John Lloyd
John Lloyd is a staff writer at Backfire News, where he writes about the messier, more entertaining side of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever weird automotive thing happened to blow up online that week.
He's drawn to the spot where cars meet culture. One day that's breaking down why some celebrity just dropped a fortune on a hypercar; the next it's figuring out why a particular model is suddenly all over everyone's feed. He likes giving readers the context behind the headline, usually with a little attitude.
The way John sees it, most people don't think of cars as just transportation. They're status symbols, money pits, lifelong obsessions, and occasionally pure chaos—and that's exactly the stuff worth writing about.
You'll usually find him covering celebrity collections, viral car-culture moments, motorsports headlines, high-performance machines, and the trends moving the resale market.
When a music legend like Prince passes, myth tends to outrun fact. Stories of fleets of purple...
Celebrity car collections are usually predictable. Lamborghinis, Ferraris, blacked-out SUVs, the occasional vintage Porsche for the more...
Modifying a truck is one of the most satisfying things you can do as a vehicle owner...
When Ferrari publicly declared its position on autonomous driving technology and its commitment to combustion engines, the...
The collector car market has had a turbulent few years. After an extraordinary run of appreciation following...
Something has gone wrong with the modern sports car. Walk through a manufacturer’s lineup today and you’ll...
Upgrading your truck doesn’t have to break the bank — but it can if you let it....
Championship trophies and win totals tell part of the story. But the drivers who defined NASCAR’s history...
There is no race weekend in motorsport quite like Monaco. The Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco...
For the first time in more than a decade, Formula 1 has a brand-new team on the...
Formula 1 has transformed from a niche European motorsport into a global phenomenon — and a new...
A truck is one of the biggest investments most people make. Whether you’re hauling daily, towing on...
Jason Momoa is known for motorcycles, rugged adventure rigs, and larger-than-life movie roles – which is exactly...
NASCAR has produced legends over its seven-plus decades of competition — men who defined what it means...
