<p>Alexandra Hirschi, popularly known as Supercar Blondie, has found her ground in a male-dominated world. She is the most followed automotive social media entertainer in the world. She had a whirlwind rise to fame after starting her automotive channels just two years ago. Alexandra says owning a supercar was a dream that she nurtured from her childhood.<br />She was recently brought down to Bengaluru by ITP Live, DND Media, Mercedes-AMG and Michelin Tyres. In a chat with Metrolife, Alexandra talks about what got her hooked to the world of supercars and more. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>How did you develop an interest in cars?</strong></p>.<p>I grew up in Australia. It is a very car-focused country and in order to get around, most people have cars. I grew up in a very small country town with about 3,000 people south of Brisbane and we had a property about a 12-hour drive away from there. The whole family would get in the car together and drive for about 12 hours straight in between properties quite regularly. So I grew up spending a lot of time in cars. When I went to Dubai, I started seeing beautiful luxury supercars every where on a daily basis, so my interests in cars grew. I always had the desire from a very young age of owning a luxury car one day. I saw so many more cars and slowly my interest in them kept growing and growing.</p>.<p class="Question"><strong>What goes into preparing for each show?</strong></p>.<p>By show, I suppose you mean Youtube, Facebook or Instagram videos. These are very short. On Instagram, the videos are about 30 to 40 seconds long and on Facebook, they are a couple of minutes long and on Youtube, it is about 10 to 20 minutes. Even for a 30 to 40-second video on Instagram, it takes a couple of hours. It looks very simple, but there’s a strategy to it. You need to make things look very simple on Instagram and Facebook and easy and fun to watch. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>The best thing about being the host...</strong></p>.<p>First of all, I wouldn’t really say that I am host, because a host is hired by a corporation to present a television show but that’s not what happened here. I just created this role for myself. It’s my company.</p>.<p>One thing that I absolutely love about what I do is that I get to fly around the world that I otherwise may never get to see. Every time, I travel to another country, I get to meet the locals because of all the videos that I am filming, because of my contacts in the supercar world. One of the things that I enjoy about what I do is that I get to meet people that I would never meet again and experience countries that I would never get to experience. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>What car is your favourite and what do you enjoy most about driving a car?</strong></p>.<p>I have a few favourite cars and one among them is my Lamborghini Huracan, her name is Lucy. She looks aggressive and sounds incredible. I love the sound of the Huracan, she good to drive around and is not too difficult to handle. Another car that I love is the Koenigsegg Agera RS because it has so much power and the sound is incredible. It always has more power and more speed. </p>
<p>Alexandra Hirschi, popularly known as Supercar Blondie, has found her ground in a male-dominated world. She is the most followed automotive social media entertainer in the world. She had a whirlwind rise to fame after starting her automotive channels just two years ago. Alexandra says owning a supercar was a dream that she nurtured from her childhood.<br />She was recently brought down to Bengaluru by ITP Live, DND Media, Mercedes-AMG and Michelin Tyres. In a chat with Metrolife, Alexandra talks about what got her hooked to the world of supercars and more. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>How did you develop an interest in cars?</strong></p>.<p>I grew up in Australia. It is a very car-focused country and in order to get around, most people have cars. I grew up in a very small country town with about 3,000 people south of Brisbane and we had a property about a 12-hour drive away from there. The whole family would get in the car together and drive for about 12 hours straight in between properties quite regularly. So I grew up spending a lot of time in cars. When I went to Dubai, I started seeing beautiful luxury supercars every where on a daily basis, so my interests in cars grew. I always had the desire from a very young age of owning a luxury car one day. I saw so many more cars and slowly my interest in them kept growing and growing.</p>.<p class="Question"><strong>What goes into preparing for each show?</strong></p>.<p>By show, I suppose you mean Youtube, Facebook or Instagram videos. These are very short. On Instagram, the videos are about 30 to 40 seconds long and on Facebook, they are a couple of minutes long and on Youtube, it is about 10 to 20 minutes. Even for a 30 to 40-second video on Instagram, it takes a couple of hours. It looks very simple, but there’s a strategy to it. You need to make things look very simple on Instagram and Facebook and easy and fun to watch. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>The best thing about being the host...</strong></p>.<p>First of all, I wouldn’t really say that I am host, because a host is hired by a corporation to present a television show but that’s not what happened here. I just created this role for myself. It’s my company.</p>.<p>One thing that I absolutely love about what I do is that I get to fly around the world that I otherwise may never get to see. Every time, I travel to another country, I get to meet the locals because of all the videos that I am filming, because of my contacts in the supercar world. One of the things that I enjoy about what I do is that I get to meet people that I would never meet again and experience countries that I would never get to experience. </p>.<p class="Question"><strong>What car is your favourite and what do you enjoy most about driving a car?</strong></p>.<p>I have a few favourite cars and one among them is my Lamborghini Huracan, her name is Lucy. She looks aggressive and sounds incredible. I love the sound of the Huracan, she good to drive around and is not too difficult to handle. Another car that I love is the Koenigsegg Agera RS because it has so much power and the sound is incredible. It always has more power and more speed. </p>
