{"id":284689,"date":"2026-05-26T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:37:14","slug":"my-ride-chris-pearson-tampa-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284689\/","title":{"rendered":"My Ride: Chris Pearson &#8211; Tampa Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Pearson has long favored muscle wagons and SUVs for their rarity. His passion began with early-\u201990s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmc.com\/?ppc=GOOGLE_3810351800_18811171902_143396298419_10095700&amp;d_src=313715&amp;d_adsrc=3876784&amp;d_campaign=18811171902&amp;d_site=GOOGLE&amp;d_adgroup=143396298419&amp;d_keyword=gmc&amp;gclick=CjwKCAjwidXQBhAZEiwA4egw6EsFZ_Nyr7Wxc4ah73afDeCzzaQ7bWQJJMIwPVeG5uK4fUtKxZJfJRoCbjIQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18811171902&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADf3ZAC8Kra-c8Xwoa7qGvISVYcfH&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwidXQBhAZEiwA4egw6EsFZ_Nyr7Wxc4ah73afDeCzzaQ7bWQJJMIwPVeG5uK4fUtKxZJfJRoCbjIQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GMC<\/a> Syclone and Typhoon trucks, but it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOorP5YL1NvboYk-Y0SoklPQJo2AZxISR7tokaNcUo4WZVox8bqbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cadillac\u2019s<\/a> 556-horsepower, supercharged V-8 wagon that sealed it. With only 354 produced in 2014, he chose an automatic for daily drivability and added aftermarket wheels to preserve the originals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chris-Pearson_1346-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2504\"  \/>Capable of 0\u201360 mph in under four seconds, the car blends utility with performance. Largely unmodified, it inspired the co-founding of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theautoden.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> The Auto Den<\/a>, a secure space for collector vehicles. With just 4,800 miles, it still makes occasional South Tampa outings\u2014groceries in tow. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Got a ride with a story? We want to hear it! Submit a photo and the details behind your wheels to info@tampamagazines.com for a chance to be featured.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our other <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/?s=my+ride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">My Ride<\/a> features. Looking to advertise, click <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Pearson has long favored muscle wagons and SUVs for their rarity. His passion began with early-\u201990s GMC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[120882,16733,120883,71038,4181,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-284689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-auto-den","tag-cadillac","tag-cadillac-wagon","tag-car-collector","tag-cars","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}