Glee is finally going off the air. So Vanity Fair invited me back to write one final farewell to the shambolic, pedantic, formerly-seminal high school comedrama.
Anticipating the Singularity
It is still such a huge thrill to open this magazine and see my name. My piece on the new self-driving Mercedes-Benz F015 Luxury in Motion, in the April issue of Vanity Fair.
Click on the link above (and then click again) to view a crappy scan. Or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
Assault and Batteries
We learned two things yesterday in Queens:
1) Shea Stadium has been demolished and is now a slushy parking lot.
2) The new all-electric, all-wheel-drive Tesla P85D will melt your face.
Your Insane Automotive Destiny
James Bond’s New Car
Like Lolita with her lollipop or Norman Bates with his bloody knife and desiccated mother, certain cinematic characters and their props are indelibly bonded.
Oligarch Express
Just in time for the holidays, something to fill the en-suite garages of the global .01%’s new $100 million apartments.
The 11 Greatest Movie Cars of the 1970s
As chosen by the 11 Greatest Automotive Journalists of the 2010s.
Add these films (and cars) to your Netflix queue at once!
Detroit Electric: September Vanity Fair
Steve McQueen’s Value Added Corpse
Why Steve McQueen’s Ferrari is Worth $12 Million (and Yours Isn’t)
Nine Six-Figure Convertibles
Brand new drop-tops like the Mazda Miata or Jeep Wrangler are available for about $25,000. But when heading out of town, we prefer something with a bit more . . . zeroes. My latest for Vanity Fair.