absolute blast to drive. Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines...
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Formerly a cycling and mountain biking writer and photography lecturer,
Geoff lives in England and mostly writes about the world of cars and
motoring and life in general. A member of the UK’s Guild of Motoring
Writers, he now provides news, views, and opinions for various
automotive print and online publications. He is not easily pleased.
Can community-sponsored traffic enforcement initiates go too far? And where does the money go when it comes to said traffic...
Has the uncertainty surrounding Brexit pushed the UK to the edge of the cliff? Is economic robustness being compromised for the sake of political expediency? Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this latest Letter. Bentley, one of Great Britain’s legendary luxury car makers, will be revealing their first fully-electric concept...
Are we taking our jobs for granted? Should we be more thankful to our employers? Should we, as employees, be...
Is there any difference between the almost mythical stately homes of the past and our modern cars? Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite...
From once mighty horsepower machines to the four-door people haulers of today . . . When looking at our current car culture, does it seem as if something is missing? Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this Letter From The UK. Anyone who has ever undergone the procedure will remember...
As production thins from an ongoing Brexit debate, the future looks uncertain. How will the auto industry in the UK weather...
The Suzuki Jimny is one of those vehicles: it’s not glamorous but it sure is gorgeous. Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive...
Cars today are better than ever, but are they also more bland than ever? And are today’s cars reviews honest? Can you believe what you read online? Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this Letter From The UK. There is absolutely no doubt that almost all cars today are perfectly...
Are today’s cars nothing more than technologically-advanced covered wagons? As our perspectives change with time, what role does the modern car...
The Brexit debate continues with more questions than answers. Threats of tariffs loom for an industry already experiencing a slowdown. Geoff...
Could torque vectoring technology be the answer to range anxiety? Despite the impact of Brexit, the automotive industry continues to innovate. Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this Letter From The UK. Over the past few months, one recurring theme of ‘Letter from The UK’ has been Brexit; Great...
We are just a few weeks away from the 29th of March when the United Kingdom is scheduled to acrimoniously depart...
In his latest Letter From The UK, Geoff Maxted examines the phenomenon (and the irony) of why we are still...
We are not quite panicking yet over the impending arrival of 29 March 2019 and the UK exit (or ‘Brexit’) from the European Union, but we’re certainly getting a bit edgy. You see, for the average member of the British public watching politicians floundering about like gasping fish on a...
Exercising safety and patience is important this holiday season. DriveWrite Automotive Magazine founder Geoff Maxted with a perspective. The original...
Are SUVs today nothing more than a rush of plain vanilla? Are they as capable as they claim? Or is...
“If you build it they will come” may apply to baseball fields but autonomous cars are a different story. The timeline for autonomous vehicles is right around the corner, but are we moving too fast? Perhaps autonomy is not the answer we seek? Maybe we are doing more harm than...
Has the middle ground in Brexit been lost? How do automotive manufacturers respond? Geoff Maxted examines in his latest Letter...
Words like “technology” and “revolution” are often used in tandem to describe a brighter future. But are we actually better...
Words like “technology” and “revolution” are often used in tandem to describe a brighter future. But do they hold any real meaning? Or are they just buzz words thrown around haphazardly? Will things like autonomous driving make the world better? The first in two-part series, Geoff Maxted examines how our greatest...
Does the modern SUV over-promise and under-deliver? Do we really need all that fancy tech stuff in today’s vehicles? Geoff...
Happiness is a state of mind. It can take many forms. It may be a first love, the thrill of...
It’s all about the rightness of things, do you see? This dilemma that people of the male persuasion have to deal with because all men believe they are in the right. If, and I know you’ll find this hard to grasp, they are wrong it is always on a silly...
Some people sing of being born on the 4th of July; others wax lyrical about being born with a smile...
The Saturday just past, June 23rd, was a significant milestone for the United Kingdom. It was on that very date...
Wales is a small country that forms part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Like most nations, they have their own customs and traditions. In the case of Wales they also have their own language: Welsh. Once, this tongue almost died out thanks to the ubiquity of English, but,...
Are We Witnessing The Automotive End Of Days? As someone whose youth, fancy-free love life, musical taste, and motoring education...
England is a small country, yet the biggest of the four that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
UK Car Production Down: But Is It All About Brexit? I receive many messages in my burgeoning email inbox. Some of them I don’t want to read because they bear no relation to what I actually do. I do not, for example, want to buy electrical parts from China, perfumes...
