Special Guests
Perhaps even more impressive than the one-of-a-kind vehicles on display at Car Classic is our “who’s who” of special guests, which include some of the most well-known designers, influencers and collectors in the world of transportation.
Guest Speakers
- Chip Foose, Co-founder Foose Design and host of Overhaulin' *
- Tom Peters, Director of Exterior Design, Performance Cars, General Motors *
- Freeman Thomas, Director, Strategic Design for North America, Ford Motor Company (ret.) *
- Jeff Zwart, photographer and filmmaker, The Art of Racing in the Rain *
Emcees
- Ed Justice Jr., President and CEO, Justice Brothers, Inc. and co-host, Motor Trend Radio
- Dave Kunz, Automotive Reporter, KABC-TV Channel 7 Los Angeles
- Barry J. Meguiar, President and CEO, Meguiar’s Inc. and host, Car Crazy Radio
Judges
- Bradley Arnold (Hyundai) *
- Peter Brock *
- Sue Callaway
- Dennis Campbell
- Samuel Chuffart (ICONA) *
- Marek Djordjevic *
- Alex Earl (Volkswagen Group) *
- Larry Erickson (Magna) *
- Jacques Flynn (Karma) *
- Jason Hill *
- Karen Hofmann *
- Ricky Hsu (Honda) *
- Derek Jenkins (Lucid) *
- Richard Kim (Canoo) *
- Nubia Krikorian (Hyundai) *
- John Krsteski (Genesis)
- Calvin Luk *
- Dave Marek (Honda) *
- Kimberly Marte *
- T. Jon Mayer (Volvo) *
- Jordan Meadows
- Chuck Pelly *
- Richard Pietruska *
- Scott Robertson *
- Phillip Sarofim
- Frank Saucedo (General Motors) *
- Ken Saward *
- Daniel Simon
- Freeman Thomas (Ford ret.) *
- Mike Tsay (Honda) *
- Jose Wyzsogrod (Honda) *
- Jeff Zwart *
* ArtCenter alumni