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Americarna Taranaki 2010 to bring the Ultimate Car Guy, Barry Meguiar, to New Zealand!
Friday, 25 September 2009

Barry Meguiar and his Car Crazy film crew are coming to New Zealand to shoot a very special episode of Car Crazy TV Americarna Taranaki from 23rd – 27th February 2010. Americarna is one of the premier events on the calendar for American Car lovers and Barry and his Car Crazy crew will be spending the five days capturing the cars, people and scenery that bring more people back to Americarna year after year. Even better, he will be showcasing New Zealand’s car scene to countries such as the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, India, Central and South America – to name a few. What is so great about the New Zealand car scene? Well we have more car clubs per capita than anywhere in the world which just goes to show how car crazy we are!


The show will be viewed by well over 27 million households, so this is a great opportunity for New Zealand to show the world how much we love and know our cars and to promote our beautiful country globally. This event is made possible with the assistance of Venture Taranaki, Smits Group and Americarna NZ Ltd.

Car Crazy TV, the leading worldwide automotive enthusiast television program, showcases celebrity guests, rare automotive collections from around the world and enthusiast car shows & events that have never before been shown on television. Host and Meguiar’s President / CEO Barry Meguiar, continues his quest to showcase the people behind the car hobby by entrenching himself in true “car guy” experiences in every episode. New Zealand was the very first country to screen the show outside of the US! (Car Crazy TV airs on Sky TV).

Barry Meguiar is the third generation President of Meguiar’s whose whole life has been spent loving and caring for cars. But what makes Barry so unique, is his burning passion to expand the hobby. He wasn’t content with just running the multi-national business - he wanted to take the car hobby to the world.

For decades he's travelled all over the planet sharing his passion for cars and supporting car clubs, automotive events and museums. His passion for cars has created a central hub for car enthusiasts worldwide through Car Crazy Radio, carcrazycentral.com and Car Crazy TV. If you’ve ever seen an episode of the show you’ll see for yourself Barry’s strong enthusiasm for cars.

Over the last few years, Barry has become the cheerleader for the car hobby by sponsoring more than 5,000 car show events, co-hosting Car Crazy radio and hosting one of the top-rated U.S. automotive oriented television shows, Car Crazy TV.  Barry loves to interview leading personalities in the car hobby, capturing the essence of why they are so Car Crazy.

As the show enters its 13th season, viewers will be treated to behind-the-scenes footage from some of the most exclusive and traditionally private events, such as following the judging procedure for the prestigious Ridler Award at the Autorama Show, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Bonneville Speed Week. All-new episodes will also feature an inside look at vehicles belonging to celebrity auto enthusiasts and industry personalities.

During the new season, Barry also travels internationally to witness some of the most amazing car collections from countries like Costa Rica, Europe, Asia and Canada and now New Zealand!

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For more information or to make an enquiry about Barry Meguiar or Car Crazy TV visit www.meguiars.co.nz

For more information about Americarna Taranaki 2010 visit www.americarna.com