About this episode

Ben Hedley discusses the challenges of running Hedley Studios, the only company building officially licensed miniature luxury cars.

Ben Hedley is the founder of Hedley Studios, formerly known as The Little Car Company. What started with humble beginnings, having won a contract to produce a continuation collection of Baby Bugattis, later expanded into producing scaled-down and electric-powered Bugattis, Ferraris, Aston Martins, and now Bentleys. In this week's episode of The Driven Podcast, John Marcar sits down with Ben to catch up on the business and learn all about the challenges that come with running the only company building officially licensed Bugattis, Aston Martins, Ferraris and Bentleys outside of their respective factories. _______________________________________________ The Driven Podcast brings you motoring-focused discussions, observations from the automotive world, and interviews exploring our guests' careers, exploits, and anything else worth discussing. We will also keep you up to speed with the latest automotive news stories and insights into the cars and motorcycles we're reviewing at Driven. Find more content on our website, YouTube channel, and social feeds, all readily available to explore via the links below. The Driven Podcast is a Paramex Digital Production hosted by Motoring…

People in this episode

Host: John Marcar

Guest: Ben Hedley

Topics covered

• automotive design
• electric vehicles
• luxury cars
• business challenges
• interviews

Keywords

• Hedley Studios
• Baby Bugattis
• electric-powered cars
• luxury car production
• automotive industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hedley Studios, The Little Car Company, Bugatti, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bentley

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