Few American automotive brands have experienced the highs and lows of Pontiac. For decades, Pontiac represented performance,...
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.
Most people would not dream of taking a $3 million hypercar out to grab a few groceries....
Six years into its life, the Koenigsegg Jesko was supposed to be a known quantity. Hypercars usually...
The Ferrari Enzo That Just Shattered An Auction Record Has A Story That’s Even Wilder Than Its Price
The Ferrari Enzo That Just Shattered An Auction Record Has A Story That’s Even Wilder Than Its Price
The collector car world just witnessed a moment that will get talked about for years. A Ferrari...
Lionel Messi is widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players in history, but his success...
A stack of vehicle paperwork doesn’t usually scream organized crime. But authorities in Pennsylvania say a single...
Less than a month after NASCAR lost one of its most recognizable stars, newly surfaced court documents...
Mammoth Overland just raised the bar for what an off-road trailer can actually be. The Washington-based company...
There are clean low-mileage collectibles, and then there’s this. A 2006 Ford GT finished in Tungsten Grey...
Few upgrades spark as much confusion among new truck owners as the decision between a lift kit...
The side of your tire is covered in a jumble of numbers and letters that most drivers...
Sooner or later, every off-roader gets stuck. It doesn’t matter how capable your rig is or how...
Walk any modern car show and you’ll spot them: classic cars and trucks that look period-perfect on...
Consider the engine first, because the engine is the whole story. Under the hood of this 1979...
The terms four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive get tossed around as if they mean the same thing,...
