Christopher James Harris (born 20 January 1975) is a British automotive journalist, professional racing driver and television presenter.

[1] Harris has worked as a reviewer, writer and editor for multiple automotive magazines, including Evo, Autocar and Jalopnik.

Since 2017, Harris has been one of the three main presenters of Top Gear, after previously making regular appearances throughout the twenty-third series in 2016.

Harris began his career in the automotive industry working for Autocar,[2] performing various menial tasks, or, as he himself describes it, "cleaning ashtrays".

[9] Eventually, he was promoted to an official road-test editor position within Autocar and gained recognition and credibility as a journalist by writing many automotive reviews, as well as a regular opinion column.

[10] In 2008, Harris left Autocar magazine to co-found a new web-based digital platform called Drivers Republic.

In a statement, Drivers Republic explained the abrupt termination was due to "differences in our vision about future priorities".

[13] After two years of hosting automotive videos, Harris left the network in 2014 to create his own YouTube channel.

In addition, on 6 November 2014, Harris began writing for Jalopnik,[15] an online automotive blog administrated by Kinja.

Harris also has since partnered with /DRIVE through NBCSN and now appears on that channel, reviewing cars and taking part in automotive-related activities with other hosts, on a regular basis.

In his article, he criticised the firm for trying "to win every test (review) at any cost"[32] and called it a "profoundly irritating" brand.

[32] He also gave his opinion that an automotive journalist is forced to please Ferrari with a positive review in order to maintain a relationship with the brand.