superfastmatt
Matt Brown
superfastmatt
Matt Brown is an automotive engineer, writer, and builder of unconventional things. Mostly vehicles.

Don’t worry, they will still have US Weekly and Men’s Health. Read more

Your honesty is refreshing and inspiring. Put me down for $10 mil.  Read more

No, but I had those flip out wing windows in the rear. They were nice for some circulation. not great for keeping out the bugs. Read more

Minivans are great camping vehicles if you take the seats out; I drove around the country sleeping in the back of one a few years ago. Having climate control all night would be amazing. I’m super looking forward to an electric VW bus Read more

I don’t think I should say which company since they’re very secretive and I might get a nasty email, but auto companies always benchmark stuff that is not necessarily similar to what they’re building or in the same segment. We were looking at some aspects of it, but not necessarily trying to compete with it. Read more

Hey, thanks for the kind words! I’m really happy to hear that you enjoy the writing, and I appreciate the positive note. Read more

We had one of these at an old job for benchmarking. It’s super cool, but definitely a wagon, not a minivan. Read more

You’re totally right; I chose the wrong picture. Read more

Only if you call yourself a pedo guy first. Read more

Yeah, not bad; and it visually flows down into the rocker panel, too. Read more

*tail light, not headlight. It’s too early. Read more

I promise I will make it to ElMo next year and do a writeup with pics of all the weirdest shit I can find. I’m pretty sure I could get five articles out of one trip to that place. I need to find the guy who has the world’s fastest 50cc motorcycle and do a writeup on that. It’s so cool. Read more

The Model S has a straight line below the headlight. It looks better but exposes more of the body to low speed collision damage. I suspect this is the reason most other manufacturers do the hockey stick. Read more

Fewer motorcycle riding days in colder climates, and therefore fewer opportunities for your neighbors to cosplay Sons of Anarchy. Read more

Just remember when you’re staring at the IROC-E edition Camaro E28: You asked for this. Read more

But I deeply appreciate how it boldly reimagines what we think a truck even is.” Read more