Meet Supercar Blondie, the highest paid female car influencer

Here is Supercar Blondie aka Alex Hirschi - the 35-year-old Dubai-based Youtuber who is the world’s most popular female automotive influencer.

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Here’s what you need to know about the small town girl from Queensland who has become the most famous female car vlogger on the planet.

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She hails from Queensland, Australia, but relocated to Dubai in 2008 where she worked as a newsreader and presenter for the radio station Dubai Eye 103.8

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Known then as Radio Blondie, she interviewed various celebrities about their love of cars, including the likes of John Travolta and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Alex is married to Nik Hirschi, who doubles as her manager and cameraman. A former banker, Nik started working full time on his wife’s content in 2018 and has been instrumental in her success.

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She’s made millions out of a hobby

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Hirschi is one of the most-followed women in the world

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Alex has made a social media career out of her love for cars. She has 9.49 million YouTube subscribers and 48 million Facebook subscribers

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In 2019, Britain’s iconic TV show Top Gear filmed an episode in Dubai and they invited the city’s most famous car enthusiast. She appeared alongside hosts Richard Hammond and James May

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She also got to race the McLaren SLR against a 1,600hp Dune Buggy driven by The Stig for Top Gear France in the same year

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These have included the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage R, the Ferrari 599 GTZ and the outrageous Lamborghini Terzo Millennio.

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Hirschi has made a social media career out of her love of cars.

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She was the first person to drive the Devel Sixteen, and the one-off Bugatti Veyron L’Or Blanc, which was especially flown from Berlin to Dubai for her to review.

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Alex Hirschi has even driven the actual Batmobile from the 1989 feature film Batman.

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Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge, a McLaren 720S. She revealed "We also put a deposit down on a Tesla Cybertruck".

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This Hummer was tested on the moon

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