Meet The Autohaus Social Team
Your local atlanta european auto technicans
Nash Tehrani
Founder, Owner
Nash is the founder of Autohaus Social. At a very early age he was fascinated with cars and motorcycles and he spent much of his childhood around them. His first true love was a 1984 VW Rabbit GTi he modified and drove all through high school. Unfortunately, he had to sell the vehicle once he started college.
Nash graduated from Emory University in 1998 with degrees in Biology and Psychology, and he holds a Master’s degree in Kinesiology awarded in 2003 from Georgia State University. During his studies, Nash found his way back into a few cars and became active in the automotive community enjoying days at the track and car shows.
Nash started a personal training company in Midtown, Atlanta, that he ran for almost 20 years. It was during these years he became very active in the automotive lifestyle. Having owned over 30 modified vehicles of all makes and models, it was clear, German cars were his passion. He teamed up with his sister, Noosh, and co-founded dürtydübs, a European car club, in the early 2000’s where their passion for Volkswagens gained international acclaim.
He jumped on the opportunity to purchase 733 Monroe Drive. After a two-year build, Autohaus Social opened its doors on September 11 th , 2018. The concept was simple, provide a much need service to the intown neighborhoods he grew up in. His focus was on quality, transparency, and having a good time. He’s goal was to make auto repair fun. From pop-up lunches, bike rides, arts, community events, and much more, his vision is coming to fruition.
Joseph Renter
Director of Operations
After college, Joseph began his automotive career working for Genuine Parts (NAPA) where he became the youngest store manager in their history at that point.
In 1999, he began working for Volkswagen where he served over 14 years as a parts consultant (master level certified), parts manager, service manager, and finally as the fixed ops director (Increased labor productivity by 30% in first 2 months and increased customer satisfaction/dealer rating to top in region).
In 2016, Joseph went to become service manager for 2 different Christian Brothers stores in the Atlanta area.
In 2018 Joseph began work with Castrol oil company and began to assist Nash Tehrani, owner of Autohaus Social, as a consultant before leaving Castrol to become the Director of Operations at Autohaus Social.
During the early days of his career, Joseph acquired a 1989 16v MK2 GTI and finally understood what driving a car was supposed to feel like. He has been a German automotive enthusiast ever since.
All these experiences in the automotive field taught Joseph not only what to do but, more importantly, what not to do.
Joseph and Autohaus Social are passionate about providing real customer service. They want every experience to be a positive one for all their customers. Joseph truly understands how to make this happen.
He is grateful to be able to do what he loves with people he considers friends. He’s proud of what he helped to create at Autohaus Social. He spends his days around a multitude of beautiful cars, talking to people about beautiful cars, and driving beautiful cars.
He would love the opportunity to talk to you about these beautiful cars.
Noosh Tehrani Prljača
Creative Director
Noosh is an old soul with a big heart and Autohaus Social's very own secret weapon. She approaches everything with a bubbly enthusiasm, often driven by a need to collaborate and create cool experiences.
With a BFA in Graphic Design from Georgia State University and 20 years of experience in the Design and UX field, Noosh brings a new level of "art school cool" to this establishment.
Noosh's favorite part about being part of the Autohaus Social family is bringing people together in celebration. She believes cars are the universal symbol of freedom and the one thing that can unite people from so many different backgrounds.
Mikey Palmer
Lead Technician
Mikel Palmer is an Atlanta native. He loves animals, outdoor adventures, and history. He is a lifelong skateboarder and petrol head. Mikel has owned numerous cars including Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 VWs and a BMW E21 and E28. His favorite car ever was his long lost E30 M3.
His current project is a mk2 GTI 16v turbo that has been his personal science project since 2001. This car has seen many iterations and is currently a high horsepower sleeper.
He is self-taught in many areas including tig welding and standalone engine management programming. He took apart his first air cooled bug engine when he was 8 years old. Mikel started working with his dad at their family shop in the mid-90s. He spent the next 15+ years learning all he could about the business from his father.
Mikel started participating in Motorsports when he was a teenager. He spent most of his young years crewing for his dad and running SCCA across the Southeast. Eventually, he got the chance to do some driving himself and earned his competition license. This allowed him to spend some time living his dream building and crewing for some Porsche club/NASA race cars. Overall, Mikel's adult life has been dedicated to VW, Audi, and Porsche brands.
Mateo Halley
Technician
Mateo is an automotive technician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in providing regular maintenance, diagnostics, and repairs on European vehicles. His expertise and passion for cars stems from a lifelong love affair with German cars. Much to his parents' dismay, his first word was, in fact, “car". His personal repertoire of knowledge/brands includes Porsche, VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Mini, and Land Rover. Never threatened by a challenge or a good time, Mateo doesn't fail to keep things rolling.
Yannick Ruckert
Technician
Yannick has been around Porsches his entire life, his father operated a Porsche custom shop and motorsports composite shop in Florida, where he found his passion for the brand. Yannick first started studying under his father to become a composite technician, but he was fascinated by anything mechanical and changed career paths in his teens. He began working for some motorsport teams in Georgia, doing club events, DE, IMSA events, and currently works for a team in International GT.
Yannick grew up on the race track, whether it was with his father racing in SCCA and PCA events, attending major motorsport events such as the 24 hours of Daytona, 12 hours of Sebring, or the petite Le Mans. Yannick’s current project is a 1985.5 Porsche 944 that he is restoring to its former glory with some improvements. In his spare time, Yannick still helps with his father business, making composite parts for Porsche street and motorsport cars, along with mountain biking, playing video games, and playing sports with friends.
Noah Ptacek
Service Advisor
Noah has lived in Atlanta for most of his life, and is an advocate for both the city and the automotive community. He had been fascinated by vehicles from an early age, starting with a deep passion for aircraft. Cars became his true passion thanks to attending many types of automotive museums and car shows with his father, as well as being an avid viewer of classic Best Motoring videos and rally racing. As his enthusiasm for cars continued to grow, he dedicated himself to learning as much as he could about a diverse range of automobiles from all over the world.
Noah has educated himself on driving theory which he applies in his 1990 Mazda Miata during motorsports events. Noah is most passionate about vintage/retro lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars from Japan and Europe. His top two dream cars are the Porsche 964 Carrera RS and Pagani Zonda Cinque.
Noah grew up in Midtown and went to Grady (now Midtown) High School which is a few blocks away from Autohaus Social. Once he heard about Autohaus Social, he knew he wanted to be a part of it. He joined the company in January 2021 as an intern and quickly earned the trust of the team and was hired shortly afterwards. He has continued to expand his knowledge of the automotive industry and is always eager to learn more.
Other than working on his personal vehicles, he enjoys movies, eating at his favorite restaurants, walking and driving the city streets, enjoying the city's skyline views, and spending time with his dog, Papillon.
Pierce Jones
Service Advisor
Pierce is a Georgia Native. He grew up north of Atlanta and currently resides in Scottdale, GA.
His automotive career started in high school working at his father's shop in Roswell, GA where he specialized in Japanese cars. He earned a communications degree from Kennesaw State University, while working his way up at Advance Auto Parts to Assistant Manager. After graduating, he joined Genuine Parts Company where he spent over 10 years in the catalog and supply chain department making many friends along the way.
Before joining Autohaus Social, he got to live the dream of working as a technician alongside his brother, Master Technician, Daniel Jones. He now enjoys his position as Service Writer at Autohaus Social.
In his free time he enjoys van truck-ins, motorcycles, mountain biking, going to the junkyard on Saturdays prowling around for Datsun and van parts, hot dogs and train watching with his dog Bueno.
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