Praiseworthy lunatics are transforming GM’s final station wagon into street-devouring performance machines.
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Genesis Steals the NY Auto Show
Genesis’ X Speedium Coupe is a uniquely shaped and battery-powered two-door, four-passenger coupe, with a fastback roof that gives it a shape almost like a teardrop wagon.
Bring a Trailer Pick of the Day
Nostalgia is a potent elixir. This is particularly true in vintage-car purchases, where each generation, upon reaching middle age, becomes distanced enough from the horrors of their youth, and endowed with more than enough gelt to sustain themselves on ramen and Gallo, to be ensnared by splendidly horrible vehicles that were impossibly out of reach as new.
Stars & Cars: Sydney Sweeney
When she went to test drive a Range Rover, the Land Rover salesman told “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” star Sydney Sweeney that the six-cylinder engine was enough power for her. “Why, because I’m a girl?” Sweeney slapped back?
She got the V-8.
The Bizarre and Tangled Story of the Origins of Underglow
Unraveling the history of this spectral lighting, and its (alleged) inventor.
Barbara Kruger Sloganizes a Hyundai
“By adopting sites that are used predominantly for advertising, Kruger challenges the viewer’s expectations and creates a powerful art experience.”
Lose 1:45 of Your Life
Listen to my latest appearance on Matt Farah’s podcast, The Smoking Tire!
For gluttons, there’s also VIDEO!
Desert Stargazing in a Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge
There is something ominous about the High Desert sky at night. Without barriers at the edges, it can be almost too enveloping, especially during the longest nights of the year, around the winter solstice in late December. So, when I visited Yucca Valley at that time, I brought my own constellations.
Dining in a Michelin-Starred Restaurant…
Car and Driver Bring a Trailer Pick of the Day
Proving once again that midwestern garages are a cryogenic laboratory for the preservation of oddball Big Three “Malaise Era” physical culture.