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Leon Poultney
Contributor
(Pocket-lint) - Leon Poultney has been a writer and journalist for over ten years, beginning his career at Maxim Magazine before hopping around the likes of ShortList, Sunday Times Driving and AOL Cars. Automotive and technology have been key themes running through his work during this time, while a passion for custom motorcycles, vintage Americana and hand-built bicycles keep his feet firmly planted in physical mechanics when much of his time is spent learning about the latest autonomous trends and digital advances in the motoring world. Now a busy freelancer, Leon covers the worlds of cars, bikes and tech for numerous big-name outlets, as well as running his own automotive lifestyle platform Flat-Out Magazine, which aims to inspire people to get out and enjoy their chosen method of transport with epic road trips, stunning photography and quirky auto and moto features.
Twitter: @Blokesincars
Latest articles from Leon
Redesigned from the ground up, the all-new Evoque might bear a striking resemblance to its predecessor but it feels like an entirely new vehicle
The Corolla badge is back and Toyota is on a mission to smash any notion that it's boring.
Audi is a company that preaches all-wheel-drive technology. Its famous Quattro system has won numerous rally titles, ushered various Le Mans racers to
Seat has traditionally been the slightly confused brand in the Volkswagen Group - not quite having the selection of cars to live up to its funky, yout...
To properly understand the modern Alpine A110 it helps to rewind to clock to 1955, when racing enthusiast and talented engineer Jean Rédélé decided
Anyone who is tuned into the news or has the faintest interest in cars will know that self-driving automobiles are very much on the way."Shock, horror...
It is very easy to think you know everything about the latest Ford GT, for this is a car that seemingly came out of nowhere at the 2015 Detroit Motor
Jaguar Land Rover has hauled the Velar name out of the history books to grace the fourth Range Rover model in the marque's long and illustrious histor...
Car salesmen have a very difficult job trying to convince customers to buy an estate car these days. For some reason, the marketing machine has brainw...
When you think hot hatch, there are typically three letters that immediately spring to mind: G.T.I. Over the past four decades, Volkswagen's souped-up
Stop anyone in the street and ask them to name the electric car pioneers and it's likely the big names will make up the majority of answers: the Renau...
The last-generation BMW 5 Series sold more than two million units worldwide. Two million. To put that into perspective: between 2010 and 2015 Porsche ...
The fact that the GTI Clubsport even exists is a miracle in itself. Volkswagen already offers the brilliantly capable GTI and the Golf R for those nee...
There are only handful of car buyers in this world that require their daily drive to develop 604bhp, pack the latest semi-autonomous driving functiona...
Audi R8 owners dislike the sentiment, but the German speed machine has always been the sensible supercar.The controlled but elegant exterior styling, ...
The Kia Optima is the sort of car that you see starring in flashy US TV commercials, where enormous NBA superstars cram their frames into the cockpit ...
It's almost 34-degrees Celsius and we're standing at the edge of a rickety karting circuit that's located around 50-miles outside the centre of Rio de
Honda has long been a company that strives to innovate. When it feels a lawnmower doesn't cut grass efficiently enough, it goes and designs a new one.
