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Roger Biermann

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Johannesburg
As seen in: CarBuzz, MSN, Flipboard, Military.com, TopSpeed, NewsBreak, Our Community Now, Good Things Guy
Covers:  Broad-spectrum automotive news, including tuning, technology, electric vehicles, sports cars, engines, vehicle test drives, and more.
Doesn't Cover: Motorbikes
Petrolhead first, motor journalist second. Has an unhealthy obsession with Mazda MX-5s but isn't a hairdresser. Managing Editor at @CarBuzzcom. Views = my own.

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Roger Biermann’s Biography

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What began as a passion for test driving cars at dealerships in his youth evolved into Roger writing about these cars for online forums. This rapidly evolved into the formation of Roger's own website covering all things automotive. After several years running this site, Roger joined CarBuzz as a junior writer, covering a plethora of topics before leading his own team of writers and climbing the ranks to Managing Editor. Roger still loves getting his hands dirty writing about anything and everyt…

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2023 Audi R8 GT First Drive Review: Rage Against The Dying Of The Light

2023 Audi R8 GT First Drive Review: Rage Against The Dying Of The Light

The V10 engine will not go quietly into that good night.

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Dutchmann's Air-Cooled 911 Porsches Are The Finest Restomods You've Never Heard Of

Dutchmann's Air-Cooled 911 Porsches Are The Finest Restomods You've Never Heard Of

Embodying the less is more philosophy, these are the reimagined classic 911s you choose when a Singer is too …

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What Is Synthetic Fuel? And Is It The Savior Of The Combustion Engine?

What Is Synthetic Fuel? And Is It The Savior Of The Combustion Engine?

Synthetic fuel is being praised as the savior of the combustion engine, but is it really all that?

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Enjoy Being A Used Car Enthusiast While You Can Still Afford It

Enjoy Being A Used Car Enthusiast While You Can Still Afford It

We're living in a golden age for car enthusiasts without big budgets, but that won't be the case forever.

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What it's like to Interview Christian von Koenigsegg * Torquing Cars

What it's like to Interview Christian von Koenigsegg * Torquing Cars

And how a simple phone call reminded me of why I chose this career. Just this past week, a Facebook memory re…

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The Best Car Show In The World Is Officially In America

The Best Car Show In The World Is Officially In America

The Geneva Motor Show used to be the place for world-beating supercar reveals, but not anymore.

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Official: 2027 Audi SQ9 Outguns The Mercedes-AMG GLS 63 For A Fraction Of The Price

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By Roger Biermann Verified
| CarBuzz
Published Jul 28, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT Roger Biermann is an automotive journalist of 13 years and has been the Managing Editor at CarBuzz since 2021. With no formal post-high school education, Roger launched his career as an automotive journalist by test driving cars at dealerships and putting his thoughts online before launching his own website in 2012 and running Torquing Cars until he made the move to CarBuzz full-time in 2019.
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How America Finally Rose To Conquer The Green Hell's 7-Minute Barrier

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By Roger Biermann Verified
| CarBuzz
America has a pretty rich motorsport history. From NASCAR to dirt oval racing and IndyCar to drag racing, and who could forget the time Ford stood up to Enzo Ferrari at Le Mans. Good times. But aside from that and a few other small standouts, American track performance has been pretty limited to, well, American race tracks.
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See Photos Of The New 671-HP Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Live From Goodwood Festival Of Speed

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By Roger Biermann Verified
| CarBuzz
Mercedes-AMG surprised the world with a new model at this past weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed, and the headline figures make for some interesting reading. That's because you can send 671 horsepower to the rear wheels, which sounds like the AMG of old, right? Well not quite. The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 might be able to turn tires into low-hanging clouds, but it's also got the ability to operate as a front-wheel-drive sedan, and an all-wheel-drive one too. And it's electric.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Self-published for my own website, Torquing Cars.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, but briefly in my youth.

How is social media changing news?

It's making news superficial and making it harder to convey accurate facts in a world where people base opinions on clickbait headlines.