About Scotty Reiss

Journalist, entrepreneur and mom. Expertise includes new cars, family cars, 3-row SUVs, child passenger car seats and automotive careers and culture. A World Car Awards juror and member of the steering committee, Scotty likes to say the automotive business found her, rather than her finding it. But recognizing the opportunity to give voice to powerful female consumers and create a voice to match their spending power, her mission became to empower women as car buyers and owners. A career-long journalist, she has written for the New York Times, Town & Country, Adweek and co-authored the book Stew Leonard, My Story, a biography of the founder of the iconic grocery company Stew Leonard’s. Her love of cars started when her father insisted she learn to change the oil in her MG Midget, but now it mostly plays out in the many road trips taken with her family.

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November 21, 2024
From elegant design to innovative interior space to truly huge second and 3rd row space, the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9…
The front end of the all-new 2025 VW Tiguan
November 20, 2024
We've loved the sharp design and resilient reliability of the VW Tiguan. For 2025 it gets better with more tech,…
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