John Evans

John Evans
Title: Special correspondent

John is a freelance journalist and a former staff member of Autocar (1994-98). Other staff positions he has held include deputy editor of Autocar’s sister title What Car?, and editor of Practical Caravan magazine.

As a former car salesman turned consumer editor he has written extensively about the new and used car market and consumer issues. In recent years, he has contributed news and feature stories on these topics, as well as more general features on everything from how to build an ice cream van to exploring abandoned cars in front gardens. He also contributes to Autocar Business.

John is a former Guild of Motoring Writers Journalist of the Year and is the motoring editor of the RAC Club members magazine, Pell-Mell & Woodcote.

John is an expert in:

  • Used cars
  • Used car buying
  • Classic cars
  • Automotive industry

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From XM to E46: BMW dealers are re-training to keep classics alive

Got an E36 or an E46? You can now give it the new car treatment with main dealer servicing

From XM to E46: BMW dealers are re-training to keep classics alive
News

Never sell again: The top 30 used cars you can keep forever

Dissatisfied with your various dalliances? Perhaps the time has come to settle down with a true 'lifer'

Never sell again: The top 30 used cars you can keep forever
Opinion

Beat the '76-plate discounts - save big on a nearly-new car

Dealers will be shifting as many new cars as they can as the new '76' plate comes in

Beat the '76-plate discounts - save big on a nearly-new car
News

'I love my Toyota Supra - so I'm planning to give it 1000bhp'

Too fast? Too furious? Not yet, says this ambitious Supra owner with Veyron-baiting ambitions

'I love my Toyota Supra - so I'm planning to give it 1000bhp'
News

EVs and SUVs not to blame for pothole crisis, say experts

Climate change and poor maintenance cited as real culprits for the UK's pockmarked roads

EVs and SUVs not to blame for pothole crisis, say experts
News

Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use

Driver assistance systems annoy motorists on real roads, but testing body Thatcham Research is on the case

Inside the new tests making ADAS systems you'll actually want to use
News

Cape Crusader: This MG ZR rally car conquered Africa and won't quit

This MG ZR took part in the 10k-mile London to Cape Town rally in 2012 – fourteen years later it's still going strong

Cape Crusader: This MG ZR rally car conquered Africa and won't quit
News

Top of the Europa league: I've owned 14 examples of this rare Lotus

How to Europa correctly? There's one man who knows them better than anyone else

Top of the Europa league: I've owned 14 examples of this rare Lotus
News

Where should I charge my electric car? We tried UK's top 10 fast chargers

What are EV charging sites really like? We test some of the best to find your next pit stop

Where should I charge my electric car? We tried UK's top 10 fast chargers
News

Two years until EV pay-per-mile tax - but mileage blockers threaten scheme

Hard-to-detect tech is used illegally on UK roads – prompting fears about its use with incoming eVED

Two years until EV pay-per-mile tax - but mileage blockers threaten scheme
News

I own a classic Alpine A110 and a new one - guess which I'd keep

Roger Hick scoured France to find his dream A110 – and then he found it in Milton Keynes

I own a classic Alpine A110 and a new one - guess which I'd keep

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