About us

You’ve found Auto Trader Blog; a little corner of the internet for the Auto Trader editorial team. We’ll be posting about our loves, gripes and stuff that makes us laugh.

The Team…

Adrian Higgins – Editor
The editorial Jedi for Auto Trader, Adrian cut his teeth on a variety of local and national press, before joining the UK’s biggest motoring website in 2007. Adrian’s noble steed used to be a MG of 1977 vintage, but there’s only so many times you can replace your upper trunions without getting a bit fed up.

Dream car: Only three people have heard of it, but it has to be the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris. It’s a crazy super-SUV complete with a 500bhp engine, rear-opening suicide doors, a-la Mazda RX-8, and the greatest retro interior ever installed in a car.

Stuart Milne – Deputy Editor
Stuart is a lifelong petrolhead, and has spent his entire working life writing about or selling cars. One of his first memories is being giving a Matchbox model of an Mk4 Cortina – which goes some way to explain his fascination with old Fords. He currently drives a 1994 Toyota MR2 (it’s a Rev 3 for all those aficionados out there) when he’s not roadtesting cars for Auto Trader.

Dream car: Other than my current MR2, it’d have to be the Ford Sierra RS500 from the mid-1980s. I remember the likes of Andy Rouse and Steve Soper oversteering their 500bhp Sierras around Brands Hatch – I’d never seen racing like it before – or since.

May Starey – Picture Editor
The first female member of the Auto Trader editorial team, May previously worked at music magazines and entertainment websites before joining Auto Trader. May drives a 1986 BMW 325i Cabriolet which she adores even if it does need a bit of love and attention.

Dream Car: I’m not sure I have an absolute favorite car but I wouldn’t say no to a classic Mercedes 300SL

Andrew Goodwin – Senior Web Journalist
Andrew hails from a village so small the only public transport was a bus for the elderly and disabled. He passed his test weeks after his 17^th birthday and formed a strong bond with the motorcar. He currently drives a Fiesta ST which has excellent sheep, tractor – and now he’s in London – moped-dodging abilities.

Dream car: I’m going to be down to earth and say the Porsche Cayman S. It’s fast enough, and small enough to make the most of British roads and unlike a supercar you don’t have to worry about going out in public in it – who really wants to do a reverse park in a Lambo?