Fall is the season of adventure. For my latest Men’s Fitness car column (October, 2014) I round up new trucks–or truck-like things– from Jeep, Chevy, GMC, and Subaru that can take you wherever you want to go. Click the thumbnail above (and then click it again) to read the piece, or just buy it on the newsstand, chintzy.
Reigning Indy Car racing champion–the Nietzschean-named Will Power–talks to me about $1 million prizes, gold-plated Ferraris, Australian plant thieving, and his plan to race next season wearing only a pair of very tight men’s panties.
My frist piece for Maxim
What’s under the skin of Aston Martin’s impossibly handsome new Lagonda super-sedan? It looks so good, we don’t even care (but we still think we know.)
Your phone is also smarter than you.
Or, How To Survive an Encounter with an Unctuous Salesperson in an Ill-Fitting Suit.
In pursuit of carving the automotive pie into smaller and smaller slices, Mercedes-Benz has released the CLS39 SDHL, featuring a supercharged 3.9 liter diesel/hybrid, a 13-speed automatic, and a landaulet top.
Laden with outrageous styling, innovative componentry, and tenacious Corvette underpinnings, the XLR took on a lot of Cadillac”s stereotypes and demons””all at once. It wasn”t as commercially successful as it was meant to be. But perhaps it was just ahead of its time?
Click on the thumbnails above (and then click on them again) to read the story, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand.
In Stockholm, Volvo unveils a Scandinavian Range Rover with headlights shaped like Thor’s Hammer and tail lamps that resemble bloody scythes.
Brett Berk: “In Los Angeles, in 2006, I was walking to Runyon Canyon from my apartment at the base of the Hightower ”“ which is, as you know, a location made famous by your portrayal of Phillip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye ”“ and you appeared to drive by in a vintage Rolls-Royce. Kismet?”
Elliott Gould: “Wrong. But then again, I can”t speak to how delusional you are.”
Why You Want to Commute from Your Villa to Your Yacht in an $8.5 Million Mercedes-Benz Helicopter (if You Have a Strong Stomach)
My latest for Yahoo! Autos