The car is a complex machine. The business of making cars is a complex industry. Enter a simple man. Dave Morley has been an automotive journalist for the last three decades and more, and has road tested pretty much anything on the road. Morley's attentions turned to cars and motoring fairly early on in his life. The realisation that the most complex motor vehicle was easier to both understand and control than the simplest human-being, set his career in motion. Growing up in the country gave the young Morley a form of motoring freedom unmatched these days, as well as many trees to dodge. He has previously published Six Decades of Holden Versus Ford and Great Aussie Car Fails.