The Single Biggest Threat to Collector Cars (Which We’re All Ignoring)
Open virtually any Automotive trade publication and you're likely to see some sort of reference to a doom and gloom scenario where our industry is beginning to circle the drain. Whether it be autonomous vehicles, increased environmental regulation or concerns over drivability on modern roads, it seems like somebody is always projecting the inevitable downfall of classic, collector and specialty automobiles. While these scenarios are all likely worth concern. We are collectively ignoring the biggest, scariest, angriest
Shave Your Head With Us for a Great Cause!
Thirsty Lion Gastropub is hosting a fundraising and head shaving event for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to bring awareness to childhood cancerThe St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity that funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization. Throughout the month of March, all three Thirsty Lion locations in Tempe, Scottsdale and Gilbert will collect money to donate to the foundation. People can donate on their food bill or they can donate online directly to St. Baldrick’s at their website
Arizona Car Week 2018 Analysis
If you in any way consider yourself to be a serious car person, you know the feeling. The hangover of Christmas and New Years have passed, and although the rest of the world has moved beyond the holiday mentality, you still feel anxious, energetic and ready to go. For us, there is still one holiday left on the horizon, and you can feel the desert air in your lungs just thinking about it. “The Epicenter” is calling! The fact is, Scottsdale sets the yearly bar for the collector car universe, not only due to its location on the calendar, but
Motorwerks CEO Darin Roberge on Cars Yeah Podcast
The CarsYeah Podcast is a 5 day a week show hosted by, Mark Greene. Mark is an incurable automotive enthusiast interviewing successful automotive entrepreneurs who live a lifestyle around their passion for automobiles. His guests include: Artists, celebrities, journalists, authors, concours directors, racers, designer, builders, and more. Mark takes you on their journey, gets under the hood, and provides some inspiration. This week, Mark spoke with Motorwerks CEO Darin Roberge about career and life challenges, industry insights and advice and of course
Best Cheap Classics to Buy and Enjoy Today
Fantasies are interesting things. On paper they seem like the ultimate height of desire, full of whimsy and prestige. As such, we as car guys and gals seem like we all spend a lot of time staring off into space as we mentally reach for the stars and think about how great that dream could be. I’ve spent a more than reasonable amount of time over the last few years living a lot of peoples automotive wet dreams and if there’s anything I’ve learned from this seemingly fabulous existence, it’s that high end cars are nothing short of a COMPLETE
Darin P. Roberge Named Motorwerks Marketing CEO
Motorwerks Marketing, the specialty automotive marketing, design and public relations agency, is pleased to announce Darin P. Roberge as President and CEO. Darin brings nearly 20 years of experience in the marketing and media management of automotive and live music events and has been named a Business Trendsetter by Arizona Foothills Magazine, is a two-time nominee to Phoenix Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list and is one of Sports Car Market and American Car Collector Magazine's 40 Under 40 for 2017.
Top Trends at SEMA 2017
SEMA cars are polarizing beasts. By some, they are viewed as the ultimate statements of innovation and creativity. On the other hand, they are regarded as garish and semi offensive. The reality is, that SEMA cars are purpose built proclamations of ability. Exhibitors are limited by the constraints of a 10x10 or 20x20 piece of real estate and these cars have to be able to demonstrate everything that they are capable of therein. If you are a builder or manufacturer offering multiple products or services, you need to bring forth something that showcases all of this, to the highest degree
Ten Superstar Collector Cars to Buy RIGHT NOW
It seems to be that time of year again. With the flamboyant prestige of Monterey firmly in the rear-view mirror and Scottsdale still a few months away, aside from the random regional auction and a handful of “swap meets”, the talking heads in the industry have nothing to do and subsequently start getting bored. This means returning to the traditional wells looking for content. That seemingly always includes the obligatory “next big thing“ list. Normally, these are pretty good and generally I agree with most of them, but this year they seem to be falling into one of two categories:
Monterey Car Week 2017 Analysis
Unless you currently reside under a rock at the bottom of a swamp someplace, there’s no doubt that you understand the critical nature of Monterey Car Week. Although, due to its strictly market focused nature, its location on the calendar and the legitimacy of the players involved (I’m not naming names here – or should I say, I’m not naming the name of who I’m leaving out of the “legitimacy” delegation), I’d still pretty firmly consider Scottsdale to be the most important series of stops on the annual collector car marketplace road map. However, Monterey, with its bevy of top