Recalling my childhood obsession with Duesenbergs, and my time driving Gary Cooper’s one-of-two Duesenberg SSJ, a car that sold shortly thereafter for $22.5 million, setting a record for the most expensive American car ever auctioned.
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Ransacking preschool teachers, bicycles, proctology, battery power, the Brooklyn Bridge, capricious cats, Polyphemus, spurs, The Weeknd, dolphins, and the color purple (no caps) to define the shortcomings of Bentley’s latest plug-in-hybrid sedan.
Given the auto industry’s need to transition away from the burning of fossil fuels—and the concomitant ruination of the planet and human well-being caused by the emissions such vehicles spew from their tailpipes—the future is all about electrification. And these eight concepts embody that mission, in all its weird forms.
“The number one thing for me was the push-button doors. I would buy a pile of garbage if it had push-button doors.”
The exemplary Hirohata Merc actually cost $1,949,990, not $1.95 million, because there’s a secret $10 rebate hidden in the car.
A new book looks at Italy’s most famous carmaker, at the dawn of its Diamond Jubilee.
If a driver can’t see through the windshield, perhaps they shouldn’t be driving?
The most famous custom car ever is up for auction next week, and its sale price is expected to set a record. Find out why in my latest for the New York Times.
And why are they taking over New York City?
Like a brilliant colleague who isn’t afraid to get drunk and don a garbage bag dress and perform Shakespearian soliloquies in the clucking voice of a chicken, the Trofeo is happy to remind a driver that driving is meant to be joyous, and an occasion.