I like to think of myself as a problem solver. A man who could figure out how to get a 53-foot semi-trailer across…
Matt Brown
superfastmatt
Matt Brown is an automotive engineer, writer, and builder of unconventional things. Mostly vehicles.
You’re driving down the interstate singing a mediocre-at-best rendition of Jewel’s “Who Will Save Your Soul” when a…
Before Apollo 8, the farthest anyone had been from earth was about 850 miles. Fifty-one years ago today, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders launched atop a Saturn V rocket on a journey that would take them nearly a quarter of a million miles away, where they would orbit the moon ten times and capture one…
Are you ready to be stuck in traffic behind armies of autonomous delivery robots? No? Well good news: if you live in…
I never really cared about cars until after I bought my first one, but I’ve loved motorcycles for as long as I can…
I have almost bought a Pontiac Fiero more times than I can remember, and the reason I never do is always the same. I…
The first all-electric vehicle from Mercedes, the EQC, was supposed to arrive at U.S. dealerships in a few weeks,…
The Dinghy. A trusted companion of any worthwhile waterborne vessel. What is a boat without a dinghy? It is just a…
Are you shopping for a sensible, environmentally friendly 4-door hatchback for around £46,000? Would you also like…
Look at those gauges. Look at that steering wheel. Look at that fuel tank strapped to the back, protected only by that knock-off spoke wheel. I know we’re safer with airbags and crumple zones, but can we at least bring the gauges back?
The Jaguar E-Type was an incredible car when it debuted in 1961. It had disc brakes, independent suspension,…
It takes a special kind of audacity for your startup to be successful, and a special kind of audacity to name your…
Ten-millimeter sockets go missing a lot. I know this is a thing because I’ve worked in shops with shared toolboxes.…
Mazda is considering an electric or hybrid powertrain for the next Miata, according to Autocar’s interview with…
Like most people under the age of your next U.S. president, I consume my media on various glowing rectangles. But I…
