Ant Anstead Reveals Why He Decided To ‘Fully Jump & Commit’ To Building ‘Dream’ Supercar Company (Exclusive)

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TV big and car buff Ant Anstead made his imagination a world erstwhile helium partnered with Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button and businessman Roger Behle to signifier Radford Motors. The determination was 1 that the Master Mechanic host called a “huge risk,” but has since had 1 of the top rewards. “Lots of supercar companies nutrient an representation oregon a render and past the car ne'er gets built. So now, immoderate years later, what started retired arsenic a existent large dream, a truly ambitious vision, drafting the concern exemplary — the thought was drawn connected a whiteboard, and I look backmost astatine that whiteboard present going, ‘Oh my God, we did it. We did it. We really built the supercar,'” Ant gushed successful an EXCLUSIVE interrogation with HollywoodLife.com.

Ant Anstead wearing SALT. Optics x Radford Motors collection. (Courtesy of SALT. Optics)

Ant marveled that Radford has gone connected to beryllium “accepted” wrong the supercar industry, processing the lightest supercar successful the marketplace that is the Radford Type 62-2, and their recently announced Pikes Peak contention car. “Multiple outlets person talked astir this car due to the fact that it’s truthful marvelous and it inspires people,” helium gushed. “Growing up, I enactment posters of Lamborghinis connected the wall… there’s thing that we are doing present successful California that I cognize that there’s kids each implicit the satellite that person got it arsenic screensavers connected their phone, and that’s awesome.” The Radford Pikes Peak variation competed astatine the 2023 Pikes Peak contention successful Colorado astatine the extremity of June, alongside Ferrari, Porsche, Ford, KTM, Radical, and much supercar brands successful the field.

“For a tiny marque that’s comparatively new, that’s a truly ambitious leap to take,” Ant admitted. “It’s a lot, but 1 of our involvement is world-class. We built a satellite people car and we’re up against world-class brands. We person a satellite people operator and we’ve enactment ourselves successful a truly bully presumption to spell and bash satellite people things!”

Ant Anstead wearing SALT. Optics x Radford Motors collection. (Courtesy of SALT. Optics)

Ant has besides ventured Radford into the optics assemblage successful a caller collaboration with SALT. Optics. Radford Motors released a postulation with the luxury eyewear brand, imagining the chic plan of luxury cars translated into eyewear, taking cues from classical Italian driving frames and emphasizing spot and endurance. “Radford is simply a genuinely planetary brand, and 1 of the things that we acceptable ourselves retired to bash was lone spouse with world-class brands, similar SALT. Optics,” helium explained. “And, conscionable similar us, SALT. Optics is obsessed with materials, obsessed with design, obsessed with engineering, obsessed with quality. So successful presumption of world-class partners, they fit.” The constricted variation postulation features 2 aviator styles, the RS-500 and RS-600, each coming successful 4 antithetic lens shades inspired by the iconic Radford Type 62-2 colorways.

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