About us
The Car Enthusiast was founded in 1999 when online publishing was still a relative novelty. It has since grown to become a premier motoring website, providing readers with immediate access to test drives, news and features on some of the world's most exciting and interesting cars, from Ferraris to Fords, Maseratis to MINIs and everything in-between.
But The Car Enthusiast is more than merely a web portal for those wanting to read the most up-to-date tests and car news. The Car Enthusiast now offers magazine, newspaper and website editors the opportunity to deliver their readers access to the same expert opinions from The Car Enthusiast's writing team in their publications. Whether it be a feature on how to master the tricky art of drifting, live motorshow reporting and photography, driving a Bugatti Veyron with the accelerator pinned to the floor or just a humble road test on a Ford Fiesta, The Car Enthusiast can deliver. To length; to spec; on time. Every time.
In this agency role The Car Enthusiast's writers have had words published in some of the most prestigious and influential motoring and mainstream media outlets around the world. The Car Enthusiast is a contracted supplier to Yahoo! Cars UK and Ireland - one of the most visited motoring websites in the UK. The Car Enthusiast's writers are published extensively; open virtually any magazine or newspaper on the newsstands and you'll find words written by our team. On the right is a small selection of the publications our team has featured in. In short, this is us:
Shane O' Donoghue - Managing Editor
 It was perhaps inevitable that The Car Enthusiast's founder, Shane, would end up doing something involving cars. Learning to drive at just 8, Shane spent most of his childhood in and around his dad's garage business. Finding some time for academia among the cars Shane studied Mechanical Engineering at university working on projects for Jaguar, Cosworth and Lotus. Two years at Jaguar in the combustion system development team followed completion of a PhD, Shane then moving to independent engine testing company Scott Gibbin in the role of Engineering Manager.
Starting The Car Enthusiast in his spare time, it quickly grew to the point where it became its own company. Shane now devotes his time to The Car Enthusiast, writing for its numerous contracted outlets as well as regularly supplying copy to The Irish Times, New Car and Performance Tuner among others.
Kyle Fortune - Editor
 Without a garage-owning dad like Shane, Kyle spent most of his childhood reading about rather than actually driving cars. An Honours degree in Geography was followed by a journalism course where work experience with Autocar and Top Gear magazines cemented his ambition to break into motoring writing. He started on a small road-safety title before joining an agency where he managed a number of large clients, editing the Daily Express World Car Guide and providing motoring copy to numerous very well-known web and print publications.
Kyle brought his web and print publishing expertise to The Car Enthusiast, joining in 2007 in the position of Editor. The Car Enthusiast and Yahoo! Cars keep him busy, but you'll also see his name in Fleet News, Auto Express and Fifth Gear and many more outlets, too.
The rest of the team
The Car Enthusiast's team is bolstered by the expertise of Alisdair Suttie and Dave Jenkins. Alisdair is our contracted news specialist, his years at BMW Car and What Car? giving him a keen eye for a great news story. Alisdair also helps out with the hectic launch schedule. Dave is our resident road tester, his engineering background giving him the tools to properly assess any car. In addition, Syd Wall assists with photography and Phil Ahern and his team at Caint.com are responsible for the sophisticated IT structure underpinning The Car Enthusiast.
Contacting us
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Readership
As of 30th June 2008, The Car Enthusiast is registered with ABCe (www.abce.org.uk) and supports industry agreed standards for website traffic measurement.
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Our work
Our words have also appeared in the following:
- 4car
- Auto Express
- CAR Online
- Fifth Gear
- Fleet News
- Irish Car + Travel
- Mercedes Enthusiast
- New Car
- Parker's
- Performance Car
- Performance Tuner
- The Herald
- The Irish Times
- The Princess Magazine
- Yahoo! Cars UK & Ireland
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