Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille which has evolved into one of the world’s premier road rallies attracting participants from around the globe.Photo: Dennis Gray
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille which has evolved into one of the world’s premier road rallies attracting participants from around the globe.
Photo: Dennis Gray

VR: How did you get your start in automobiles?

MS: Well, you know, I was thinking about this and maybe we should start off with when I was a kid before I had a driver’s license. So how did I get started in automobiles? It was a different world. I was born in 1934. That meant in 1946, I was 12 years old and I, and all of my friends, learned to drive at that stage.

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