I talked to Ron Howard about his new movie “Rush,” for the October issue of Road & Track. I figured they’d edit down our conversation, like magazines usually do, but instead, they gave it a giant five-part spread. Fortunately, I resisted my usual urge to hog all the good lines. Also fortunate, Ron is an incredibly thoughtful, smart, and interested guy. Click the images above to view a bunch of crappy scans (and then click them again to make them bigger and more legible) or just buy the magazine at the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
The Most Futuristic Cars of the Space Age
The world’s greatest publication, Vanity Fair, has just turned 100. To celebrate, we are recapping ten decades of international history. Fortunately, my part in this focused solely on cars and the 1960s.
Stars & Cars: Maria Sharapova
Stars and Cars: Maria Sharapova talks Porsches, tennis dresses, and the difficulty of creating a stiletto heel out of gummy candy goop. My latest “Stars & Cars” interview for Vanity Fair.
Joyeaux Autoversaire
Wherein we celebrate a quintet of our favorite automotive birthdays–those of Aston Martin, Corvette, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche–at the world”s most elegant classic car show, of course. Via Vanity Fair.
Young People Hate Cars!
Back-To-School Cars for Every Type of Car-Hating Millennial Kid: a youth and cars compendium, co-written with my steadfast summer assistant (and actual young person) Benjamin Keeshin.
The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Car
The VW XL1 is a paragon of petroleate parsimony. Sadly, it is forced to accomplish this while looking like something that might leak from the eye of a grieving Stormtrooper at the funeral of Emperor Palpatine. Learn all about it, at Vanity Fair.
The Most Beautiful Cars of the Year
My glamorous friend, Hannah Elliot, invited me to contribute to this piece on The Most Beautiful Cars of the Year, for Forbes–ostensibly because of my “discerning eye and rapier wit.” I picked a Jaguar, a Porsche, a Maserati, an Aston Martin, and a Cadillac. See if you agree with my choices.
Objet du Cult
We officially confer “Cult Favorite” status on the 1979-1986 Mercedes-Benz USA 300TD Wagon (W123), in the September 2013 issue of Vanity Fair. Check it out in this online slideshow version (slide 13), or buy the magazine on the newsstand to see the real spread, you chintzy bitch.
The 21 LEAST Collectible Cars of the 21st Century (so far…)
A fiendish Autoweek exegesis of our young century’s least collectible automobiles, co-authored with the excellent Davey Johnson.
Stars & Cars: Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland sings along to Britney Spears” when driving, and once lost a Gucci purse to a rusty hole in a date”s car. Our latest Stars & Cars interview, for Vanity Fair.