Part of series on journalists, STEM specialists, authors who explain technology in sports, autos, healthcare and other aspects of life and work. I look forward to watching/reading/hearing their stuff. Many in this list have come recommended by readers – so please nominate others
This time it is Frank Marcus, who writes the regular Technologue feature for Motor Trend magazine,
As his bio says
“I started critiquing cars at age 5 by bumming rides home from Sunday school in other parishioners' new cars..Ten long years later my folks let me buy a banged-up '66 Mustang (six-cylinder, three-on-the-floor coupe) for $125 and even let me drive it home solo on my learner's permit…Since 16 I've been getting paid to drive new cars I don't own, and I still love it. That first job was running parts for an Olds dealership in Memphis, Tennessee….I knew I'd only find joy in an automotive career, and engineering seemed the most likely way to achieve that. So I went after a couple of Big Ten degrees in mechanical engineering and landed in Lee Iacocca's "New Chrysler Corporation." While there, I helped lay the foundations for the original Neon, LH cars, and second-gen minivans…when a friend told me about an opening for a technical editor at another car magazine, I jumped at what was the car-biz equivalent of running off to join the circus….I loved that job, too, until the phone rang again with an even better opportunity: the chance to drive other people's new and old cars for money, with Motor Trend and Motor Trend Classic magazines.”
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