Gagan Mishra is a car enthusiast, not a former dealership insider or trade journalist — and FlamingPiston exists because of that gap, not despite it. He started the site to write the kind of car content he wished he could find as a buyer himself: reviews that lead with trade-offs instead of marketing lines, and guides that answer the specific question someone actually has before spending real money.
That comes with an honest limitation: Gagan isn't testing every car in person on a closed track or a decade-long service history. To make up for that, every FlamingPiston review is built from official manufacturer specifications and published road-test reporting, cross-checked wherever possible, with a clear note whenever a section is based on that sourcing rather than personal driving time. See the Review Methodology for exactly how each car gets scored, and the Fact-Checking Policy for how claims get verified before publishing.
