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10 motoring must-follows on Twitter
From car-mad celebrities, real and fake, to bus drivers and cars themselves, look who's talking on Twitter. To follow them, just go to twitter.com and type in their Twitter name, eg, twitter.com/stephenfry.
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew
Aka Kryton from Red Dwarf. Bobbyllew started Car Pool in January interviewing the likes of Jonathan Ross (@wossy) and co-star Danny John Jules from the inside of his car. You can visit his website here. -
Tim Lovejoy @timlovejoy
Now co-hosting Something for the Weekend, the former presenter of Fifth Gear on Five is chatty despite having 10,000-plus followers. -
The new Volvo XC60 @VolvoXC60
Possibly the first car to appear on Twitter, Volvo's anti-crash model says, 'Meet the car that stops itself!' It's also on Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. -
Edmunds @edmunds
Edmunds.com is a leading resource for car reviews, news and pricing, tweeting its deals on wheels. You can also interact with editor-in-chief @karlbrauer - ask him about his 100-mile daily commute! -
Top Gear @topgear_america
As the US version of our award-winning TV show prepares to launch, here's the show's Twitter. So far, no actual Top Gear presenters are tweeting (see below). -
Jeremy Clarkson @jeremy_clarkson, James May @realjamesmay, Richard Hammond (out of the race)
Jeremy Clarkson was outed as a fake by Jonathan Ross (@wossy) but he still has 24,738 followers. Meanwhile, the 'real' James May, also fake, is lagging with 11,000 fans. Last is the hamster faker, who explains why he did it here. -
Ewan McGregor @EwanMcGregor
For fans of the Long Way Round and the Long Way Down, here's Ewan (possibly). If true, he likes banana pancakes and has a nephew who calls him Obi-Wan. -
Stephen Fry @stephenfry
Or 'world wide wit', as one of Twitter's most prolific celebs is also known. Drove a black cab across the US for his last TV series. Following 54,000 people back - so you can chat to him directly. -
Keith Collantine @keithc_at
The Auto Trader journalist puts out pure car-related tweets, everything from potholes to how Stirling Moss nearly became a dentist. -
Bus Driver @twm_driver
This Brummie bus driver became briefly famous for tweeting from the driver's seat about the irritations of bus driving. Nominated for Brummie of the Year, he has moved to the US to write a novel.
