Hybrids Rule, VW Prestige Group Lags, Jaguar has Kittens, and the Camaro Demonstrates the True Extent of Its Global Design Reach. My wrap-up of the 2013 Frankfurt auto show, for Yahoo! Autos.
The Fastest Rolls-Royce, Ever
Isolated from distracting road surfaces””bumps, joints, grooves, peasants””and insulated from irritating details like wind noise and the laws of physics, it becomes difficult to tell how fast you”re going in the new Rolls-Royce Wraith. Allow me to answer this for you: you are going very fast. My latest for Road & Track.
BMW’s Future is Pteranodoors
The production version of the BMW i8 has arrived–fanciful advanced materials, bent Aalto-esque flanges, and scissor-hinged pteranodoors all intact. Welcome to the future, now. My latest for Yahoo! Autos.
Sumptuous Cadillac Conceptualism
Four-Wheeled Future: The Cadillac Elmiraj Concept Is Not a Mirage but a Very Real Oasis””of Delight. More love for the Wreath-And-Crest brand, at Vanity Fair.
Ron Howard Tells All
I talked to Ron Howard about his new movie “Rush,” for the October issue of Road & Track. I figured they’d edit down our conversation, like magazines usually do, but instead, they gave it a giant five-part spread. Fortunately, I resisted my usual urge to hog all the good lines. Also fortunate, Ron is an incredibly thoughtful, smart, and interested guy. Click the images above to view a bunch of crappy scans (and then click them again to make them bigger and more legible) or just buy the magazine at the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
The Most Futuristic Cars of the Space Age
The world’s greatest publication, Vanity Fair, has just turned 100. To celebrate, we are recapping ten decades of international history. Fortunately, my part in this focused solely on cars and the 1960s.
Stars & Cars: Maria Sharapova
Stars and Cars: Maria Sharapova talks Porsches, tennis dresses, and the difficulty of creating a stiletto heel out of gummy candy goop. My latest “Stars & Cars” interview for Vanity Fair.
Joyeaux Autoversaire
Wherein we celebrate a quintet of our favorite automotive birthdays–those of Aston Martin, Corvette, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche–at the world”s most elegant classic car show, of course. Via Vanity Fair.
Young People Hate Cars!
Back-To-School Cars for Every Type of Car-Hating Millennial Kid: a youth and cars compendium, co-written with my steadfast summer assistant (and actual young person) Benjamin Keeshin.
The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Car
The VW XL1 is a paragon of petroleate parsimony. Sadly, it is forced to accomplish this while looking like something that might leak from the eye of a grieving Stormtrooper at the funeral of Emperor Palpatine. Learn all about it, at Vanity Fair.