Guest Speaker - John Clor

Veteran automotive journalist and author John M. Clor has owned, raced, worked on or written about cars – especially Fords and Mustangs – for nearly 30 years. He's been a respected member of the motoring press since 1989, with his copy appearing in a wide range of both consumer and industry publications. Additionally, Clor's marketing and communications work for the likes of Ford, General Motors, Mazda and a variety of performance automotive suppliers has enabled him to put cars into their proper context, no matter what the audience.

A native Detroiter, Clor had paid his journalism dues with a 15-year editing career at The Detroit News before joining the staff of AutoWeek magazine, where he spent more than six years writing road tests and penning features as Deputy Managing Editor. John then jumped into the corporate automotive public relations world in 1995, when he became the communications manager for the Special Vehicle Team, Ford’s high-profile, high performance vehicle group. Except for a three-year stint as Detroit Editor for the Edmunds.com automotive Web site, Clor has spent the better part of the last decade working on Ford performance niche marketing, product communications and SVT web site development and content.

John’s broad-based automotive knowledge and engaging personality have earned him recurring guest spots on radio and TV, including CBS, CNN, PBS, The History Channel, Tech TV, ABC Radio News, NPR, Michigan Public Radio, and many other national and local media outlets. On the freelance side, Clor founded “Cars in Context,” an enterprise providing custom automotive writing, editing, research and consulting to a variety of clients – and he makes no apologies for his decidedly Detroit perspective on www.CarsInContext.com.

Today, Clor directs Ford Racing's Ford Performance Group car-club outreach program, plus creates and manages content for the www.FordPerformance.com web site as an Account Director for PCGCampbell, a Dearborn-based marketing and communications agency. An active member of several car clubs, John pens the popular "Motor City Musings" column for Mustang Enthusiast magazine, helps operate the SVT Owners Association while serving as Editor of the club's SVT Enthusiast magazine, and also writes the "Ford Performance Corner" column for the Mustang Club of America's Mustang Times magazine, as well as the new "Mustang Myths" column for Mustang & Ford Trader magazine..

Clor's critically acclaimed book, "The Mustang Dynasty, 45th Anniversary Collectors Edition" (www.MustangDynasty.com) is a unique hardcover history that has been dubbed, "The finest Mustang book … ever…" – and remains a hot collectible in the Mustang community. John is also the proud owner of three ’70s-era Mustangs – two of which he describes as “long-term projects.”