Michal Okonski
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About Michal Okonski
Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been the Vavel.com F1 Editor. He studied Journalism at university to combine his love of writing and cars.
Michal's love for cars started when he couldn't sleep as a baby. His father would watch the only thing on TV to help them relax - Formula 1. Since then, he's felt like he's had a V10 ringing in his mind.
Michal's been nominated for the UK's National Student Publication awards on a food review he did, but his main passion is cars. He spent a week in the Autocar offices on work experience this summer.
Author Details
Michal lives in the UK but is originally from Poland. He attributes his love for the motor industry to Top Gear's TV series, which he has watched an eyewatering amount of times. Michal studied the ins-and-outs of media on a BA Journalism course and now specialises at Coventry University's Automotive Journalism course.
Industry Focus
Michal loves anything, really. He's always been a motorsports fan and could talk about it for hours, but his main goal is helping people discover the magic of the automotive industry. He believes that most iconic moments in a person's life involve a car or roadtrip somewhere.
Favorite Car
It changes every day - but right now it would be the VW Golf GTI mk2. Small, fun and lightweight - where did cars go wrong? Michal currently drives a Fiat Panda 100hp.
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