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Wednesday
May 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in BBC Autos
Brat Pack actor, and grownup travel writer, Andrew McCarthy tells me about harrowing Brazilian cab rides, drug-fueled 80s road trips, and the mysterious speed-inducing hills of Kansas. I also pick out his next car. All for BBC Autos.
Monday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in General & Random
Our bitchy countdown of the Ten Hottest New Vehicles Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show will surprise you. And our BONUS slides will delight you. Unless you work for VW. Or Acura. Click away, at Vanity Fair.
Monday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in General & Random
My thrilling visit to Shanghai, and the Shanghai Auto Show, revealed that the much-touted “maturing” of the Chinese car market has everything to do with youth–250 million of them. Read all about it at Yahoo! Autos.
Monday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Stick Shift, Vanity Fair
How I learned to stop hating and love–or at least like–the BMW X1. Learn all the intriguing details, at Vanity Fair.
Monday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Stick Shift, Vanity Fair
Our second annual compendium of gloriously ridiculous new cars that venture heedlessly into bizarre terrain, pronounce their allegiance to nonexistent lands, and otherwise answer automotive questions no one was asking. Find it all, and more, at Vanity Fair.
Monday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Stick Shift, Vanity Fair
In the era of $214 million apartments, a $4 million car is a relative bargain. Right? Read all about the subject, in Vanity Fair.
Tuesday
April 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Auto Shows, Vanity Fair
The shrewdest, swankiest, and bitchiest countdown of the best and worst new cars revealed at the New York Auto Show. Read all of the straight dope, at Vanity Fair.
Friday
March 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Road & Track
I have three articles in the new, re-launch issue of this month’s Road & Track magazine. This makes sense, since I’m now a contributing editor to the magazine. One is a feature story on why today’s youth hate cars, one is a little interview with G.M.’s Chris Webb about why he loves his toothbrush, and one is an even littler series of interviews with Paul Goldberger and Richard Phillips on why they love the Lamborghini Miura. If you care about me at all, you should probably just buy the magazine–it’s on newsstands now. Or if you’re a chintzy bitch, you can just look at the crappy scans below.
Monday
March 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Vanity Fair
Stick Shift anticipates Easter with nine new cars that are the spiritual resurrection of nine older cars–for better or for worse. Click and worship, over at Vanity Fair.
Friday
March 2013
Written by Brett, Posted in Yahoo! Autos
Big Mouth Strikes Again–my latest for Yahoo! Autos, in which the 2014 Aston Martin Rapide S drives rings around the fountain, and charms this charming man.
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