alexgoy
Alex Goy
alexgoy
British car writer/presenter person. I like drinking copious amounts of tea.

I’d love to agree with you, but I’m 99% sure it isn’t. Once the clam is cracked you have to replace the whole thing, and that shape of S2 Elise clam isn’t made any more. The cost of having a fresh one made (I think there’s a company in Belgium that does them and that’s about it), painted, shipped to the US, etc, is Read more

None of mine. I was there on scribbling duty!  Read more

Pirelli Sotto Zeros will do you in the snow. Drove a 570S through the snow in them earlier this year... Tape will sort the seats. Maybe.  Read more

Fastest Car was painfully awful. Can’t say I’m holding out much hope for these new ones either...  Read more

This line: “You may have to wait 25 years to import one to the U.S., but it’ll be worth the wait.” Will help you with that!  Read more

Hello! I am indeed here! I’m freelance now and the good folk at Jalopnik have taken me in from the cold and offered a warm place to tell stories.  Read more

To get a bit nerdy - with cylinder shut off at highway speeds and decent aero it’s not outside the realms of possibility if you’re in controlled conditions. However, I’d say the figure is ambitious as it was measured using NEDC testing (the imminently ‘old way’ of measuring MPG, etc) which is... flawed. WLTP testing Read more

That was UK converted to US. That’s what Ford reckons it’ll get in freedom gallons.  Read more

i30N is Focus size, not Fiesta. Else I would have. It’s also one of the most uncomfortable cars ever built.  Read more

That’s kinda the point of me being here... Read more

I was acutely aware that may happen when I wrote it. Sorry.  Read more

I wish I’d thought of... any of those.  Read more

52% of the people who turned out to vote. And Farage’s campaign used immigration (or the potential lack thereof) as a huge reason for people to get the UK out of the EU. But hey, 52% of us voters got fooled by a floppy haired idiot standing next to a bus with a sticker on it. Raph’s bang on here. Read more

I know what you mean, but it didn’t feel it.  Read more

I like the Gumpert Apollo as well, Andrew. And the IE. I wonder if I can wangle a go in a Gumpert...  Read more

It was a surprise for sure. The 720S is a STUNNING car, so to have it as the track spotting wagon was a bit odd.  Read more

I didn’t decide where it was filed. It’s a Shooting Brake alright. Read more

The idea behind the V12 Vantage’s dogleg was great, but the ‘box was a bit of a bastard to use. Read more