Kirk Bell has served as the associate publisher for Consumer Guide Automotive and editor of Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine. A Midwest native, Bell brings 18 years of automotive journalism experience to MSN, and currently contributes to JD Power.com and Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com.

Peter Burgess started off as an aerospace engineer but moved into motoring journalism 30 years ago. He writes regularly for MSN Cars in the UK, runs an old 911 but really needs another baby Lotus Elan.

Josh Condon has covered everything from nanotechnology to champagne and caviar for the likes of The New York Times, Popular Science, Men’s Journal, Cargo and RL Magazine. He recently relocated from New York to Los Angeles, and now spends way, way more time in his car.

Matthew de Paula wanted to be an automotive journalist ever since reading his first car magazine in grade school. After a brief stint writing about finance, he helped launch ForbesAutos.com and became the site’s editor in 2006. Matthew now freelances for various outlets.

Sam Foley is a Connecticut-based automotive journalist who has written for GQ, Forbes, USA Today, the New York Post and various other publications.

Jacob Gordon is a freelance writer, a blogger for TreeHugger.com and a producer of TreeHugger Radio. He can be reached at jacob@treehugger.com.

Evan Griffey served as an editor of Turbo & High Tech Performance, a pioneering publication about sport-compact tuning. Today Griffey freelances for Import Tuner, Sport Compact Car, Car Audio and Siphon.

Larry Hall is the editor of Northwest Auto News Service and a freelance journalist based in Olympia, Wash. For more than 20 years, he's covered the automotive industry for numerous trade journals, newspapers and business publications.

Marc Lachapelle has been a professional auto journalist for more than 25 years and is the founding editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos. A two-time winner of the Canadian Journalist of the Year award from the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, Lachapelle is an accomplished photographer and licensed racer.

Claire Martin has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Outside magazine. She's the former deputy editor of Men's Journal and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she covers technology, travel and food.

Charles Plueddeman, veteran moto-journalist and Wisconsin-native, has been driving, riding and testing automobiles, motorcycles, boats, ATVs and snowmobiles for more than 20 years. He is a regular contributor toBoating Magazine and Outdoor Life, and his product evaluation articles have appeared in Popular Mechanics, Men's Journal, AutoWorld, Playboy, Boats.com and many other national publications and Web sites.

Erik Sofge, based out of the Boston area, is frequent contributor to Popular Mechanics and Slate.com. He specializes in everything scientific and technical.

Perry Stern began his automotive career 19 years ago as an advisor at a vehicle consulting firm. One of the original staff members of CarPoint, Microsoft's automotive Web site that launched in 1995, he became editor of the site in 2002, which is now known as MSN Autos. Stern has also contributed to MSNBC and various MSN properties in Canada, Japan and Europe.

Chuck Tannert has been a New York-based writer and editor for nearly two decades, covering everything from automobiles to gadgets to travel. Before leaving to join the MSN Autos team, Tannert served as senior automotive editor at Popular Mechanics, and his work has appeared in many outlets, including Cargo, Men's Journal, Penthouse, Popular Science, and Wired.

James Tate cut his teeth in the business as a race team crew member before moving to the editorial side as Senior Editor of Sport Compact Car, and his work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Automobile, Motor Trend and European Car. When not writing, Tate is usually fantasizing about a vintage Porsche 911.

Lawrence Ulrich is a Michigan native raised and forged in Detroit and a former auto critic at the Detroit Free Press. Ulrich now lives in Brooklyn, New York and his reviews and features appear regularly in The New York Times, Robb Report, Popular Science and Travel + Leisure Golf.

Tom Wilson is a longtime Road & Track contributor. His credits include local racing championships, three technical engine books and hundreds of freelance articles.

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