Andrew Noakes

Andrew Noakes Associate Senior Lecturer in journalism, specialising in automotive journalism, at the Coventry University Department of Media and Communication. An award-winning motoring journalist, author and photographer, he originally trained as an engineer at Loughborough University. After two years of working as a freelance motoring journalist he joined Fast Car, where he concentrated on technical articles and in-depth product tests. He quickly rose to the position of Deputy Editor. In 1996 Andrew became editor of Retro, a magazine for modified classic cars, re-launching the magazine a year later as Classics, now Classics Monthly. He became Editor-in-Chief in 2000 overseeing Classics and the launch of a new internet magazine