The peoples' democratic blog of Matt Hayward

With a title like this, it’s worth pointing out that Dave Gorman is a British comedian, not a Conservative polly. Or even worse, Max Mosley. It also happens to be a great road trip documentary. As if a cross-country road trip in a foreign country wasn’t enough of trial by fire, he vows not to [...]

Only a pragmatist could love a Porsche, pure and simple. Some are born so pragmatic that even as a small boy, a Lamborghini or a Ferrari is just not practical enough. In the words of Jeremy Clarkson in his Top Gear editorial, Porsches are for people who were caught masturbating as children. Well to elaborate [...]

On my most recent jaunt overseas, I decided to stock up on reading material for several bus and plane rides. Wouldn’t you know it, there’s a Malaysian version of Top Gear -the April 2009 edition as it goes. After all it’s all basically the same content right, with a few local contributions? All was looking [...]

Forgive me father of forced induction for I have sinned. There’s only one car in the world I truly covet. It’s the Mazda RX8. No father, it’s not that I have set my aspirations too low, or lowered my expectations. I do love Lamborghinis and Aston Martins. But there is no other car out there [...]

Top Gear is in Jeremy Clarkson’s own words a true boys’ own adventure. It’s a show that captures the hopes and dreams of all red blooded men in the same way books and radio serials used to in the olden days. And in a way that hasn’t captivated the masses since the days of crystal [...]

A few months back I wrote about this documentary on Ozsploitation movies. It was to my mind the most surprising and best documentary of 2008, opening your eyes to a genre of seventies and eighties drive in flicks I never knew existed. Well great news! Not only is the doco itself available on DVD, with [...]

Well if you don’t know who Tommy Chong of the legendary comedy duo Cheech and Chong is, good luck to you. You suck. Much like the Toyota Prius does. And people apparently agree with me. Not only is the Prius recently announced the seventh least stolen car in the US of 2008, it looks like [...]

Well we’re back to reheated episodes of UK Top Gear (or new for some without UK connections :p). That means the first series of Aussie Top Gear has ended. Sure there were moments of suck, but they did end on a high.
On the last episode (episode 8?) they found something truly Australian to compare: utilitarian [...]

So you’re walking down the street and you see a garage sale sign. Normally you might think “meh it’s probably just junk”. But wait till you see the car this garage sale sign was on! Yes only in Prahran in Melbourne will you find a Lamborghini owner having a garage sale. Sure LA is full [...]

Was reading Auto Blog today and found this. Frankly I was a bit perturbed. The Aussie FG Falcon might not be selling like hot cakes, but it’s a bloody good looking piece of kit. On the other hand, most Buicks I think are ostentatious, US centric and frankly hideous looking. Well this Buick Regal, aside [...]