THE MHM STORY
Amelia Dalgaard’s obsession with automotive began with stealing her father’s Car and Driver and Road & Track issues and devouring them under the covers with a flashlight, like porn. After a television, film, and design career, she began texting pictures of cars with snarky comments to her friends. When one suggested, “Just start a blog already!” Amelia started an anonymous blog (because who cares what a middle-aged woman thinks about cars) and Motorhead Mama was born.
But when a commenter wrote, “A woman couldn’t write this. This person knows too much about cars.” Amelia decided to enter the spotlight and own her passion for automotive.
BEYOND MOTORHEAD MAMA
Amelia served as the first female two-term president of the Motor Press Guild and a content consultant for CarLabs.ai. Amelia is a juror for several awards, including Women’s World Car of the Year, the What Drives Her Awards, and the Texas Auto Writers Association. Amelia also serves on the automotive expert panel for the Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center. Her words have been cited in The New York Times, MotorTrend, Automotive News, among others. Amelia’s automotive expert appearances include: BBC News, LA Auto Show, New York Auto Show, and The Women’s Automotive Network.
Amelia has test-driven hundreds of vehicles on four continents and crashed very few. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two dogs, two kids, and roughly 4 million others.