“We had a more obtuse design phase in the late 1970s and 1980s, and that’s coming back in customer requests, because our commissioning clients are now people that grew up in that era. And this is changing what people are looking for in their collections.”
For its first book, Bring a Trailer chose its favorite 80 cars of the 1980s. See if your favorite is in there.
“I’ve always wanted a Veyron,” Benoit tells me. “But the problem with the Veyron is that the prices have gone up to $2 million now. And even finding a wrecked one is still $1 million.”
When asked about the brand’s plan to discontinue the use of internal-combustion engines, Stroll delivers a flat response. “We have absolutely no plan to do anything of the sort.”
Blessedly, and with supreme Swedish rationality, the new all-electric Volvo EX90 does not pipe in a soundtrack under acceleration that mimics an internal-combustion engine, or a retrofuturistic spaceship, or a turkey imitating a theremin.
From a very young age, Sam Smith had dreams of lesser things. He wanted to be an automotive journalist.
Robots with massive blades. What could go wrong?
Right Sized, Right Priced. But eclipsed by the unveiling of the R3/X.
There’s a new book out on the famed cult classic car chase movie “Vanishing Point” called “Vanishing Point Forever” and it’s a dense, dizzyingly meta-textual, wildly entertaining, photo-rich brick of cinematic and cultural excavation. I talk to the author for my latest Car and Driver automotive book column.
This story grew from the casual perusal of a New York Times real estate listing for a house in Detroit’s University District. More proof that I can find an automotive/cultural connection nearly anywhere!