American Speed Company

The vision for American Speed Company is truly unique from the typical garage-based hot rod builder and parts fabricator. Starting with a seasoned team of OE-trained professionals, the impact has been far reaching in the hot rod/restoration market, touching off a number of cross-industry requests and international clientele base inquiries. Realizing the need to diversify and reach the new international as well as domestic markets, American Speed has quickly evolved to respond to these new challenges. The vision statement has similarly evolved from a singular hot rod body producer, to that of a whole-vehicle service provider, specializing in the well-designed unique offerings of both product and service

Mark Trostle, President and Founder

Mark Trostle is a 39-year veteran in the auto industry with 35 years at ASC Incorporated designing and developing specialty vehicle and products for the worldwide automotive, heavy truck, aircraft and marine industry, working extensively with domestic and global manufacturers.

Mr. Trostle’s portfolio is a long list of significant projects including:ASC-McLaren Coupe and Convertible, Buick GNX, Pontiac GTP, Saab 900 3-door and 900 Cabriolet, Porsche 944-968 cabriolet, Camaro/Firebird production convertibles, Corvette Geneva concept car and 4th generation (C4) production convertible, Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder retractable hardtop, Chevrolet SSR complete design responsibility form concept sketch to production release, and Chrysler 300C four-door convertible concept.

Additional projects and services include design development for International Navistar Truck and an eight-year design studio contract with General Motors supporting such design programs as all GM Performance brand models: Chevrolet SS and Cadillac V series models; as well as concept and production design programs.

Today, Mark is the President and founder of American Speed Company and oversees the hot rod business lines as well as design services. His daily activities include design reviews of ongoing projects, handling customer sales inquiries and working with turn-key customers on theme development of their builds.

Capabilities

American Speed is currently serving the design needs of several client customers ranging from personal collectors, large corporations, subcontracted government design work and several international corporations. Utilizing a group of talented designers specializing in various disciplines, the American Speed design teams are flexible enough to meet the customer’s project needs, while still providing enough depth in each discipline

Design - Known for years of successful projects, the American Speed team members have designed vehicles ranging from ’32 hot rod bodies to concept vehicles. Shown here working on the Speed 33, every detail is considered when developing a full concept. Work with American Speed to bring your ideas to metal. Our “steel canvas” approach to vehicle design allows your dreams to flourish, as we work with each customer to develop their dreams into a full rolling reality.

Engineering - A good design will only become reality with good engineering, that’s why American Speed relies upon our vast OEM level experience of applying the latest in CAD engineering along with traditional hands-on manual design to all our projects. Engineering our products with today’s OEM manufacturing processes and quality standards as guidelines and by utilizing NC milling and water jet cutting equipment, bringing your design to reality only requires a few well thought-out steps.

Manufacturing - Building on our experience in mass production, American Speed has carried the experience and lessons learned and applied them to small volume and one-off production. Utilizing assembly fixtures to guarantee repeatability and maintaining quality, each of our products have been designed from the beginning to work within tight tolerances, creating and building quality into every piece. But don’t think that we have forgotten about personal craftsmanship, as each product is still assembled, joined, inspected and approved by hand.