The 2015 Acura NSX is 2 Legit 2 Quit. (Ditto for Ayrton Senna.) My latest for the March issue of DETAILS. Click on the image above (and then click on it again) to view a crappy scan, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch. Or, you can check out the full text in its less attractive online version.
Everything I Know About Motorcycles
Assault and Batteries
We learned two things yesterday in Queens:
1) Shea Stadium has been demolished and is now a slushy parking lot.
2) The new all-electric, all-wheel-drive Tesla P85D will melt your face.
Try to Resist Reading about this Handsome, Racecar Driving, Metaphysical Opera Star
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.
Mud, Sweat, and Gears
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.
Suck or Blow
Along with a slew of top-notch colleagues, I answer this eternal question. (But I provide the final answer.)
On the Radio
I was on the Detroit NPR affiliate WDET today, pretending to be an expert on the future of the automobile. Listen.
The Chachi of Chichi
What is the opposite of “Ayyyyyyyyyy?”
Your Insane Automotive Destiny
If This Post’s a-Rockin’
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.