“It’s sort of a last frontier. Exploration is getting harder and harder, and other than space, it’s the ocean.”
The Best Ways to Teach Your Teen to Drive
“It was a lot more intense than when I was learning how to drive—in a good way. No dad yelling.”
BODOs in Paradise
As we drive around the property, the car draws pointing and stares—and cellphone-camera shutter clicks—from literally everyone we pass, many of them visibly mouthing the word “Bodo.” Bushmann seems pleased at the attention. “If people would always react to it the way they did to this car, that would mean good things for us.”
Clark Gable Wins Pebble
Back in the 1930s, film stars Clark Gable and Gary Cooper had the only two Duesenberg SSJs in the world, and used to race these magnificent potent roadsters around the Hollywood Hills. Gable’s car just won Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours, the most prestigious award at the world’s pinnacle car show. I drove Cooper’s car years ago. But that’s another story. Luckily, that story is linked within this one, so you get a couple of Dueseys with one click.
Quad Moon Shots, Circa 1933, Reunite
“Each of these cars, individually, was representative of the very finest that these companies could manufacture,” says Joynt. Unfortunately, their target consumers had largely evaporated or renounced conspicuous consumption. “So, they were trying to compete for a market that had disappeared.”
Five-Oh! Five-Oh!
The Ford Mustang returns to duty as a Cop Car. Beware!
Jaguar’s Big Leap
Adrian Belew predicted Jaguar’s relaunch as maker of battery-powered cars way back in 1982 with his hit single “Big Electric Cat.”
She arrives like a limo
Smooth and moving
On the prowl through the crowd
To the beat of the city
She glows in the dark
Wherever she parks
Concrete crumbles and the night rumbles
Big electric cat
Will it work? Find out in my return to the New York Times “Wheels” section.
An Infinite Reflection of You
Because you can’t spell DESIGN without EGO.
Is a Luxury Minivan Unamerican?
“It’s not a home run. The U.S. is not a home run,” says Andreas Zygan, head of development at Mercedes-Benz Vans “We are not naive.”
Mercedes Minivan?
The three-pointed star brand is bringing its luxurious electric VLE “Grand Limousine” to our shores. Is the United States ready for a battery powered Mercedes Minivan?