Ryan Hirons
Ryan is Car Throttle's News and Features Editor, landing here in 2023. When he’s not writing cars, you’ll find Ryan pretending to drive them on Gran Turismo or playing with radio-controlled ones.
Articles by Ryan Hirons
Gaming
20/03/24
Funselektor Labs is working on a new motorsport management game set in the 1970s
News
20/03/24
US National Transportation Safety Board will investigate Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free technology following a fatal crash
Italian Cars
19/03/24
An example of each of Ferrari’s last five halo models are set to be auctioned off by RM Sotheby’s in May. Want them all? Expect to pay in excess of £14m…
Found in the Classifieds
19/03/24
Want something quicker than a Mercedes AMG GT for a third of the price? This A45 S may provide the answer
Euro
16/03/24
Registered in 1989, this Porsche 944 Turbo has shed its 2.5-litre four-pot for a 5.7-litre LT1 V8
News
15/03/24
Skoda is working on a new EV with a €25,000 price tag as the target, and this is our first look
News
15/03/24
The Canadian rapper has done what many of us have before - admired a car on Instagram we’d like to buy. Unlike most of us though, he can afford this homologation special
News
14/03/24
Japan is getting a limited-run, MT Final Edition BMW M3 which is the first and only version of the G80 to be available with a manual and right-hand drive
Supercars and Hypercars
14/03/24
Remember seeing that Veyron drown in a lake in 2009? You can finally watch as it gets rebuilt
Features
14/03/24
Marcello Gandini has passed away. To remember him, we’ve picked out some of our favourite cars the designer produced
News
14/03/24
With the Nissan GT-R set for an 18th year of production, Japan will be getting an updated version for the 2025 model year. This time, it could be the last
Reviews
13/03/24
The MG4 XPower aims to turn the humble EV into a bonafide hot hatch. Is it any good?
Gaming
13/03/24
We play Taxi Life: The City Driving Simulator to virtually sample the life of an Uber driver
News
12/03/24
Based on Toyota’s Accessible People Mover EV, the Cat Bus is fully functional and even has glowing eyes
Japanese
12/03/24
To celebrate building 100 million Japanese-built cars, Toyota produced a limited-edition saloon with looks harking back to the first-generation Crown and a 2JZ
News
12/03/24
The facelifted Dacia Spring has been priced in the UK, and it's cheap for any kind of car, let alone an EV
News
11/03/24
The first of the W214 AMGs is here, with the E53 linking up a 3.0-litre straight-six with a single electric motor
Features
10/03/24
The Bowler Defender Rally Series is an all-inclusive way to go rallying for the rich. We head to Wales for a taste of that offer
News
07/03/24
Yes, you read that headline right, car manufacturing giant Toyota has built a real, functional Pokémon. And no, it’s not some animatronic AI-powered Pikachu that’ll gain sentience, conquer the planet and lock us all away in giant Pokéballs - rather, it’s built a motorcycle. If you haven’t played Pokémon since, say, 1998, that may seem strange but let us explain. In the latest entries into the mainline games, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, there are two new legendary pocket monsters - Koraidon and Miraidon.
Gaming
06/03/24
Endurance Motorsport Series is being developed by Nacon, formerly responsible for the WRC games, and will launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X
News
06/03/24
WRX Club Spec will be an Australia-only limited edition, complete with a manual gearbox and a huge rear wing
News
29/02/24
Maserati has pulled the roof back on the GranTurismo to create the GranCabrio, and you can have it with the Trofeo-spec Nettuno V6
Gaming
29/02/24
It’s time for the near-monthly tradition of a Gran Turismo 7 update and three new cars have been added to the game
Opinion
28/02/24
Hyundai has just killed off the i20 N and i30 N, spelling the end of its short-lived petrol hot hatch legacy. That’s something we should all be sad about