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Larry Kosilla

American auto detailer, YouTuber, and entrepreneur

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ109743136
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Lawrence Paul Kosilla III (born October 2, 1981) is an American businessman and YouTuber best known for his car care company AMMO and his YouTube Channel AMMONYC. Kosilla was featured on the /Drive YouTube Channel for three seasons.

Early life

Kosilla was born October 2, 1981, in White Plains, New York and raised by his parents in the city of Rye, New York in Westchester County. He received a hockey scholarship to attend Rye Country Day School and later received a degree in economics from the University of Virginia. Kosilla initially pursued a career as a trader of natural gas commodities on the New York Mercantile Exchange which he left after a year.

Career

Kosilla left his job on Wall Street at age 23 to pursue working with cars. He held a job as a car courier for Cooper Classics in Greenwich Village. The job involved delivering cars to movie sets and photo shoots while Kosilla ensured their safety.

After one year, Kosilla purchased a car wash in Harrison, New York and renamed it The New York Motor Club. He and his business partner started a driving club of the same name based out of the car wash. Kosilla would rent a helicopter to film his first YouTube video which followed the motor club on a drive around NY.

Later, he sold New York Motor Club and transferred to mobile detailing where he built up a clientele including exotic automobile manufacturer Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus.

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