Peter Lyon

In a career spanning over 30 years, Peter has written about automobiles, innovation, games, luxury lifestyles, travel and food. Based in Tokyo since 1988, he hosts a globally broadcast TV show on Japan’s NHK World network called 'Samurai Wheels' and authored a book in 2014 in Japanese about car culture. Over the past 3 decades, Peter has written for publications including Car and Driver, Edmunds, Top Gear, Autocar, Auto Express, Quattroruote, The Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, Motor Magazine, Forbes, The Japan Times, GQ Japan, Newsweek Japan, Forbes Japan, Yahoo Japan and Yanko Design. He was co-chairman of the World Car Awards from 2010-2020 and is currently a judge with the Best Cars of the Year, the International Engine of the Year and holds a position as the only non-Japanese juror for the Japan Car of the Year. As an avid weekend racer, he placed 4th in class in the 2010 Nurburgring 24-hour race.