JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS
by Jeff Sterns
A show for your entertainment -recorded conversations with car people that I know. The General Motors exec that built the plant in Russia, Derek Bell (LeMans and Suntrust (Rolex) 24), an Emmy Award winning NASCAR/ Michelin TV man who did the Audrain Concour d'Elegance car culture feature film, a supercar restorer, Ferrari VP, Lotus and Bentley execs, Rolls-Royce USA General Manager (and St Michaels Concour founder, past automotive salespeople, car museum curator, dealers, interesting/famous clients....and their stories!
Episodes
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BOB LUTZ ON LEADERSHIP
In May of '24, introduced by a friend- The legendary Bob Lutz met with Jeff Sterns and gave some invaluable leadership advice...
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THE BOB LUTZ INTERVIEW
Jeff Sterns met with Car-Czar Bob Lutz in May of '24. Not only was it insightful related to the vehicle industry and design but leadership and some surprising personal things were revealed.
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2023 DETROIT | NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW | PRESS DAYS REPORT | INDUSTRY FORCASTER REPORTS!!
A FORMER GENERAL MOTORS SENIOR EXECUTIVE WHO RAN OPERATIONS IN BRASIL, POLAND AND GERMANY. LATER SCOUTED LOCATION, NEGOTIATED WITH RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, UNIONS AND CUSTOMS TO FINALLY MANAGE THE BUILD OFBTHE RUSSIAN GM PLANT. WARREN BROWNE IS CEO AND FOUNDER OF RFQ INSIGHTS AND R.P. BROWNE…
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WRECKED NEW FERRARI | NAKED |RAN POLICE BARRICADES | MUSHROOM SHROOM TRIP!
I love Tony Shea- and I love this story not only because it's extremely interesting and entertaining but it is just the beginning prior to his hitting bottom as an addict and as a result getting sober and turning his life over to God make sure to listen or watch the next piece. Man possibly high...
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MAN HIGH AND NAKED RUNS POLICE BARRICADES WRECKS NEW FERRARI | GREAT ENDING! | OY VEY IT'S TONY SHEA
0:00 Man possibly high and probably naked, charged with DUI and leaving scene of crash involving property damage. 2:08 "A heroic dose" 5:07 Cops 7:00 blockade 7:22 ran over a couple of the stop signs 8:47 they asked me to get out of the car over the loudspeaker. 9:12 I've got no clothes 9:48...
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FROM PURE DEBAUCHERY TO MINISTRY!?! CHIPPENDALES DANCERS PREACH THE WORD!?!
Victor Roman, ex Chippendales dancer tells how he went from selling sex to selling the word of Christ!
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CHIPPENDALES | REAL STORY TOLD BY THE MAN THAT WAS THERE!! VICTOR ROMAN SHARES BEHIND THE SCENES!
2:26 Patrick Swayze versus Chris Farley 5:33 worked with Steve Banerjee 7:15 Nick Denoia 8:59 Irene Banerjee 14:55 Dorothy Stratten got killed 15:26 The calender 17:40 bankruptcy 18:28 tip and kiss 20:14 travelled with wife 24:56 more on Irene Banerjee 25:52 What's watermelon cantaloupe? 26:00…
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Steve Shelton Jr! The Shelton racing and dealership Ferrari Land Rover and Porsche family!
"...we had several locations. The Ferrari store was acquired by an existing dealer in '82. And then we moved across the state open the Jaguar Porsche Land Rover store in Naples..." 5:04 Million dollar Lemon Law on an F40 10:40 Ferrari to Molly Maid! 12:11 Selling or servicing exotics or helping…
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Jim Ziegler | Founder Ziegler Supersystems | Automotive Training Legend | War stories, state of the industry, police chase?!?
2:57 THE POLICE CHASE 9:13 THE FERRARI EFFECT / state of the car business 12:41 Ziegler Super Systems 16:50 sales skills are not necessary right now 23:51 "Every time we train a generation of factory people, they retire, we have to train another generation they all think they can run dealerships,...
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JIM CANTRELL | CEO PHANTOM SPACE
3:11 chasing balloons around the desert. Was this a peyote thing? 7:50 Mars like terrain 10:02 Is the Earth really flat? 13:08 people thought I was a traitor, because I'd worked with the Soviets so nobody would hire me 15:39 the only thing I've really ever known for sure I wanted to do in life…
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ELON MUSK- IDIOT SAVANT OR GENIUS?!?
0:35 SpaceX and Elon Musk 1:02 the US government...ICBMs to not carry nuclear weapons, but instead carry satellites into orbit. S Unknown Speaker 2:45 went into my study in called Elon back 5:28 there was a guy named Bob Zubrin who had started the Mars society. 7:33 they had designed a plant…
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BLUE ORIGIN EXPLAINED BY JIM CANTRELL CEO / FORMERLY WITH ELON MUSK-SPACEX
0:00 Blue Origin.... that relates... to SpaceX 2:45 SpaceX had like 7000 satellites 6:00 Now, they want to launch closer to the earth. The reason you launch them higher, is not because of the performance, generally, the performance degrades, because the physics is such that the further we away…
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JUSTIN BELL | LeMans | VIPER | F BOMBS on TV! | LIFE AND HISTORY
thetorqueshow.com Justin is the son of his loving and proud father as well as legendary racer Derek Bell! Quite an accomplished racer and person on his own! 0:28 LeMans in the rain 5:30 you don't know if it's 300 feet in front or 100 feet 8:43 Justin's son was a child actor and now he's he's gone...
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VICTOR YOUNG | CAR DEALER | CHOPPER PILOT | DISTILLER | FULL EPISODE
07:51 A helicopter for guys that will get flying a helicopter is got to be one of the most brain-sharpening exercises you can do. 08:37 auto rotation is this: fear is the number one enemy of success, lack of fear allows you to fly. Helicopters. 10:15 fear stops people every day. 14:37 here's the...
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VINCE BARABBA | WHAT MAKES GOOD DECISIONS?? | GM | ON STAR | KODAK | US CENSUS | Xerox | AUTHOR
5:26 General Motors is in a position in the market that if they made a minor mistake, they really wouldn't show up too bad. 6:06 Xerox, Kodak, General Motors. And a little agency known as US Census Bureau 9:38 Ronald Reagan, we got deeply involved in that and got to know him and his family. [He...
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DEREK BELL & JEFF have an informal video-call to discuss their 1st (and Jeff's 1st) podcast together
1:20 I stayed with Mr. Ferrari when I first joined Ferrari and he would come and have dinner with us 13:13 I've just got a shitty car 15:11 Nobody ever wrote about my first win 24:20 They were just looking for people that look natural 26:58 the Ronald Reagan ski classic at Beaver Creek. Franz...
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Cannonball Run | FIREBALL RUN | Alec Baldwin Movie Ranch | UFOs | Astronauts | S.E. Turquoise
4:09 visual effects industry 4:15 global advertising and PR company 4:23 film industry, television producer 4:26 created the FIREBALL RUN television series 5:33 we bought a movie ranch SCARAMANGA. I was friends with Sir Roger Moore. 7:00 One Lap of America 8:05 private CANNONBALL RUN screening...
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DID WE STEAL TECH FROM ALIENS?!? J Sanchez is friends with some quantifiable astronauts...
1:05 I was in Air Force test command, which dealt with the weapons that should even be introduced for 40 years 1:59 aliens are real 2:25 The difference between us beginning to fly and going to the moon is only 50 years well, that's just lots of Jews. 3:45 I have a quantifiable group of friends…
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CANNONBALL RUN REMAKE?!? |FIREBALL RUN | Brock Yates | J. Sanchez explains
0:00 I raced in Brock Yates... (creator of CANNONBALL BAKER SEA TO SHINING SEA MEMORIAL DASH)... ONE LAP OF AMERICA 0:23 was brought in to bring the movie back 1:22 I got all these guys from the movie together for a private party at my house 2:40 whatever animosity was between those guys for all...
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RUST | ALEC BALDWIN SET SHOOTING | ACCOMPLISHED PRODUCER OWNER OF MOVIE RANCH COMMENTS | J. Sanchez
1:15 Happened at Bonanza Creek. Imogene Hughes 'the queen of the Western movie sets' was the owner a dear friend of J. Sanchez 2:25 in the business over 60 years-never had an incident 3:21 gross negligence 5:21 half the crew was sleeping on the ranch due to no time to travel to hotel 5:50 the...
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AUTOMOTIVE EXPERT, HISTORIAN, GLOBAL FORECASTER, WRITER, AUTHOR, CAR FREAK | SAM FIORANI
0:11 Max Sterns (Jeff's son) introduces Sam and asks a difficult question! 1:04 Was Sam arrested for crimes related to 9/11? 4:47 Auto Forecast Solutions was founded about eight years ago. "I take all the vehicles around the world and figure out how many are going to be built in every plant. We...
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...BEFORE YOU BUY IT!! (SAAB by GM) | An analysis was done after the purchase. Why?!? WARREN BROWNE
1:16 5 years before GM bought Saab, the Wallenberg family didn't make any money.We were hell bent on buying because we were GM. And we could turn that baby around because of our sophisticated management and manufacturing techniques 2:27 Saab was in 123 countries. And it had two cars 3:41 the…
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PRESIDENT REAGAN'S WHITEHOUSE KEPT RINGING THE PHONE IN A MEETING ROOM DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF GM... WARREN BROWNE
1:45 it's the White House got on the phone 2:05 The space shuttle had just blown up and Reagan called 2:42 that was like being a part of history
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GM spent $1 million on research for the first time | WHY DIDN'T GM PAY ATTENTION TO THE RESULTS?!? Warren Browne
1:17 industry was facing intense fuel economy standard pressure 2:35 GM spent $1m on market research 5:12 I cut the forecast in half ... turned out to be worse than that 6:30 no one would speak before Roger spoke 7:49 pre-Acura, Lexus, Infiniti 11:41 Vice Chairman of GM says, "Don't worry…
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DEEP SECRETS REVEALED | GENERAL MOTORS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE | WARREN BROWNE UNPACKS!!!
2:07 Don't spend all the money on market research and then ignore it. 9:35 "Cimarron, Cavalier with lipstick" 13:15 Look at an '84 and an '86, side by side 16:12 this would make the Edsel pale by comparison 22:42 Allante' 24:45 Research is for girls. Real men do cars from the gut 25:42 The...
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THE PRODUCER BEHIND THE SMASH HITS PINKS AND GRUDGE RACE! | Stephen Pullin!
5:36 PINKS Lose the race, lose your ride. PINKS all out 8:43 Where STREET OUTLAWS got their idea 11:27 GRUDGE RACE 13:37 what if a racer was reluctant to turn over their car's title? 17:22 What if they flinched? 19:05 Amazing 23 AND ME story! 26:32 there are now hundreds of companies in the space...
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"I HAVE A 35 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER?!?" | FAMOUS PRODUCER OF PINKS AND GRUDGE RACE TELLS ALL!!!
0:43 you can elect to share your DNA with 20 million person database 1:55 "...51.9% of my DNA. Dove is my daughter..." 2:22 "I called 23andMe. 'Your algorithm must be wrong!'" 4:01 "...her mother's name is in my diary. Oh my god..." 4:26 and two grandsons 6:14 "...I'm not going to tell you the…
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WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A KEY GRIP OR A BEST BOY DOES! HERE'S THE EXPLANATION OF "PRODUCER" FROM A PRO!
1:25 the CEO of that production 4:23 "...it's not just, Oh, we're gonna take some cameras and crew out and shoot a bunch of stuff. You know? Now, it's not that at all. It's like, where's the heartbeat of this thing? There's that visceral feeling. And when I see it, it's going to hit me in the…
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ROAD&TRACK former EDITOR IN CHIEF JOHN DINKEL explains why he chose these 2 innovations!!!
1:04 Tires 7:36 The microchip
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JOHN DINKEL | GAS - ELECTRIC - STEAM | Women preferred electric! | 3 competing energies | JOHN DINKEL EXPLAINS!!
0:20 Gasoline was a byproduct of oil that was coming out of the ground. Nobody knew what the hell to do with this stuff. It was worthless 0:58 John D. Rockefeller 1. put a lot of support into the development of gasoline-powered engines and 2. he built service stations. He made tons of money by...
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How JOHN DINKEL joined ROAD & TRACK Magazine
John saw an ad in COMPETITION PRESS AUTO WEEK that CAR LIFE (sister magazine to ROAD&TRACK) was looking for an engineering editor ...
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JOHN DINKEL- ROAD & TRACK | SAE | MEN'S FITNESS | VISIONARY VEHICLES | FORD | CHRYSLER | WOODWARD GARAGE | NASCAR
2:03 How did John end up at Road & Track? 4:36 How did Patrick Bedard bust onto the scene? 9:22 the job ad 13:12 did the advertising manufacturers dictate the content? 16:02 The Road & Track History Project 16:11 Locked down in Australia 6 mos 22:24 Road & Track as a magazine has lived through…
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Sandy Zannino | Founder of Innovative Auto HR | A dedicated, passionate, process-based problem solving human resources professional!.
https://www.innovativeautohr.com/ 2019 TAMPA BAY HR CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR 2:38 diversity, equity, and inclusion 7:23 better to fire quicker (for the employee's sake) 9:25 affirmative action 15:47 Women: barefoot... and in accounting 23:18 applicants interviewing to continue receiving…
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"The grand global swap meet" | COLLECTOR PART EXCHANGE | Founder- Chris Bright | A Deeper dive | CPX
3:43 an exchange. Not buying or selling. Providing a marketplace and promoting it so that a buyer knows where to look and a seller knows where to show up. 5:58 he's got all of these folks over in Italy who find really rare and interesting parts that you wouldn't even imagine still existed 10:53...
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE COLLECTOR WORLD, CHRIS BRIGHT -FOUNDER OF CPX TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS MOST COLLECTABLE
https://collectorpartexchange.com/search 1:18 it doesn't have to be a Ferrari or a Lamborghini 2:53 Project cars, new parts, new old stock parts, rebuilt parts and we offer services right alongside the parts 4:16 automotive flea market 4:23 car models and dinky toys and all sorts of posters and...
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Chris Bright | Car Aficionado | Founder- COLLECTOR PART EXCHANGE - CPX
https://collectorpartexchange.com/search 0:23 daily driver is a 1974, Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 0:58 1989 Ferrari 348 1:27 Maserati 1956 300 S 4:13 Movie: Cannonball Run 5:50 Indy 500 on Wide World of Sports was a national holiday 6:39 Watkins Glen or the Pocono Raceway 7:15 Porsche 928
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You think you're an entrepreneur? 60 companies | American Airlines | TV/RADIO | Shipbuilding | Uranium mine | Checker/ Yellow Cab
0:00 These were the flashiest vehicles. That's a problem during the Great Depression when people are standing in food lines 1:11 during E.L. Cord's time with the Auburn automobile company that he started the Cord Corporation with a list of over 60 companies. American Airways (later American...
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LUCKIEST JOB IN AUTOMOTIVE?!? | AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM | CEO | Brandon Anderson
https://automobilemuseum.org/ 2:48 saved the original Auburn Automobile Company building that housed Cords and the administration for Duisenberg Inc. 2:55 International distribution. 4:37 National Historic Landmark in Indiana. 5:36 History, science, technology, art museum 6:38 2nd to Detroit?…
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Flemington Speedway magical unforgettable exciting compelling filthy dangerous loud eternally mobbed
Find Jim Donnelly- legendary automotive journalist at: https://www.speedsport.com/ http://www.jimdonnellyonwheels.com http://www.hemmings.com http://www.inthepitsmedia.com https://www.crankshaftmagazine.com/ Show notes: 0:00 Flemington Speedway, the most magical, unforgettable, exciting,...
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Hemmings | Speed Sport | Crankshaft | In The Pits | Race track stories | Flemington Speedway
Find Jim: https://www.speedsport.com/ http://www.jimdonnellyonwheels.com http://www.hemmings.com http://www.inthepitsmedia.com https://www.crankshaftmagazine.com/ 7:08 reading STOCK CAR RACING since I found my very first copy of it in a news stand underneath the elevated train line on Fulton...
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Legendary Road & Track Illustrator Mark Stehrenberger + 50 other magazines
More on Mark (+support his retirement!) : https://carshowsafari.com/ https://www.carprint.net/mark-stehrenberger http://www.potatointhepants.com/ https://carart.us/products.aspx?x=2&f=artistID&v=98&t=i&ttl=artistName&tmp=2&menu=C11799 https://www.instagram.com/msd_auto/?hl=en...
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22 years later this ad is still talked about! Sean Marra and Jeff Sterns discuss!
Jeff Sterns was a new general sales manager at a Cadillac and Land Rover dealership that needed a vibe boost. Enter Sean Marra, met through Michael Sterns....Jeff's brother. Sean was a creative guy at a local weekly newspaper. Charged with "make us relevant to the hip crowd", Sean came up with an...
About this show
A show for your entertainment -recorded conversations with car people that I know. The General Motors exec that built the plant in Russia, Derek Bell (LeMans and Suntrust (Rolex) 24), an Emmy Award winning NASCAR/ Michelin TV man who did the Audrain Concour d'Elegance car culture feature film, a supercar restorer, Ferrari VP, Lotus and Bentley execs, Rolls-Royce USA General Manager (and St Michaels Concour founder, past automotive salespeople, car museum curator, dealers, interesting/famous clients....and their stories!
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