2025 promises to be filled with mayhem and unpredictability, and that’s reflected our selections for our annual list of the new cars we’re most looking forward to seeing, driving, and bitchily criticizing in 2025.
7 Collectible Cars Driven by the British Royal Family
The royals have been driving the world’s coolest cars since the earliest days of the automobile. These are 7 of our favorites, including Princess Diana’s $850,000…Ford Escort??
The Next Big Thing
Hyundai revealed its largest vehicle, the IONIQ9, in Los Angeles at the famed Sheats-Goldstein house, designed by sui-generis mid-century architect John Lautner.
Buy Your Own Batmobile
Today, in a meta-Möbius comic strip of brand extension retailing, you can buy a Tumbler from a Wayne Enterprises website set up by Warner Brothers. For $3 million.
The All-New Lincoln Navigator Is As Big as A House
To celebrate the release of the new Navigator, Lincoln teamed up with AD100 designer Corey Damen Jenkins—who is, like the automaker, a native of Detroit—to decorate the interior of a modern house on the Monterey Peninsula in a style inspired by the new vehicle.
Slathered in Verde Scandalo
Driving a Lamborghini allows one to experience, and delight in, novel forms of human loathing, ones tinged with exhilaration, avarice, and revulsion—the latter of which may be, but isn’t, the English translation of Revuelto.
When the Bauhaus Went to the Beach
When one thinks of epicenters of American modernist movement in the immediate post-WWII era, Southern California, with its Los Angeles Case Study homes and Palm Springs vacation pads, is top of mind. But in that same era, another influential enclave was being developed in a far less hospitable environment: the far end of Cape Cod, on Massachusetts’s Atlantic Coast.
Vile Billionaires: This is Your Next Car
Pinnacle automaker Bugatti has released it’s latest ultra hyper-car: the $4 million, 1800 hp, Tourbillon
Dodge Charger Daytona
The World’s First Electric Muscle Car Is as Powerful as It Is Stunning
Driving the World’s Fastest Range Rover
We loved the black ceramic coating on some high-touch surfaces, perfect for a visit to Lisbon, were decorative tile-work production holds such importance that there is an excellent tile museum (visit if you go; we loved it.) Also, the 80s revival Lucite-esque, light-up shift paddles behind the steering wheel, which glowed red in Sport mode, matching some of our mom’s chunky costume jewelry from the era.