In case you’re unfamiliar with Lincoln’s core corporate strategy, it has consisted mainly of swaddling existing Ford product in chrome and leather, retuning the suspension, slapping on some four-pointed stars, and charging premium prices. Thus, in 2002, the Ford F-150 SuperCrew begat a luxury pickup called the Lincoln Blackwood.
Vintage cars are alluring. They are also fussy, dangerous, and excruciatingly unreliable. Not everyone enjoys this kind of constant crapshoot in their daily drive. Fortunately, a trio of “sharing economy” apps allow occasional access to well-maintained classics.
Cruising in a 1990 Jaguar XJ-S is sublime.
Though the series’ eponymous roadway is dominated by pedestrians—or whatever you call ambulatory Muppets—since the very start, cars have had an important role.
Explicating the Automotive Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier.
Well, suicide doors.
A fascinating new solo exhibit at The Whitney underscores this artist’s affection for mechanical systems, and his abiding love of the automobile.
Anyone can do it. Find out how by reading the less beautiful online version of my latest print spread for Bloomberg Businessweek, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
The 12 Cars We’re Most Excited to Drive in 2019
The full story of the storm that crushed our house and car (and spirits) this summer, in all of its elegiac and resurrective glory, as told by one of my favorite writers and people, my BF Tal McThenia.