The end of the road is approaching, for one of the better-known vehicles in Orange County’s business community: the Alteryx bus.
The refurbished, 1960s-era VW surfer van has, since 2016, served as the de-facto mascot for the Irvine-based data analytics firm, which a few years ago was among the area’s most valuable public companies, with a market cap topping $10 billion at one point in 2020.
The vehicle “was symbolic of the long road to $1B ARR,” said Alteryx co-founder and former CEO Dean Stoecker.
It had a prominent spot near the entrance
It had a prominent spot near the entrance to the company’s prior HQ at Spectrum Terrace. Some used the bus for small meetings; it also had beer taps where the engine used to be.
The van took a detour after Alteryx went private after it was sold for $4.4 billion to a pair of PE firms in 2024. Soon after, the slimmed-down company moved to a smaller location in Irvine, and “I took the bus and have it stored in a facility that is keeping it clean and safe,” Stoecker said.
In early October, Stoecker is holding a party for former Alteryx colleagues and partners, which he’s calling a “funeral for a friend,” as the soon to be retired “magic blue bus gets a radical makeover.”
Join us for one last beer
“Join us for one last beer at the back of the bus,” he told prospective attendees.
For lovers of classic cars, two of the best-known local collections belong to Will and Cary Singleton, and the Lyon family.
The Singleton Collection in Costa Mesa holds nearly 50 classic American vehicles, ranging from a 1912 Simplex to a 1970 Chevelle, while notable cars collected by the late homebuilder, Gen. William Lyon, and his family include a 1939 Mercedes-Benz once used by Adolph Hitler.
Vehicles in both collections have received notable honors of late.
A 1935 Duesenberg J Rollston Convertible Coupe
A 1935 Duesenberg J Rollston Convertible Coupe in the Singleton collection earned the ‘Elegance Award’ at the 75th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event, held in August.
A few months earlier, Bill H. Lyon earned the ‘Best in Show Award’ at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, with a 1937 Mercedes Benz 540K Special Roadster in his family’s collection.
The Singleton and Lyon families don’t just collect similar cars, they also collect similar real estate.
Records show that this April, the Singletons –
Records show that this April, the Singletons – who are among the country’s largest cattle producers and, until late last year, landowners – paid $12.7 million for a Costa Mesa industrial building along McCormick Road, close to other properties they own and use to house their car collection.
The seller of that building, which is a few blocks from the Lyon Air Museum: Bill Lyon.
The Singleton family can likely afford a few more buildings, and cars. At the end of 2025, they sold their nearly 938,000-acre Singleton Ranches in New Mexico to LA Rams owner Stan Kroenke, in what’s been described as the largest ranch sale in American history.
Terms of the sale weren’t disclosed. The Singleton family bought the land in the 1980s and 1990s for between $55 and $70 an acre, according to reports.
