HIGHLIGHTS
- Interests include prototyping, western saddle horseback riding, hydroponics, 3D modeling, 3D printing, architecture, ceramics, history, cars, and many more.
- Enjoys writing long features specifically.
- Previous work experience: Various short jobs and internships in the design industry.
EXPERIENCE
Holderith started work at The Drive as he ended college and the pandemic began in 2020. Since then, he’s written features about everything from finding Ford’s long-lost turbine-powered semi-truck, “Big Red,” to a group of Russian Offroaders crossing 2000 miles of Siberia in home-built 4x4s. He’s interviewed the crew chief of an SR-71 Blackbird, gotten sick from acceleration in a Tesla Model S Plaid, and driven one of GM’s legendary Futurliners.
EDUCATION
Holderith graduated from Philadelphia University (now Jefferson University), with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design in 2020.
NOTABLE WORK
- We Found Ford’s Incredible Turbine-Powered Semi-Truck ‘Big Red’ That’s Been Lost For DecadesThe Drive
- Russian Off-Roaders Crossed 2000-Miles of Siberia to Reach One of the Most Isolated Cities on EarthThe Drive
- Driving a Legendary 1939 GM Futurliner Is Like Nothing ElseThe Drive
- Cold War Engine Swap: Meet the 1963 Buick Wildcat With an A-12 Archangel Start-Cart EngineThe Drive
- The Incredible Story of the US Army’s Earth-Shaking, Off-Road Land TrainsThe Drive
Get latest from Peter Holderith
The 2003 Studebaker XUV Attempted to Revive a Classic Name with an Illegal Hummer Clone
By Peter Holderith / Published May 27, 2020
Rare Photo Shows Never-Made Dodge Version of the 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
By Peter Holderith / Published May 26, 2020
McLaren to Lay Off a Quarter of Its Workforce in Major Restructuring
By Peter Holderith / Published May 26, 2020
Which One of These $500 Beaters Would You Most Like to Throw Into Park at 60 MPH?
By Peter Holderith / Published May 22, 2020
Driving The Ligier JS4 Meant You Were Very Young, Very Old, Or Just Got a DUI
By Peter Holderith / Published May 22, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published May 21, 2020
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By Peter Holderith / Published May 21, 2020
Watch the Ford Escort Cosworth’s Designer Draw the Car’s Original, Even Crazier Rear Spoiler
By Peter Holderith / Published May 21, 2020
How America Beat F1 to Weird Six-Wheeled Race Cars by Nearly 30 Years
By Peter Holderith / Published May 21, 2020
This Is the Weird World of Automaker Websites From the Early 2000s
By Peter Holderith / Published May 20, 2020
GM’s ‘Ultra Cruise’ Plans to Bring the Fight to Tesla Autopilot on City Streets
By Peter Holderith / Published May 20, 2020
The 2021 Acura TLX Type S Returns to Form With a 3.0-Liter Turbo V6
By Peter Holderith / Published May 20, 2020