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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. In
1987 he left to set up full-time business as a
freelance motoring journalist. He is editor of New
Car Buyer's Guide and the Used Car Buyer's Guide
magazines. Ewan is an associate member of the
Society of Automotive Engineers - International.
An economy driving expert, he holds the world
record for the greatest distance travelled in a
standard road vehicle on a single fuel fill. He
lists his hobbies as stage acting, boating and
reading.
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JOHN
CRAWFORD started working around cars in 1965
as a freelance automotive journalist, later he
went on to become a fulltime motoring writer,
taking over as editor of Modern Motor magazine in
1972. He served there until 1977, when he left to
compete in the London to Sydney Car Rally. His
corporate automotive career began in 1977 when he
was hired as PR manager for Leyland Australia,
building up to the formation of JRA Limited
(Jaguar Rover Australia) in 1985. In 1990 John
moved to the USA to help Jaguar back on its feet
in the North American market. He returned to
Australia in 1994 to help launch the Daewoo
company. In 1998 he went back to the USA to
establish a solo image for Bentley as it moved out
of the shadow of Rolls-Royce. John has returned to
Australia and lives on the Gold Coast. He writes
for Automotive News Service and has also written
for The Bulletin magazine, Money magazine, Qantas
magazine, Wheels.com, and the Cathay Pacific Marco
Polo magazine.
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ALISTAIR
KENNEDY is Automotive News Service and Marque
Publishing's business manager and the company's
jack-of-all-trades. An accountant by profession he
designs the Marque range of motoring book titles,
operates the company's motoring bookshop on the
NSW Central Coast and the associated web site, as
well as its huge digital and hard copy database.
Whenever we can escape from the office he does so
to cover new vehicle releases and contributes news
stories. Alistair's other interests include
cricket and family history on which subjects he
has written and published three books.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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PEDR
DAVIS is possibly Australia's best known
motoring journalist. He has been reporting on the
local motoring scene for almost 50 years,
contributing 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..
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