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Alex Martin-Banzer was barely a year out of the womb before she attended the Mille Miglia in Italy. Her father is the publisher of Sports Car Market Magazine and host on TV’s What’s My Car Worth. Alex’s life around cars has been non-stop. She learned to shift at 10 years old in a VW Thing and from there double clutching in a Mini Cooper. The classic car hobby has taken her all over the world and provided opportunities to drive on tours, judge at concours events, orchestrate press launches for new sports cars and more. Currently Alex works at Daimler Trucks North American in Portland, Oregon where she’s expanding her knowledge in the mechanical world of automobiles with the iconic Mercedes brand.
SHOW SPONSORS
Christopher Kimball Financial Services
SUCCESS QUOTE
“If you can’t afford to buy two Ferraris, you can’t afford to buy one.”
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Learning to live with the challenges that owning and driving old cars bring you. Secondly learning how to find her way as the daughter of a well known, celebrity father and mother.
AH-HA MOMENTS
Surviving organizing my first product fair that consisted of 1,000 people and realizing “I can do this”.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
A 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spyder
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Keep jumper cables in your vehicle.
USEFUL RESOURCES
My parents.
FAVORITE BOOKS
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Nothing bad happens when you say yes to adventures. Being a woman in the automotive world is something to be a part of.
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