Nelson Ireson, Senior Editor

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Nelson is a Senior Editor at High Gear Media focusing on reviewing cars and covering the hottest topics in luxury and performance cars, car culture, and breaking news primarily on High Gear's luxury destination, MotorAuthority.com. Born and raised in California but now transplanted to Arkansas, Ireson has a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and is accredited to practice in the state, though he’s voluntarily inactive. Nelson also holds a degree in Speech Communication from Arkansas State University. His path to the automotive world wasn't a direct one, but his love of cars, speed, and driving ultimately won out. When he manages to come up for air, Ireson is reviewing cars, driving them fast at road courses and autocrosses, navigating rallies, or working on making himself and his car faster.

Articles

  • The Porsche 918 Spyder has been, arguably, the most successful of the new breed of hybrid hypercars, selling more than the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari combined. While its performance may, in...

  • Volvo Safety Demonstration Goes Horribly Wrong: Video

    Volvo has a bit of a bad track record with its automatic assistance systems and demonstrations for the press and public. The latest demonstration, involving an XC60 and its city safety pedestrian-avoidance feature, ended up with two men getting run over. ALSO SEE: Audi R8 Speeder Fined $17k...

  • 2017 Audi R8 Shares More Than You'd Think With 'Ring-Winning R8 LMS Race Car

    We’ve all heard it before: X race car is totally based on the production car—no, really it is—and that means you should, like, completely buy the road car because, therefore, it’s awesome. Except that that’s rarely the actual case. With the 2017 Audi R8, it’s...

  • Eine Kleine Forestmusik: 770-HP Audi Sport Quattro S1

    Grab your afternoon coffee, pop on your headphones, and tune out your boss: this is your next two minutes. Or, if you’re like us, your next ten minutes, after you hit repeat four times. Five cylinders, a trainload of boost, and one iconic rally car took on the Verzegnis-Sella Chianzutan rally...

  • 2017 Audi Q7 first drive review

    Don’t worry, America, it’s not a wagon. It just drives like one, is as useful as one, and, if you squint at it the right way, kinda looks like one. But it’s still one of God’s Own Vehicles: a fully Merkuh-approved crossover. But I didn’t drive the new 2017 Audi Q7 in...

  • Lotus F1 Team Creates Awesome 'Mad Max' Homage F1 Car

    Promoting movies is, mostly, the business of frippery. Here, it’s nothing but. But it’s badass frippery. Yes, frippery can be badass, if it’s a Lotus F1 car decked out Mad Max: Fury Road style with bladed wheels, giant treaded tires, a dually rear axle, flame throwers, human...

  • Front-wheel drive. Also known as wrong-wheel drive, at least in performance driving circles. Yes, front-drive cars can be made to go very fast—but it’s always a compromise compared to...

  • Miller Motorsports Park Closing October 31

    Just ten short years. That’s all it took for Miller Motorsports Park, the longest road course in America, to go from breaking ground to closing up shop. Located 35 minutes outside Salt Lake City in Tooele, Utah, Miller Motorsports Park has hosted professional car and motorcycle racing as well...

  • Tesla Model 3 to be unveiled March 2016

    With a new home battery just hitting the market, the Model S P85D kicking down supercar doors around the world, and a series of drone rockets (nearly) landing on drone ships, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk must be feeling pretty good about himself. By the time next March roles around...

  • Bentley Sets New ‘Flying Mile’ Speed Record With Actor Idris Elba

    The ‘Flying Mile’ is a historical high-water mark, a thing of legend. In 1927, Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a modified Bentley—the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird—to a U.K. land speed record of 174.8 mph. That’s faster than most of today’s sports cars, just 41 years...

  • 2016 Mazda CX-3 first drive review

    So, you’re growing up. That two-seat sports car was a great companion for many years, but there’s just not enough space for your stuff, your friends, your dog. What are you to do? Check out the 2016 Mazda CX-3, that’s what. ALSO SEE: Audi Attempts To Add Matrix Lighting Technology...

  • One Of 7 Mobile Cinemas Up For Sale

    What is a mobile cinema? Why should you care? I’ll answer the second question first: because it’s one of just 7 ever built, and it’s awesome. ALSO SEE: Latest LaFerrari Crash Is Worst Yet Built on a Bedford SB3 bus chassis with a Plaxton Panorama cab, the mobile cinema is stunning...

  • The 2017 Jaguar XE won’t arrive for sale in the U.S. until the spring of 2016, but today, Jaguar announced its specs in American trim.

    Two variants will be available, with a choice of...

  • 1,000-HP Nissan GT-R Drift Car: Video

    There are many things the Nissan GT-R excels at—but thanks to its all-wheel drive, drifting typically isn’t one of them. But this is no typical GT-R. It’s a 1,000-hp smoke-belching, rear-wheel drive beast. ALSO SEE: Nissan GT-R Blows A Tire At 200MPH, Driver Keeps It Together...

  • Hardcore Amateur Porn: McLaren P1 GTR Does Spa-Francorchamps

    If you’ve been aching for some aural release, here’s your ticket: the McLaren P1 GTR getting hot and bothered around the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps. ALSO SEE: 2015 Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Starts North American Delivery There’s no music, no frills, not even...

  • Road Rage Camaro A-Hole Wrecks Himself Into Big Rig: Video

    Instant karma is gonna get you, especially if you’re a giant jerk. From what we can see here, everyone got what they deserved—except the poor trucker, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. MUST SEE: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver’s Jerk Parking Job: Video What...

  • 2016 Cadillac ATS-V First Drive Video

    First things first: yes, this newfangled V car is better than the Germans. For me, anyway. Maybe for you, too. Already half of you are flabbergasting and chuffing, the disbelief—or is it disdain?—like a fine haze of saliva in the air. Well, tough. The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V is that good...

  • New Batmobile, Shelby Test Drives, 2016 BMW 7-Series Tech: The Week In Reverse

    This week we got our first video look at the new Batmobile for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Shelby offers test drives of its super-muscle cars for potential buyers, and the 2016 BMW 7-Series shares some of its tech secrets. It’s The Week In Reverse at Motor Authority. The first...

  • What, exactly, is the Apple Watch good for? That’s a great question, and seemingly no one has answered it yet. But Porsche and BMW are taking up the challenge with their own apps to test the...

  • This Is The First Video Of The Batman v Superman Batmobile

    Here it is folks: the official, actual Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batmobile. In dramatic counterpoint to its detailed construction and menacing appearance, the footage is simple B-roll, silent and motionless. All we get are a series of close-ups and a wide-angle shot or two. ALSO SEE: Fast...

  • 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Gas Mileage Announced

    The 2016 Mazda MX-5 has a heavy burden on its shoulders, living up to the reputation earned by the previous three generations of Mazda sports roadsters. But fortunately, its lightweight construction looks to be standing it in good stead—especially in the gas mileage department. Light makes...

  • James May, Executive Producer Wilman Quit ‘Top Gear’

    While it’s seemed obvious for some time, Top Gear As We Know It is dead. Today’s developments put the nails in that particular coffin: both co-star James May and executive producer Andy Wilman have called it quits from the show. In May’s case, he’s said he won’t work...

  • Ford Engineer & Son Set New Hot Wheels Loop Record: Video

    Take Your Child to Work Day often results in some unexpected surprises—but very few of them end up in a new world record. But for one Ford employee and his son, that’s exactly what happened: they’ve set a new Hot Wheels loop world record. DON'T MISS: Ford Moving Quickly To Ensure...

  • BBC Confirms Final Clarkson ‘Top Gear’ Episodes Will Run This Summer

    After Jeremy Clarkson’s punch-out flameout, and the subsequent death of Top Gear As We Know It (TGAWKI), there was some doubt as to whether the final Clarkson-featuring episodes of the show would ever be aired. Now the BBC has confirmed they will indeed air. Or at least, they’re...

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