Category: Architectural Digest

“The coolest Cadillacs from the past have always been turning points,” says Andrew Smith, the brand’s executive design director. “They’re always about the future. So the general brief for Lyriq was: Design the future of Cadillac.”

Fortunately, for those of us who love cars, or simply need a fresh distraction, many of the world’s leading automotive museums have digitized their holdings and are offering virtual tours of their facilities.

Mix discarded cork, recycled soda bottles, old fishing nets, and some flax chaff, and, voila.

This year’s Geneva Motor Show was cancelled by the Coronavirus. So the automakers unveiled their new vehicles in cyber-exile, on the internet.

And it comes off in seven seconds.

Zoom in on the driver’s seat. Then read the article.

From solar roofs to grab graphics to…table lamps?

Sad to learn of the death of John Baldessari. I had the privilege of interviewing him a couple years back for Architectural Digest. In addition to being a fascinating artist, he was a consummate car guy.

“As a culture, we’re not fascinated by slowness,” he told me. “We’re fascinated by speed.”

The year that is soon to end will be noted in the annals of automotive history as a moment when the electric car finally started to catch on in the U.S.

Eleven things to look forward to in what promises to be an otherwise shitty year.