My incisive roundup of the 2014 Paris Auto Show finally went live at Maxim. Fashionably late, sure. But isn’t it always best to have the last word?
Donna Karan’s Basic Black Ferrari
My interview with designer, philanthropist, and Ferraristi Donna Karan, in the latest issue of the Official Ferrari Magazine. Click the thumbnails above, then click again, to view a crappy scan. I won’t ask you to shell out $50 for the magazine.
Fuel’s Gold
Diesel. It’s not just for parsimonious old WASPS, pre-suburban Brooklyn heterosexuals, Mississippi fiber-optic cable installers, and hirsute long-distance pumpkin haulers anymore. Now that it’s in my monthly car column in Men’s Fitness–the third best magazine with Men’s in the title–it’s also for twenty-something Midwestern juice-heads. Celebrate this crude mainstreaming by clicking the thumbnail above once, then again, to view a crappy scan. Or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
Familiarity Breeds Compensation
Familiarity Breeds Compensation. Spectre breeds specie.
Jeremy Renner on Cocaine
I interviewed Jeremy Renner about cocaine, Contras, capitalism, and Camaros in advance of the release of his great new film “Kill The Messenger.”
Electric Bull
Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann still doesn’t want a hybrid. Not even this impossibly gorgeous one his company just unveiled in Paris.
Maserati Builds a Suit
Italian silk has a lovely sheen and texture, but it sucks at stopping bullets.
The 11 Greatest Movie Cars of the 1970s
As chosen by the 11 Greatest Automotive Journalists of the 2010s.
Add these films (and cars) to your Netflix queue at once!
Elon 911!
I talk to Reno 911! star Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) about the prospect of Tesla building a “Gigafactory” on his turf. Also, the Synchronicity. And moon power.
Get Muddy
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.