About & Portfolio
About me
I’m Tim Kendall, a petrolhead, copywriter and freelance word arranger. Whilst my passion is cars, I love to write about almost anything. From articles, opinion pieces and news, to more commercially focused copywriting aimed at driving customers to a business, my skillset is versatile. My experience spans a range of sectors from motoring to insurance and personal finance, to specialist corporate writing.
Having spent some years in the legal profession following my first degree, I branched out in 2010 and developed my car obsession into something more serious. Completing a Master’s Degree in Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in 2011, I’ve been published in a number of websites and magazines, including Evo , What Car? Autocar, CAR, MSN Cars and International Fleet World.
I was also fortunate enough to win the 2011 Phil Llewellin Award. The prize is aimed at writers breaking into motoring journalism and is sponsored by CAR Magazine – to which Phil Llewellin was a contributor for many years.
Portfolio
A handful of examples of my writing which are available online, are linked to below. I can also provide examples of print articles on request.
CAR Magazine online
CAR – Mercedes SL first official pictures story
CAR – Lexus LF-Lc concept car
CAR – 2012 Honda Civic first drive
CAR – Hyundai I-oniq concept teaser
CAR – Bedford Autodrome gets Ariel Atom
What Car?
What Car? – Electric cars FAQs and coming soon
EVO Magazine online
Evo – Kubica’s 2011 F1 season in doubt
Evo – New Peugeot 908 Le Mans racer
Evo – New Peugeot 308 revealed
Evo – BMW Vision ConnectedDrive concept
Evo – New C-Class Coupé
Fleet World
MSN Cars
Vauxhall Mokka First Drive Review
Focus tops worldwide sales charts – or does it?
Top Gear powers into Guinness Book of World Records
Classics reborn with modern technology
Records tumble at 2012 Silverstone Classic
Taught to drift by Caterham F1
Maybach axed months earlier than expected
Prince of Monaco’s car collection up for auction
First Drive – Mitsubishi Outlander
Honda reveals ‘sports inspired’ Jazz
Supercharged Mazda MX-5 revealed
1,200bhp Lamborghini Aventador
New Mercedes SL63 AMG revealed
Automotive Magazine
Pdf files of printed features – may take a while to load. An example of a feature design put together by me using InDesign.
