Q &A interview: Courtney Hansen

Celebrity, Spokesperson, Producer, Philanthropist, Author, Car Gal, and more...

- Michael Eckerson

You would have had to be living under a rock, in a cave, on a deserted island on another planet to not have seen Courtney Hansen at work. She is a very talented and hard-working woman.

Courtney first achieved popularity as the co-host of TLC’s mega hit car-makeover show “Overhaulin’” where she helped teams led by auto design legend Chip Foose, transform a viewer’s dilapidated ride into an updated reinterpretation of its former self - in just one week . During her time on Overhaulin’, the assiduous Courtney also co-hosted the specials “Rides: Biggest Spenders” and “Million Dollar Motors” for the TLC channel.

​After several seasons of Overhaulin’, Hansen went on to host 10 seasons of Powerblock/PowerNation for Spike TV. In later years she worked with NBC Sports and CBS Sports on a two-hour block of 4 popular automotive shows. Each week she showed off million-dollar rides, rare classics and tricked vehicles and brought her enthusiasm and knowledge to interviews with famous collectors, race car drivers and celebrity guests like Jay Leno, UFC founder Dana White and actor Dax Shepard.

In addition to her work in television, Courtney is an accomplished author: her book, The Garage Girls Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car, which is written to inform inexperienced women and first-time car owners. She also writes a bi-weekly syndicated newspaper column found throughout the US and Canada titled “Courtney Hansen: Full Throttle,” and formerly penned the “Garage Girl” column for FHM Magazine.