The Jaguar E-Type joins our prestigious list of Cult Cars*, in this month’s Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair. Click on the image above to view a crappy scan, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch. (p. 182)
*Previous inductees include the Mercedes-Benz W123 wagon, the BMW 2002, and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
Forbidden automotive fruit, and how to get it. My latest autos spread for DETAILS magazine, in the March issue. Click on the image above to view a crappy scan. Or just buy it on the newsstand yourself, your chintzy bitch. (p. 78-79)
It’s Fashion Week in New York, and so in honor, we’re featuring the best branded clothing and accessories the luxury carmakers have to offer, including $4500 cashmere Bugatti tuxedos, $1400 leather Lotus duffel bags, $545 white rubber Porsche go-go boots, and a whole line of fancy Aston Martin children’s clothing. (Yes, Aston Martin children’s clothing.) Also more. Much more, at Vanity Fair.
Pieces by John Chamberlain, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Alexander Calder, and Chris Burden make our list of 16 influential automotive-inspired artworks. Check it out at DETAILS.
In celebration of the start of the 20th season of “Top Gear”, my friends at BBC Autos asked me to pick my favorite episode from the show’s two-decade reign. But since I’ve intentionally avoided “Top Gear” for my entire life, I let loose instead with a rant explaining my antipathy..
The Chicago Auto Show saw the introduction of two new diesel vehicles–one an exclusive German luxury sedan, the other a mid-sized Japanese pickup. This gave us occasion to reflect on the stealthy creep (rumble?) of diesel engines into nearly every category of car available in America. My latest for Men’s Journal.
The Chicago Auto Show is the Land of Misfit Cars. But as odd as the reveals there were, they were also oddly on-trend. Find out why in my latest for Popular Mechanics.
BMW builds an Olympic ice machine. And it’s powered by spaghetti and protein shakes. Well, sort of. My latest for Men’s Journal.
As Billy Ocean said in 1988, “Get outta’ my dreams. Get into my car.” Check out this slideshow of six concept cars we really, really hope become real cars, at Vanity Fair.
“City as Canvas,” an astounding exhibit of 1970s and 1980s New York City graffiti art from masters of the genre, opens at the Museum of the City of New York next week. Check out the teaser photos in this Vanity Fair piece I wrote, then make a plan to see the show.