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EWAN KENNEDY, a long-time car enthusiast, was Technical Research Librarian with the NRMA from 1970 until 1985. He worked part-time as a freelance motoring journalist from 1977 until 1985, when he took a full-time position as Technical Editor with Modern Motor magazine. Late in 1987 he left to set up full-time business as a freelance motoring journalist. He is editor of Australia’s Best Used Cars magazine. Ewan is an associate member of the Society of Automotive Engineers - International. An economy driving expert, he set the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance travelled in a standard road vehicle on a single fuel fill. He lists his hobbies as stage acting, travelling, boating and reading.
ALISTAIR KENNEDY  is an experienced motoring journalist and author of several general history books. A qualified accountant he is Marque Publishing's Business Manager and the Automotive News Service 'numbers man'. Whenever possible he escapes from the confines of the Marque office to attend new car launches and write reviews and news stories. Alistair's other interests include cricket and family history, on which subjects he has written three books.
JOHN CRAWFORD
PEDR DAVIS was arguably Australia's best known motoring journalist during the more than 55 years when he worked full time in the industry. He contributed to Wheels and Modern Motor magazines as well as to numerous newspapers and magazines in Australia and overseas. A qualified engineer and highly experienced motorist he has driven over 3000 cars and is the author of 34 books. The books are mainly about motoring, but he has also written a biography of Charles Kingsford Smith and books on aircraft. Now in semi-retirement, Davis continues to write occasional stories for the syndicated motoring column that bears his name. When not writing he devotes time to restoring and driving classic cars, including a 1926 Bugatti Sports and a 1952 MG TD two-seater.
PETER THOEMING is Australia's best-known motorcycle writer. He has written on motorcycles for publications as diverse as "The Bulletin", "Playboy" and "The Sydney Morning Herald", as well as major overseas magazines like "Motorrad". A regular columnist and contributor to the motorcycle press he also edits "Australian Road Rider" magazine.
DAVID LOCKWOOD has been actively involved in recreational fishing and boating for more than 30 years. He has held two world angling records. At the age of 22, he authored the coffee-table fishing book, The Australian Atlas of Fishing, published by Angus and Robertson. David has family ties with newspapers and has had articles appear in national magazines, ABC books, as well as making guest appearances on television. His first boat test was conducted when he was 16 years old. These days he is recognised as Australia's foremost authority on recreational boating. David has a regular boating column in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Melbourne, while penning travel articles and news stories for these metropolitan newspapers from time to time. As a writer, he imparts a sense of joie de vivre, lifestyle and colour to boating and recreational fishing. He believes boating and fishing is as much about the sizzle as the sausage. His columns are informative, fun and keenly read.
DAVID PIKE is an Electronic Engineer by profession but has had a continual interest in things automotive ever since he first obtained his driving licence. A foundation member of the North Shore Sporting Car Club where he competed in car trials, hill climbs and time trials, his first and only motor racing trophy was won at the old Mount Druitt racetrack in one of the club events. Around this time he soon found that to compete in motor sport you either needed to be very rich or have a wealthy sponsor, neither of which applied in his case meaning a curtailment of these activities. Even so he has continued to maintain his interest in automotive engineering especially in relation to the use of electronics in this field.