Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas
School
Vanguard University of Southern California
Expertise
Automotive news, DIY repair and modifications, Classic JDM
- Austin started his career as an intern at Cycle World, but things got serious when he landed a job with Motor Trend in 2014.
- Over the course of his career, he has worked on (or authored) 13 print buyer's guides for three different magazines.
- Austin has a love for driving different and interesting vehicles, and he can't seem to get over the time he got to regularly operate a 1948 GE diesel-electric locomotive.
Experience
Austin has been in the automotive media world for more than a decade, and has been published at a variety of websites and publications, including Hagerty, Automobile, Diesel Power, Super Street, Capital One Auto, and Edmunds. He's a member of the Texas Auto Writers Association and tries to divide his time between writing about cars and working on them in his garage.
Education
Austin attended Vanguard University of Southern California and earned his bachelor's degree in English.
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