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