James Taylor

James Taylor

James Taylor studied Automotive Journalism and Automotive Design at Coventry University before joining us at Parkers, road testing, reviewing, and writing features on a variety of cars. After moving on to writer and editor roles at our sister magazine CAR, they now work with Evo.

It’s certain that James loves motoring, and we’ve heard that he even raced a homebuilt kart when he was younger and has even ridden in Ginettas, Radicals, and McLarens since.

Latest from this author

Honda Civic - Another point of view

Parkers Consumer Journalist Lewis Kingston and I swapped cars over Christmas, and his Civic proved to be a great companion. I must admit that I wasn’t bowled over initially from behind...

16 Jan 2013
Buying a car

Buying a new car can be a daunting experience, but an exciting one too. The most important thing is to do plenty of research beforehand and the Parkers website has...

11 Jan 2013
The end of the road for the tax disc?

The paper tax disc has adorned the windscreen of cars across the UK for 90 years, but if Government proposals come into force it could soon be a thing of...

2 Jan 2013
Top five Christmas company cars

With the season of goodwill upon us, some company cars are better suited than others to the rigours of the Christmas period. We’ve picked a combination of cars with plenty of...

18 Dec 2012
Peugeot 208: Hello

The 208 is an important car for Peugeot. Times have been hard for the French manufacturer of late, and the market segment the 208 is battling for sales in is...

13 Dec 2012
New Skoda Octavia unveiled

The new Skoda Octavia saloon will benefit from best-ever CO2 emissions figures as low as 89 g/km when it goes on sale in March 2013. There will be four petrol TSI...

11 Dec 2012
BMW 4 Series introduced

BMW has confirmed that the next generation of its sporty two-door 3 Series Coupé will be badged as a separate model, called the BMW 4 Series. The current-generation BMW 3 Series...

6 Dec 2012
Car makers shine in Euro NCAP crash tests

Motor manufacturers have proved they are taking safety seriously, with 13 out of 14 models scoring a maximum five-star rating in the latest round of Euro NCAP crash tests. Almost all...

29 Nov 2012
Value choice: 1.4i 16V Expression

With an ultra-low starting price, we’d recommend that the best Vauxhall Astra for value is the Expression 1.4i 16v. At £12,995, it really is properly cheap – the next derivative up...

20 Sept 2012

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