I’ve never done a cruise before and wanted to see how it compares to other five-star experiences, especially on a vessel as vast and multifaceted as Icon. Could it really deliver the exclusivity and intimacy of a small private island or superyacht charter, with 7,000 other souls aboard?

Using e ink technology–like that in e readers like Kindles–and an i5, BMW has created a technological, animated homage to its 1991 525i Art Car, painted by South African master artist Esther Mahlangu.

To celebrate both Lamborghini’s 60th anniversary and the annual Art Basel Miami Beach bacchanal, the Italian supercar manufacturer did what it does best: it threw an outrageous party.

How many automotive articles will you read today that have a reference to the formerly outre, currently en vogue, status of wallpaper?

Long, low, and horizontal, the serene and distinguished Eero Saarinen-penned space—formerly an executive dining room—retains its original 1950s travertine and terrazzo floors and walls of colored glazed brick, as well as a bright, golden, 36-foot-long decorative metallic screen by famed Modernist designer Harry Bertoia. All of this is framed within a geometric cadence of black-mullioned, floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows that look out at both GM’s Technical and Design campuses.

During my drive, it starts to rain, and as soon as I turn on the wipers, the one on the driver’s side falls off.