Lewis Kingston

Lewis Kingston
Born Lewis Kingston
England
Education Coventry University
Occupation Motoring journalist
Years active Since 2010
Employer Bauer Media Group
Website carmagazine.co.uk

Lewis Kingston is an active British motoring journalist who has written for several magazines and websites, primarily in Britain. He is currently online editor[1] of the UK-based title Car (magazine), which is owned by the Bauer Media Group.

He was previously senior reviewer[2] at the UK-based titles Autocar and What Car?, both operated by the privately owned Haymarket Media Group, and primarily wrote new car reviews and group tests. He joined the company in February 2013, as deputy digital editor of Autocar, and left for Car (magazine) in January 2016.

Other earlier roles include working as a consumer journalist at Parker's Car Guides, another Bauer Media Group title, writing reviews, news and features. He has also contributed to other titles and has made multiple TV and radio appearances to discuss motoring-related subjects.

Notable articles written by Lewis include an attempt to hit 150mph in a £500 Jaguar,[3] coverage of the reveal of the Keating 'The Bolt' supercar[4] and a test of the Tesla Motors supercharger network in Europe.[5]

In February 2015, during magazine-related performance testing at Millbrook Proving Grounds, he twice experienced complete brake failure in the new Suzuki Celerio.[6] All activities involving the car, which was due on sale the following weekend, were suspended as a result of the failures until the problem could be identified. Both Autocar and What Car? ran updates, and later a feature,[7] on the incident. Suzuki invited Lewis back to Millbrook in order to test cars fitted with the redesigned braking component, which proved to be trouble-free.

During his first year at Autocar, Lewis won the headlineauto "Young Writer of the Year award" in the 2013 Guild of Motoring Writers Awards.[8] Lewis also came second in the "Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)" category in the Guild of Motoring Awards 2011,[9] following his first several months in the industry.

In December 2015, while at Autocar and What Car?, Lewis repeated his earlier success and won the Newspress "Young Writer of the Year award" at the Guild of Motoring Writers Awards.[10] His report on the Suzuki Celerio also earned him a nomination for "Scoop of the Year" in the British Society of Magazine Editors awards.[11]

Lewis has an interest in engineering and studied motorsport engineering at Coventry University. He has owned numerous classic cars, many of which he has carried out restorations and upgrades on. Current projects include the recommissioning of a 1968 Dodge Charger,[12] which he purchased in February 2015. It replaced a 1988 Lancia Delta Integrale, which appeared briefly in Autocar magazine as a long-term test car.

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References

  1. ↑ "Vuelio Media Update 8 January". Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Official Autocar biography page". Autocar. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  3. ↑ Kingston, Lewis (2013-08-28). "The cheapest way to do 150mph". Autocar (London: Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  4. ↑ Kingston, Lewis (2013-09-19). "New Keating 'The Bolt' supercar guns for 340mph". Autocar (London: Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  5. ↑ Kingston, Lewis (2013-02-01). "Home on the range - testing the Tesla Supercharger network". Autocar (London: Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  6. ↑ Kingston, Lewis (2013-02-25). "Suzuki Celerio brake failure recall work begins - updated". Autocar (London: Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  7. ↑ Kingston, Lewis (2015-03-17). "How the Suzuki Celerio was fixed". Autocar. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Guild Awards 2013 – The Winners" (Press release). London: The Guild of Motoring Writers. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  9. ↑ "headlineauto.co.uk Awards 2011 - The Winners - Journalist Stars of 2011" (PDF) (Press release). headlineauto.co.uk. headlineauto.co.uk. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  10. ↑ "Guild Awards 2015 – The Winners". London: The Guild of Motoring Writers. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  11. ↑ "BSME Awards 2015 – The shortlist". London: The British Society of Magazine Editors. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  12. ↑ "Autocar - Our Cars: 1968 Dodge Charger". London: Haymarket Media Group. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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