---
title: "Watch Matt Farah Talk Life, One Takes, and What Makes a Good Car Review"
description: "A day in the life of The Smoking Tire's Matt Farah."
date: "2017-05-16"
modified: "2017-05-16"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10312/watch-matt-farah-talk-life-one-takes-and-what-makes-a-good-car-review"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "gears & gasoline"
  - "Matt Farah"
  - "The Smoking Tire"
  - "Videos"
---

# Watch Matt Farah Talk Life, One Takes, and What Makes a Good Car Review

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If you're a regular reader of *The Drive*, you probably know who Matt Farah is. The head of [The Smoking Tire](<https://thesmokingtire.com/>), deliverer of [One Takes](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10105/watch-matt-farah-experience-the-1955-mercedes-benz-300-sl-gullwing>), and the host of the /DRIVE network's [/TUNED](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJGQh5ygn4Y&t=5s>) has become a car-person-household name. But it wasn't always this way. As a youngster, Matt was just a kid who really, really liked cars, just like countless budding enthusiasts out there. By his own admission, there's nothing *special* about Matt Farah—but he's definitely made the most of it.

The up-and-coming video artisans at [*Gears & Gasoline*](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvIOBukMQHg>) had the opportunity to get personal with Farah, taking viewers into a day in the life of one of the internet's premier car video creators. Matt talks about his early years, binge-reading car magazines as a wee lad and the path he took to turn that not-that-special child into the gearhead celebrity he is today. We also get an interesting behind-the-scenes look into what goes into filming a One Take, what Matt is looking for next in his automotive career, and discussing his perspective on what makes a good car review and car personalities in general. He also takes us through what is and isn't in his garage these days.

https://youtube.com/embed/EvIOBukMQHg

"Car videos are like TV, ultimately it's all about the characters." In that vein, it's safe to say that Matt Farah is certainly a hell of a character, and we're always watching to see what he'll do next.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

### Author social links  
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