Autoalex Cars

Alexander "Alex" Kersten known online as Autoalex Cars or just simply Autoalex is an English automotive channel ran by former Car Throttle founder Alexander "Alex" Kersten, who according to his first video, he had left Car Throttle because of wanting to try something new and take some risks. Despite already making the channel in 2021, Alex had not announced his absence in Car Throttle until April 28, 2022.
Cars
	Name 	Make & Model 	History	Purchase Price	Status
	Phil 	Mazda MX5 (NA) 	Originally bought by Alex in 2015 while at Car Throttle, it is ever evolving. Starting out with a 1.8L which was then turboed, blown up at the Nurburgring, fixed, then eventually swapped for a Porsche derived 3.0L Jaguar V6.
The bodywork has undergone major rust repair, a common fault on MX5s, and as such will have to be remedied again in future.
There have been many cosmetic and handling mods over this vehicles history, but the diff bushes are still original to the used limited slip diff fitted to him currently	£ 1150 	Active
	Rex 	BMW X5 (E53) 	Bought by Alex just before starting the channel, the first tow car for the channel. 
3.0D M57 with a manual transmission
Traded for a manual Porsche Cayenne 4.5S V8 with a broken clutch (and an additional £2000 paid for the Porsche)
Bought March 2022 - Sold February 2023	£ 950 	Sold
	 	Volvo 940GLT Estate	Bought from a subscribers grandad, was found in a field and an episode was spent attempting to get it running. 
This Volvo is particularly special as it has the 16 valve engine.
The intention was to get it running and change the clutch. But as the wiring was damaged the injectors weren't firing, It was run briefly by Gareth hot wiring and manually operating the injectors, but ultimately trailered home.
It was then traded for another Mk1 MX5 with the intention of diesel swapping it.	£200 	Sold
	Peter	Mazda MX5 (NA) 	Received in trade from Chris for the Volvo 940GLT Estate 16 Valve 'field find'
1.8 engine, rust repaired, full service history
The intention was to engine swap it with a BMW 4 cylinder turbo diesel, this project was ultimately abandoned and sold (as confirmed in an early episode of the AutoAlex Podcast)	Trade 	Sold
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