CarStories

We travel to the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles to sit down one-on-one with Porsche enthusiast Magnus Walker.  After touring his entire shop, we speak we Magnus about his love for cars, becoming a brand ambassador for Porsche, current projects and the impact his vehicles are having in the car culture.

In two brief years, automotive photographer Jesse Alexander went from shooting La Carrera Panamericana to Monaco’s glamorous Formula One race. And in that time, his stature in the racing world grew immensely too.

He was born into a family that comes as close to Los Angeles automotive royalty as possible. And while that’s fortunate, Rod has made his own mark by building subtle, gorgeous Outlaw Porsche 356s.

Peter Yorke is the CEO and co-founder of Voyomotive, which has developed a plug and play device to give any vehicle 1996 and newer a complete suite of connected car apps and functionality, while also providing streaming data for business applications.

Jonathan Ward joins the CarStories Podcast to explain how just two days before ICON’s “Petersen Special” was to be delivered, Ward rolled it.

Last week, Carstories friend and third-time guest Ken Lingenfelter stopped by. You probably remember that he’s not only a collector, but also relishes driving his cars.

Co-founder of fifteen52 wheels, Matt Crooke, joins A.J. on the weekly CarStories Podcast to talk about growing up in a car family, quitting school to work in a German tuning shop and fifteen52's evolution of the last two-decades.

Japanese Nostalgic Car’s Touge was born when JNC’s co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Hsu was drinking some beers with rally-master Patrick Strong. They wondered why, with all the classic car rallys, there wasn’t one dedicated to classic Japanese steel.

Howie Idelson joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to chat about how he created Luftgekühlt, the ultime air-cooled Porsche celebration, with friend and preofessional racing driver Patrick Long.

Sean Morris of International Vehicle Importers joins A.J. on the weekly CarStories Podcast to clear up any and all questions you might have regarding the 25 year import rule on all JDM and foreign automobiles.

Rutledge Wood joins A.J. on The CarStories Podcast to talk about how become a host of Top Gear, his love for "underdog" cars and not being very good a sports when he was a kid.

While he foggily recalls the red and white Corvair his dad owned, Dan Neil has no trouble remembering stealing his mother’s car at age eight, for the first time, and driving it until the fuel tank was dry. 

As opposed to the thousands of kids who fantasize about being racecar drivers, John Randal “J.R.” Hildebrand had no illusions about becoming a professional racer.

Randy Nonnenberg founded Bring A Trailer in January 2007 as a sort of “what if?” with his college friend, Gentry Underwood, who used to ask him for help finding cars.  Randy joins A.J. on the CarStories weekly podcast to talk about his viral aoutmotive site.

Jeff Zwart is a director, filmmaker, photographer, Porsche enthusiast, and racer. If you’re an auto enthusiast and haven’t heard of him, well, you’ve probably seen a few commercials he’s worked on.