Christopher Lloyd talks to me about the DeLorean’s enduring crappiness, his beloved ’65 Porsche, and working with smelly dogs and Elizabeth Shue.
Adventures in Usonia with America’s Cheapest Mercedes
Because “As Leaky as Fallingwater” isn’t a good marketing slogan.
Wagonizing
A historian puts his wanderlust into motion. Very slow motion.
The Most Famous Street Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
Mitchell Schorr’s Da Race is in perpetual flux. It”s a moving project, seen in staid snapshots. It”s an ongoing idea, fragmented into pieces. It”s a recollection, rendered tangible but fleeting. And it”s about cars, in our nation”s most car un-friendly city.
World’s Most Avant-Garde Salt Shaker
Deep inside New York’s strangest–and most utilitarian–piece of civic architecture, built to house ten million pounds of salt.
Palm Springs on Wheels
The Studebaker Avanti is Palm Springs on wheels. It is also irresistible, unless you hate its Raymond Loewy design, in which case, you’re wrong.
Mercedes-Benz’s Harshest Critic?
“What is this?” Huh scolds.
Celebrated interior designer Young Huh critiques the interior of the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG.
Visiting John Deere’s Midcentury-Modern Headquarters
I visit a titanic Tonka toy box designed by Eero Saarinen, and renew my vows with COR-TEN steel.
Talking to James Bond’s Guardian Angel
Talented beauty Naomie Harris schools me in how to play James Bond’s right hand, Eve Moneypenny, how to have “a moment” in a Land Rover, and how to escape from a near lethal car crash.
Automotive Fantasists Parse Their Fantasies
Concept cars don”t have to meet crash-test or emission standards. They can be made of cotton batting and OLED film, covered in hard-shell fructose. They just need to make a statement, and to communicate the weird ideas of advanced design teams: daydreamers and windmill tippers to a one.
We spoke to these fantasists-in-chief from Bugatti, Mercedes, Porsche, and many others in Frankfurt, and had them walk us through their crazed creations.