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When the Bauhaus Went to the Beach
When one thinks of epicenters of American modernist movement in the immediate post-WWII era, Southern California, with its Los Angeles Case Study homes and Palm Springs vacation pads, is top of mind. But in that same era, another influential enclave was being developed in a far less hospitable environment: the far end of Cape Cod, on Massachusetts’s Atlantic Coast.
The Most Cocaine Car, Ever
In Bianco Polo, a Countach–with its snowy suite of snortable strakes, nostriled intakes, and a wing broad enough to host kilos of hoovering–looks to be actually made of cocaine. (Lamborghini’s 80s build quality may support this theory.)
Cover Girl
My story on the wild, and wildly compelling, Ferrari 12Cilindri is on the cover of the latest issue of Road & Track. Click on the thumbnails to view a crappy scan, or just subscribe to the magazine already, you Chintzy Bitch.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Even when creating a $4 million ultra-hypercar, designers have to compromise.
An American Blt˘h Visits France’s National Car Museum
While I was in France last week, I visited the National Motor History Museum, which has a collection of over 400 cars, including 80 Bugattis (!!) and many others that are Bugatti-adjacent.
Brutalism Returns to Car Design!
“We had a more obtuse design phase in the late 1970s and 1980s, and that’s coming back in customer requests, because our commissioning clients are now people that grew up in that era. And this is changing what people are looking for in their collections.”
How the Prius Became ’00s Hollywood Cool
“I thought, ‘This car is so specific looking, it doesn’t look like anything else, and you don’t have to do anything to reap the benefits. And everyone who sees you in it will know that you care about the environment,’” Levin says. “I said, ‘I think I can get Hollywood to love this car.’”
Vile Billionaires: This is Your Next Car
Pinnacle automaker Bugatti has released it’s latest ultra hyper-car: the $4 million, 1800 hp, Tourbillon
5 Coolest Features on the Bugatti Tourbillon
A $4 million car should have cool features. These are ours.