Author: Simon Heptinstall

When former taxi-driver and garage-manager Simon Heptinstall switched to journalism he was soon described by Private Eye as "a miserable little squirt". Luckily, he's grown a bit since then and cheered up slightly, so only the "squirt" part applies. Since then he's helped launch BBC Top Gear magazine, worked for Autocar, AutoExpress, Redline, and What Diesel, and helped out behind the scenes on Jeremy Clarkson’s Big Boys’ Toys TV series. Simon has also been an editorial consultant for Toyota, Peugeot, Lexus and BMW and once broke the world record for motoring madness by driving to 12 countries… in one day.