Friday
December 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Architectural Digest
Project MAYBACH, Mercedes-Maybach und Virgl Abloh 2021 // Project MAYBACH, Mercedes-Maybach and Virgil Abloh, 2021
With an overall length of nearly twenty feet, and a yacht-like prow, this sporting ultra-luxury vehicle does not appear at first glance to be all about utility. But it is.
Thursday
December 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Car and Driver
As recently as the early 2000s, Mercedes regularly sold around 13,000 SLs annually. Last year, just 1300 moved off dealer lots. So what happened, and why does Mercedes continue to bother?
Tuesday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Road & Track
“At that speed, the wind creates a really big noise. You feel like an airplane taking off. When you break the wall of the air, you make some noise.”
Saturday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Car and Driver
Once a car category departs the commonplace, interest tends to pick up among enthusiasts and collectors. How else to explain the current fascination with personal luxury coupes of the ’70s and ’80s?
Saturday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Business Insider
“Every carmaker discovers that selling their first EV is a lot harder than they blithely assume. Find me your random luxury-vehicle salesperson who is conversant in local electrical-utility incentives, charging stations, charging-station types, and voltages. There’s just a lot of additional information.”
Saturday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in General & Random
Improbably, for a pessimistic nihilist like me, I wrote an essay about optimism for the future of the car in the face of climate catastrophe, our ruined world, and the automobile’s leading charge in catalyzing both.
Thursday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Road & Track
Avoid these things.
Thursday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in Architectural Digest
And other key ways our transportation infrastructure may have to change to accommodate the ruinous mess we’ve made of the world.
Monday
November 2021
Written by Brett, Posted in The Arrow
How does Paul Rudd manage to remain so damn youthful when our own visage resembles postmortem Jessica Tandy?
My first story for a hilarious new lifestyle publication–The Arrow–from the AARP aimed at GenX men.
Monday
November 2021
