Dan Lyons' award winning automotive and photojournalism career began in 1988. He writes about cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles for the Times Union in Albany, N.Y., AutoMedia.com, Kelly Blue Book and Autobytel.com. Dan has authored six books on cars and his photography has been featured exclusively in over 70 calendars to date. He has earned more than 20 awards, including "Best of Internet 2005" from the International Automotive Media Center. Lyons is based north of Albany, N.Y.

Jeff Johnston has been writing since 1978 with a specialty in recreational vehicles and light-duty trucks, as well as in the fields of camping, travel, model railroad, steam locomotive and North American logging history. Jeff Johnston contributes to Trailer Life, MotorHome, RVBusiness, Camping Life, RVXtreme, Four Wheeler, Model Railroader, Railroad Model Craftsman and Timber Times. Johnston is based in Eugene, Ore.

Tim Spell began writing in 1987 and is an automotive writer for the Houston Chronicle Cars & Trucks section. He also writes for industry magazines, Web sites and has hosted radio and TV shows. He received Best of Newspapers awards at the International Automotive Media Conference in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006.

Automotive free-lance writer Arv Voss has been writing for national and daily publications since 1990. Motorcycling on- and off-road since the 1960s, his first bike was a Honda 150cc and his current rides are a Harley-Davidson Police Road King and customized Harley Davidson Softail Springer Classic. His cycling articles appear in the magazine inserts for the military publication Stars and Stripes. Voss served two terms as president of the Western Automotive Journalists Association. He is located near San Francisco, Calif.