Doug DeMuro
| Doug DeMuro | |
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 Doug DeMuro.jpg DeMuro in 2016 | |
| Born | Douglas DeMuro May 22, 1988 Denver, Colorado |
| 🏡 Residence | San Diego, California |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Emory University |
| 💼 Occupation | Columnist, author |
| 📆 Years active | 2013–present |
Douglas "Doug" DeMuro (born May 22, 1988)[1][2] is an American automotive columnist, reviewer, and author. He writes articles for the Autotrader.com blog Oversteer and posts car reviews on his YouTube channel, which has over 2.5 million subscribers. In the past, he has written for the car websites The Truth About Cars and Jalopnik.
Early life and education[edit]
DeMuro was born and raised in Denver, Colorado.[1]
He studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a bachelor's degree in economics.[1]
Career[edit]
DeMuro's first job was in an office at Porsche's North American headquarters in Atlanta as a "vehicle allocation manager".[1] In addition to this, he wrote articles on Autotrader.com.[3] In 2013, after one year at Porsche, DeMuro quit his job in order to focus on automotive writing.[1] Between January and September 2013, he wrote articles for the website The Truth About Cars.[4] DeMuro began writing for automotive website Jalopnik in April 2013.[5] He wrote two books that were published a few months later. Plays With Cars contains personal car stories and the e-book From My Perspective is about DeMuro's perspective on things unrelated to cars.[6][7] He also wrote a blog named PlaysWithCars in 2013.[8]
While working for Jalopnik, DeMuro wrote columns, answered letters from readers, shot videos for his YouTube channel, and occasionally reviewed cars.[5] Furthermore, he bought interesting second-hand cars recommended by readers, which he then reviewed and wrote columns about. Among those cars was a 2004 Ferrari 360 Modena DeMuro purchased in January 2014 with a loan. He kept the car for one year.[9][10]
In 2014, DeMuro moved from Atlanta to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] DeMuro started writing again for The Truth About Cars the next year, while still working for Jalopnik.[4] At the recommendation of readers, DeMuro bought a 2007 Aston Martin Vantage in January 2016 with a "bumper-to-bumper" warranty, of which he documented his ownership.[11] Later that year, DeMuro's new book Bumper to Bumper was released.[12] Some of his columns and reviews were published by the Philadelphia Media Network in 2014 and by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2015.[13][14]
In the summer of 2016, DeMuro moved to the newly-created Autotrader.com car blog Oversteer, of which he became the editor.[15] He kept writing articles and columns, but started focussing more on filming and writing car reviews. He has reviewed a wide array of cars, mainly from the 1970s to the present.[1] Those cars include supercars like the Ford GT, the Bugatti Chiron, and the Ferrari F40; but also new, innovative, and quirky cars including the Tesla Model 3, the Maserati Ghibli, and the BMW Isetta.[16][17]
In a typical review, DeMuro first addresses exterior and interior "quirks and features", then drives the car, and concludes with giving the car a score between 10 and 100. That score, which he calls the "DougScore", is based on the scores in ten separate categories. Most of the cars DeMuro reviews are not press cars, but are owned by individuals.[1] His YouTube channel has amassed over 2.5 million subscribers as of February 2019.[17]
In June 2017, DeMuro appeared in the Jay Leno's Garage season three episode Larger Than Life, in which he tried to recognize cars while being blindfolded.[18][19]
Personal life[edit]
DeMuro is married and has resided in the San Diego metropolitan area since 2018.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- Plays With Cars (2013)[6]
- From My Perspective (2013; only available as e-book)[7]
- Bumper to Bumper (2016)[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Beck, Tom (28 May 2018). "Doug DeMuro: Philly's Jack of all (auto) trades when it comes to anything with wheels and an engine". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ DeMuro, Doug (14 February 2017). "DeLorean Time Machine: Tour and Road Test". YouTube. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ↑ DeMuro, Doug (5 September 2018). "Here's How Doug DeMuro Got Started Reviewing Cars". YouTube. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Posts By: Doug DeMuro". The Truth About Cars. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Doug DeMuro's posts". Kinja. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Plays with Cars". Amazon. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "From My Perspective". Amazon. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Home". Plays With Cars. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ DeBord, Matthew (8 December 2014). "This Guy's Year-Long Nightmare Of Ferrari Ownership Is Finally Ending". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ "Come drive my Ferrari! Now, that's a friend". CNBC.com. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ Fierman, William (11 February 2016). "A guy who endured a nightmare of Ferrari ownership is now suffering with a used Aston Martin". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Bumper to Bumper". Amazon. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ↑ DeMuro, Doug (30 October 2014). "7 Great CPO Pickups For Under $20,000". Philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
- ↑ DeMuro, Doug (15 April 2015). "20 used cars you can buy with the average tax refund". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ "Doug DeMuro Moves to Autotrader.com". Cision. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ Crothers, Brooke (12 November 2017). "Tesla Week: Model 3 Gets Praised ('iPhone' of EVs), Panned". Forbes. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Doug DeMuro channel". YouTube. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ "Jay Leno tries to stump blogger with Doug Demuro". CNBC.com. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ Tudose, Sergiu (4 July 2017). "Jay Leno Blindfolds Doug DeMuro In 'Larger Than Life' Episode". Carscoops.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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