Jared Gall

A lifelong car geek, Jared got his start in the automotive industry as a teenager when his high school counselor harangued Car and Driver magazine until they gave him an internship mostly so she'd leave them alone. Once his foot was in the door, he proved difficult to shake, spending nearly 20 years at C/D and rising to executive editor before leaving to pursue a quieter life in rural northern Michigan. He has also written for MotorTrend, Cars.com, and Edmunds. When he's not poking at his keyboard, he's often in his garage, shivering under a collection of project cars that includes a big-block Chevelle and a turbocharged Subaru Baja.