I have a new short story out, “After Face,” which was just published in “Eleventh Hour,” a literary journal out of SUNY Binghamton.
Mystery Machine
An oddball Packard Twin-Six–the world’s first production V-12-powered car–single-handedly encompasses everything about the early luxury car market in Detroit, and much more.
I-Roll?
Volvo, the 99 year-old Swedish automaker faces a confluence of crises in one of its biggest markets. I ask its new regional president how it can pull through?
Could Rivian Become a Design Consultancy?
Is The World Trying to Kill Jaguar?
With nearly everything in the world working against it–from failed product strategies, to a polarizing new design language, to a corporation-shuttering cyberattack–how is Jaguar doing? I chatted with top executive Rawdon Glover to find out.
“Life After Cars’
This new book, “Life After Cars,” is worth reading, despite its title, as its proscriptions will make the world better, while simultaneously making driving better for people like us who love to drive.
Where Do The Rockets Find Planets
Though Honda has developed and produced motorcycles, scooters, e-bikes, ATVs, boat motors, cargo vehicles, and even jets, launching a competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX seems to stretch beyond even Honda’s wildly diversified capabilities.
Carb-Heavy Diet
Riley Schlick-Trask and her family are on a mission to get kids back into carbs.
Click on the images above (and then click again, if you have aged eyes like me) to read a crappy scan of my story in the latest issue of Road & Track. Or just subscribe to the magazine already, you Chintzy Bltch.
Hollywood’s Favorite Used Car Salesman
Would you buy a classic vehicle from this man? Jason Momoa, Justin Bieber, and Tyler, The Creator did.
CMW
Given the prominence of these designs, which originated in the brand’s LA creative consultancy, perhaps the company should consider changing its name to Californie Motoren Werke?