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Apr 10, 2025 34 min

2540: Nigel Matthews

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Nigel Matthews is the Global Brand Ambassador for Hagerty. He has spent the last 20 years judging at more than 149 Concours events including Pebble Beach, Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Italy, and events worldwide in 12 other countries Matthews worked as a Red Seal-licensed automotive technician, repairing and restoring Rolls-Royce and Ferrari vehicles, and from 2002 to 2014 wrote a weekly column for a Canadian newspaper focused on classic cars. In addition, he spent ten years as an administrator for the British Columbia provincial government's licensing and insurance program that recognizes collector and vintage vehicles. Nigel was recently awarded the 2024 "UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR" by the Hot House Media, Concours yearbook. This year marks his 50 years in the classic car world and his 9th year as the Chief Judge of the La Jolla Concours. Originally from Oxfordshire, England, Matthews has lived in and loved every minute of residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the past 50-years of his automotive career.

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