Richard Bremner

Richard Bremner Autocar
Title: Senior contributing editor

Richard has been writing for top notch motoring titles for almost 40 years. He has also contributed to The Independent, Sunday Times and Daily Express newspapers. Richard is a senior contributor to Autocar, for whom he has worked for over 20 years, and also contributes to The Grand Tour. He was the founding editor of Channel 4’s successful motoring website 4car, and was series editor for a season of Channel 4’s “Driven” motoring programme.

Richard also spent 13 years at Car Magazine, rising from road test editor to deputy editor and editor. He has broken many car industry news stories, tested every kind of car, interviewed many an industry luminary and initiated several unusual travel stories, notably taking a Ferrari F512M to the Sahara in 1995. 

Before his writing career began on Motor magazine in 1984, Richard worked for Austin Rover, first as a sponsored business studies trainee and subsequently full time as a sales forecaster and as a product marketing specialist. This industry experience provided a valuable insight into the car-making business.

Richard also enjoys motoring history, and has a not-necessarily-functioning fleet of 13 cars.

Richard is an expert in:

  • The British car industry
  • Classic cars
  • Austin Rover
  • Car reviews

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Car review

Maserati MC20 Cielo

MC20 coupé, with its all-new V6, signalled a long-awaited return to form. Does the drop-top go one better?

Maserati MC20 Cielo
First Drive

MG 4 EV SE Long Range first drive

An excellent all-round package for the money, civilised and good to drive, too

MG 4 EV SE Long Range first drive
Car review

Jaguar C-Type Continuation

Jaguar painstakingly recreates the car with which it won the 1953 Le Mans 24 Hours

Jaguar C-Type Continuation
News

The 10 best used import cars

We take a look at some of the best cars we never got

The 10 best used import cars
Opinion

How to solve a problem like Alfa Romeo

As Alfa announces GTA and GTAm have sold out, we've had an idea for a solution to the Italians' wider sales woes

How to solve a problem like Alfa Romeo
Opinion

Estate cars: In celebration of a dying breed of car

As Mercedes casts doubt on the future of the wagon, we recall legends like the Mini Traveller and Ford Granada

Estate cars: In celebration of a dying breed of car
News

New Touring Arese RH95: Coachbuilt supercar driven in UK

The Arese is a popular V8 Italian supercar clothed in a bespoke suit created by famous coachbuilder Touring Superleggera. Richard Bremner boots it down English roads

New Touring Arese RH95: Coachbuilt supercar driven in UK
News

Not Quite A Classic: Nissan Primera

The third-generation Primera represented something of a turning point, not just for Nissan but for the car-buying European public, too

Not Quite A Classic: Nissan Primera
News

Subscriber Extra: Not Quite A Classic – Chevrolet Volt

Autocar investigates what went wrong with the Chevrolet Volt, the model the US firm hoped would take down the Toyota Prius

Subscriber Extra: Not Quite A Classic – Chevrolet Volt
Opinion

Not Quite A Classic: Lotus Europa S

The Lotus that was nearly a Proton and borrowed heavily from a Vauxhall sold fewer than 500 examples. Richard Bremner wonders what might have been

Not Quite A Classic: Lotus Europa S
1000 Y reg minis collection hero
It’s the VIN’s last seven characters that count. Ones start at TB00076 and Coopers at TC00155, for example
News

Y the obsession? The most prolific BMW Mini collectors

The first 700 or so BMW Minis were produced right at the end of the Y-reg period and are now hunted by a dedicated group of enthusiasts

Y the obsession? The most prolific BMW Mini collectors

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