In a new book, one of the country’s foremost collectors asks us to embrace wear and tear and the stories our well-loved vehicles can tell.
The Barn Miami is a Car Dealership People Actually Want to Visit
“It isn’t just about the car. If you have a great dealership experience, you will come back,”
A Jeff Koons Paint Job on a BMW Canvas
“I wanted to make a car that, when it drove by, would go pop-pop-pop.”
The NYTimes Misses the Point on Surging Roadway Deaths
Biting the hand that feeds you, for the other hand that feeds you.
Mr. Cartoon Builds Pepsi a Super Bowl Low-Rider
“When we shot it, I had to drive it all over East L.A. We probably looked crazy with two motorcycle cops following me. It looked like they were ready to pull me over,” Cartoon said, laughing. “Back in the day, you’d get hydraulic tickets for that. They’d impound your car for that. Now, the cops were making sure no one messed with me.”
Why Grandpa Loved Lincoln
Talking history and the future with Lincoln’s global design director on the occasion of the brand’s centenary.
Recess Therapy
My first piece for the New York Times Style section is about the charming Julian Shapiro-Barnum and his social media sensation Recess Therapy. Free online today for you CBs, and in PRINT in Sunday’s paper.
Pucci, Givenchy, Blass, and Cartier Build a Car
“The introduction of each new designer edition became something like a fashion line being premiered in Paris or New York,” said Ryan. However, the changes were often less than thrilling. “We have product planning committee minutes, which are dry as toast. It just reads, Representatives from XYX designers came to Dearborn and selected colors. Changes made include this, this, and this. The level of humor and fun is difficult to discern.”
Aston Martin Unveils the World’s Quickest Ultra-Luxury SUV
Besting the best from Bentley, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and all the other lesser brands.
A Dozen Celebrity Cars Go to Auction
At the height of his fame in the 1980s, disco producer and soundtrack composer Giorgio Moroder funded a namesake 16-cylinder exotic supercar. Now he’s selling it. Also, Dustin Hoffman is selling his Rain Man Buick convertible. And the estate of the producer of the Lethal Weapon, Free Willy, and X-Men movies is selling ten classic cars.
Read all about it in my first story for The Hollywood Reporter.