Handsome opera star Vittorio Grigolo appeared on Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor, drives a Mercedes, a Porsche, a vintage Mini, and a (sometimes flaming) Ferrari, raced professionally as a teenager, feels that life is like floating waves of energy, and wants to play Ayrton Senna on stage.
A new BBC automotive TV series launches tonight after Top Gear. I called the hosts Jonny and Wookie (?!) to discuss bulletproof pickup trucks, exploding cop cars, six-wheeled Cadillac twin-turbo fantasies, and cross-dressing Suzukis. Also, whittling.
Along with a slew of top-notch colleagues, I answer this eternal question. (But I provide the final answer.)
I was on the Detroit NPR affiliate WDET today, pretending to be an expert on the future of the automobile. Listen.
What is the opposite of “Ayyyyyyyyyy?”
A roundup of all of our favorite concept cars from the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. Because everyone loves exquisite objects that presage a future that will never arrive.
If this post’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.
North America is “flooded” with all-new full-size vans. My latest for The Globe & Mail rounds them up.
America flexes its muscle. And, not surprisingly, we like the results.
My latest car page for Men’s Fitness. Click on the thumbnail above (and then click again) to view a crappy scan. Or just buy the magazine on the newsstand.
Do not call them hatchbacks.
My latest car page for DETAILS. Click the link above (and then click it again) to view a crappy scan. Or just buy the magazine on the newsstand.
The 914 was “not a real Porsche” and “a failure.” But we love it, and so should you.
My latest up-and-coming collectible car column, for Bloomberg Luxury.