Keith WR Jones
@keithwrjones
Automotive data fetishist丨motoring journalist and researcher丨car brochure and ephemera collector丨UK CotY judge丨usually unfunny
Spending the next month with this Hyundai Ioniq 9. And yes, it feels enormous along rural Lincolnshire’s lil lanes.
#FOTU prepping has commenced – observe the freshly steam-cleaned upholstery, now free of an embarrassing degree of filth. I shall be bathing in Dettol for 48 hours and taking no further questions.
Went to the doctor today. Discovered I have a tricky to spell name _and_ that I’ve been diagnosed with looking like an old bastard.
At long last [👀], my Autocar Road Test Record book is on the home straight for completion, so I thought I’d whet your appetites with some page layout snippets. You’re welcome.
For a split-second there, I thought this was an announcement of a Jaecoo and British Leyland joint-venture, Flying Plughole resurrection and all.
Cool to see a Nova GTE within the press imagery accompanying the Corsa GSE’s reveal, but I’m curious to know why an unmodified one wasn’t photographed: Pre-facelift GTE = amber front indicator lenses Post-facelift GSi = clear front indicator lenses
My home city of Sheffield, world famous for its steel industry, but less well known for its role in producing wood and plastic garden tools for a diversifying Nottingham chemist chain back in the day.
An admittedly bad Starbucks spot earlier today – it’s not every day you see that generation of Corsa in yellow 👌
I thought today had been fine until I realised I’d just tried to dismiss a phone notification by blowing at the screen.
In a change from recent i3 oversharing, today I took the Scénic route.
Happy ‘does anyone remember a car called Datsun before it was renamed Nissan?’ social media post day to all those who celebrate. What even is that repeated bollocks all about anyway?
Ambrose is not allowed on the sofas, hence he’s permanently alert in case he’s caught
Decided to put my money where my mouth is and buy a car I’ve been encouraging others to for years.
@renaultuk.bsky.social’s reimagined 5 was my pick of the recent new car crop — and my fellow @ukcaroftheyear.bsky.social jurors were in agreement. Here’s 2026’s overall winner, folks.
Definitely isn’t doing his best innocent face because he definitely hasn’t been trying to drink water from the vase.