The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur imposes and intimidates, whether you’re cruising through the countryside, or a smoggy capital city like Beijing, where I drove it. But the real news is in the back seat. Find out more in the September, 2013 issue of Road & Track by clicking on the crappy scan above, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
What Hath China Wrought?
I have a couple pieces in the August issue of Road & Track, but my favorite is this one (on page 26), reported from the Shanghai Auto Show, on how China’s dominance of the automotive marketplace is influencing global car design in fascinating and unpredictable ways. Click on the image above to see a crappy scan, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
GMC Sierra, Redux
Another review of the new GMC Sierra pickup, this one for the Road & Track website. Professional Grade!
Bigger, Better Bodies
Apparently I can’t count. This is the last piece in the ten-part series on automotive evolution I did for Road & Track. And, of course, it’s about hot (and not) bodies. Click and learn.
Resist the Rainbow at Your Peril
There is more to the automotive palette than black, silver, and (especially) white.
The final installment in my ten-part series on automotive evolution, for Road & Track.
The Five Best Dad Trucks
Celebrating Father”s Day with Five Trucks That Are Much More Effective (and Healthier) for Your Dad Than Typical Testosterone-Replacement Therapies. Read all about it, at Vanity Fair.
Bentley=Anomie
The Bentley Flying Spur defies the laws of physics and the bounds of believability, calling into question our elemental assumptions, and engendering anomie. In a good sense. My latest for Road & Track.
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Evolution, Shmevolution
If a population of Hawaiian crickets can evolve to stop chirping, cars should be able to make similarly radical leaps. These 10 batshit outliers certainly did. [Part 5 in my 10-part series for Road & Track.]
The Evolution of Automotive Advertising
Aspiration. Sexism. Jingoism. Dystopias. You’ll find it all in The Evolution of Automotive Advertising, my latest historical survey for Road & Track.