Author: Brett

I talk with handsome actor Adrian Grenier about indulgent consumerism, peak oil, the electric vehicle revolution, and why he doesn’t advocate knee-driving. All of this–and more–at Vanity Fair.

Gloriously Piling Mewl Upon Scratch: Wherein I drive the fastest Jag ever made at 168 m.p.h. and write about it for Yahoo! Auto‘s new car blog, Motoramic. Check it out.

A slideshow of five non-hybrid vehicles that achieve what our divorced mothers, and cars, could not in the 1980s. Check it out at Vanity Fair.

Two affordable Japanese sports cars as similar as 80s Bermuda Bags, or Cyberdyne T-800s. But we still picked a favorite. Read all about it/them at Vanity Fair.

I have a new piece in this month’s print issue of Vanity Fair, all about some of the most compelling new concept cars out on the auto show circuit. Click on the thumbnail below to view a scan, or just go out and buy the magazine, you cheap bitch.

My fresh Businessweek book review, this one on “We’re With Nobody”– an insiders’ exposé on conducting political opposition research, by Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian. Read the review, then read the book.

A load of handsome metal was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show. But, to paraphrase Newton, for every four-wheeled fox there was an equal and opposite automotive dud. Our slideshow pairs the winners and losers in each vehicle category, over at Vanity Fair.

Up for auction this weekend at Barrett-Jackson: A White 1964 Cadillac with an impeccable and tragic provenance. Read the crazy story at Vanity Fair.

Fed up with the show’s shambolic approach, I’m throwing in the towel. (But I’ll miss those talented kids!) Read my departure manifesto at Vanity Fair.

Listen to me broadcast my loudmouth opinions about the Detroit Auto Show on Detroit’s NPR station, WDET, for the fourth year running. Multiple minutes of radio goodness on the local flagship gab-fest, The Craig Fahle Show available here.