Keith Martin - Sports Car Market Magazine

Keith Martin has been involved with the collector car hobby for
more than 30 years. As a writer, publisher, television
commentator and enthusiast, he is constantly on the go, meeting
collectors and getting involved in their activities throughout
the world. 


He founded the monthly Sports Car Market magazine 32 years ago,
and it has developed into the authoritative voice of the
collector car hobby. Martin’s columns on collecting and reviews
of exotic cars, including the Ford GT and the Bentley Continental
GT, have appeared in the New York Times. 


Noted for his onstage wit, warmth and deep knowledge of
collectible cars, Martin has been an emcee at the Pebble Beach
Concours d’Elegance, the Concours of America, Concorso Italiano,
Legends of the Autobahn, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, the
Atlanta Concours, Keels and Wheels and many other events. 


He has been honored as a recipient of two of the most prestigious
awards in the collector car hobby – The Lee Iacocca Award and the
Edward Herrmann Award. He has also been inducted into the
Concorso Italiano Hall of Fame. 


He has hosted numerous television specials, and was the co-host
of “What’s My Car Worth” shown on the Velocity channel. 


He served as Chairman of the Meguiar’s Collector Car Person of
the Year Award, is on the Board of Trustees of the LeMay Museum
and has served on the faculty of the Collier Museum symposium on
Connoisseurship. 


Martin brings an eclectic background to his passion for cars. His
academic background includes the study of Intellectual History at
Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, and study as a Dance Major at
the Juilliard School in New York City. 


He founded the first professional ballet company in Oregon,
Ballet Oregon, was awarded an Oregon Art’s Commission Individual
Artist’s Fellowship for new choreography, and was director of
dance for the Portland Opera. He is currently on the Board of
Directors of Oregon Ballet Theater and a patron of the Portland
Art Museum. 


Martin lives in Portland with his son Bradley, a budding teenage
car collector who already has had his first car, a 1960 Bugeye
Sprite. His daughter, an enthusiast herself, Alexandra, graduated
from Oregon State University and is a support specialist for
Daimler Trucks North America. She can be seen driving her 2006
Lotus Elise, and blogs occasionally for SCM.