Russell Hayes is a motoring journalist in print, television, and online whose clients have included the BBC's original Top Gear, Channel 4's Driven, The Times, and London Evening Standard. He's written an eclectic mix of motoring histories on subjects as diverse as the Earls Court Motor Show, the Volkswagen Golf, and Aston Martin V8 cars. Russell is also the author of Motorbooks' Volkswagen Beetles and Buses and The Big Book of Tiny Cars. He lives in London, England.