Adam Binnie
Affiliate Operations Editor
One-time New Cars Editor for Parkers and Car Magazine, Adam now heads up the content commerce team, which tests and reviews products for brands across Bauer Media's digital portfolio.
He joined Parkers in 2015, having started working life as a newspaper reporter (who wrote about cars for the features team while his editor wasn't looking) and blogging about car news and journalism.
Since then he’s contributed road tests and reviews to both Parkers and CAR magazine, as well as other titles in the Bauer family, The Telegraph, and on-screen via our YouTube channel.
He's particularly interested in cars that make family life easier, offer plenty of bike transportation space, and manage to be entertaining to drive too.
In fact Adam has been banned from mentioning mountain bikes in the Parkers office – luckily you can find out more about this by reading literally any of his long termer reports, where you’ll have no trouble finding at least two mounted to the towbar.
Some and Adam's top tips for Parkers readers are:
- Take anything you use regularly with you on your test drive - child seats, pushchairs, etc - and make sure they fit
- Test the back seats from the perspective of your passengers - are there enough USB sockets and places to store books or gadgets?
- Get someone else to drive while you sit in the rear - the ride in some cars can vary hugely front to back
Latest from this author
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What is stop-start?An engine equipped with stop-start can temporarily shut down when you’re stationary and not using it, such as when queueing in traffic, and then quickly restarting before you need to...11 Jul 2017
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Ford Focus RS Mountune: worth the cash?There’s something about a fast Ford that encourages modification, isn’t there? But what if you want to make with the spanners and keep your warranty? As with the previous Fiesta ST,...5 Jul 2017
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Parkers Adventure Drive: BMW 5 Series Touring to Mont VentouxChris Froome, Marco Pantani, Eddy Merckx – great names that have ground out victories on the way up one of the Tour de France’s most iconic peaks, Mont Ventoux. Would I...30 Jun 2017
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Commuter says yes: 5 cars to beat the daily grindCommutes take many different forms, from the stereotypical motorway slog to an inner-city jam-fest, and picking the right car for the job can seem baffling. Choose the right wheels and you...16 May 2017
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Road test: Audi RS3 SportbackThe Audi RS 3 Sportback is a next-level hot hatchback propelled by the same scorchingly powerful 2.5-litre motor as the Audi TT RS. It now develops 400hp – 33 horses more...20 Mar 2017
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Road test: Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport SRi Nav 2.0 (170hp) Turbo D BlueInjectionThe launch of the Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport comes at a crossroads for its maker. On one hand, the market for large saloons and hatchbacks is under a two-pronged attack...16 Mar 2017
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New Smart Fortwo Electric Drive launchedThere are few places that electric car ownership makes more sense than the inner city, where journeys are usually short and traffic ridden, and the density of charging points is...21 Feb 2017
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Roadworks wrapped up for Christmas breakMore than 400 miles of roadworks have been completed in time for the Christmas and New Year break, including schemes on the busy M1 and M25 motorways, hopefully enabling quieter...19 Dec 2016
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Audi A5 with company car crowd-pleasing drivetrainNew to the Audi A5 line-up is a two-wheel drive diesel variant with an S Tronic automatic gearbox, something not previously offered by the German manufacturer. Previously if you wanted an...5 Dec 2016
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The end of never-ending roadworks?Shorter and faster motorway roadworks are being investigated by Highways England, in an attempt to reduce delays on the busiest roads. Transport Minister John Hayes has asked the Government department to...5 Dec 2016
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Road Test: SEAT Leon SE Technology 1.0-litre TSI EcomotiveThe SEAT Leon has long been the more visually interesting alternative to the cars it shares a platform with – the VW Golf, Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia. Now though it’s...25 Nov 2016
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Modern cars too big for outdated parking spacesIf you’ve ever returned from a shopping trip to find your car sandwiched between two enormous SUVs, the news that many models are now simply too large to park will...21 Nov 2016