I have loved cars for as long as I can remember. Editor’s note: LeeAnn Shattuck has joined A Girls Guide to Cars as our resident car shopping columnist. A car-purchase expert, she helps her clients to get the best deals on new cars through her business, The Car Chick. She is here to also answer your questions about…
What Drives Her: Lexus CMO Lisa Materazzo’s Journey from Finance to Automotive Marketing
She loved cars, but chose finance. Then Toyota called. “The DMV told my dad that if the bought one more car he’d have to get a dealer’s license,” Lisa Materazzo, vice president of marketing at Lexus, said. Growing up, her dad was car fanatic and so were her two brothers, so it’s no surprise she…
90210’s Brian Austin Green Traded in His Muscle Cars for a Family Jeep
From glitzy bachelor cars to the family Jeep. In the height of his popularity as character David Silver on Beverly Hills 90210, actor Brian Austin Green went through cars like the rest of us change clothes. He and co-star Jason Priestly had early-90s Land Rover Defenders, and in one instance they drove the Defenders out…
CRASH Jewelry Recreates Car Wreckage into Gorgeous Wearable Art
If you can’t have a Ferrari, wear one! Christi Schimpke is unlike most people in that when she sees a luxury car that has been in a minor crash, she sees not damage, but art. She was working with metal as a jewelry designer when she moved her studio into her husband’s luxury-car body shop,…
Happy New Year from All of Us at A Girls Guide to Cars!
Take a moment to pat yourself on the back. You made it through everything 2020 tried to throw at you! Who would have expected a global pandemic would transform life as we knew it? You had 366 very difficult days to contend with, and you still killed it. It’s time to acknowledge that… and, yes, to…
Three Good Reasons a Woman Should Own a Motorcycle
I had a boyfriend with a motorcycle when I was 19 – it was a blazing red Kawasaki Ninja and it was FAST. As in, oh-my-stars-this-is-insane fast. Once, he let me drive it and he sat behind me and helped me shift. It was an exhilarating feeling, the wind rushing past me, and I…
Kick Off 2021 With Our Pumped-Up New Year’s Day Playlist
Why not start the new year with something familiar? I don’t know about you, but when the new year rolls around, music is at the forefront of my mind. I have this superstition that the first song I hear (with the exception of Auld Lang Syne, of course) will set the tone for how the…
Happy Holidays from A Girls Guide to Cars
This Christmas, things are a little different. So, we thought we would share some of our holiday traditions with you. This is the first time I’ll be celebrating Christmas away from my immediate family. Crazy, right? My parents divorced when I was young, and they moved to opposite ends of the country. For most of…
Christmas Eve Calls For a Jazzy Playlist and a Glass of Wine
It’s the night before Christmas, and I think you’ve earned a cocktail and a chance to kick up your feet. The kids are in bed, the presents are glittering under the tree. You’ve no doubt had a chaotic year—we all have—and I think it’s time to dim the lights, light some candles, turn on some…
8 Family Christmas Activities You Can Do from Your Car
My favorite part of Christmas is spending time with my family. This year is going to look very different, however, so I decided that while I wasn’t giving up on holiday fun, it might be a good idea to come up with some festive family Christmas activities you can do from your car. Just because…