Two years ago, I contacted Steve Huntingford, editor of What Car? (an Autocar sibling title), who had the grace to read my cack-handed emails and stories I had written in my downtime and offered me work experience. Three months later, I was hired as Autocar’s editorial apprentice and moved from Glasgow to start a new life surrounded by English accents.
Since arriving, one thing has become abundantly clear: you have to really want to do this. I appreciate the associated glamour (you get to rub shoulders with supercars), but you have to be prepared to do lots of desk work, especially when you’re starting out, and although of course you’re paid, your belt won’t be Gucci.
If, however, you want to turn your burning passion for cars into words, surrounded…
