My glamorous friend, Hannah Elliot, invited me to contribute to this piece on The Most Beautiful Cars of the Year, for Forbes–ostensibly because of my “discerning eye and rapier wit.” I picked a Jaguar, a Porsche, a Maserati, an Aston Martin, and a Cadillac. See if you agree with my choices.
We officially confer “Cult Favorite” status on the 1979-1986 Mercedes-Benz USA 300TD Wagon (W123), in the September 2013 issue of Vanity Fair. Check it out in this online slideshow version (slide 13), or buy the magazine on the newsstand to see the real spread, you chintzy bitch.
A fiendish Autoweek exegesis of our young century’s least collectible automobiles, co-authored with the excellent Davey Johnson.
Kelly Rowland sings along to Britney Spears” when driving, and once lost a Gucci purse to a rusty hole in a date”s car. Our latest Stars & Cars interview, for Vanity Fair.
Do we really need car dealerships anymore? Despite their recent legal battles to sell cars directly to consumers,Tesla thinks the answer might be, yes. My first piece for Popular Mechanics.
The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur imposes and intimidates, whether you’re cruising through the countryside, or a smoggy capital city like Beijing, where I drove it. But the real news is in the back seat. Find out more in the September, 2013 issue of Road & Track by clicking on the crappy scan above, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
An all-new Mercedes S-Class will arrive in the U.S. this fall, giving us a perfect excuse to bitchily rank all nine generations–and sixty years–of Benz’s glorious range-topping sedan. This week’s car column, for Vanity Fair.
My latest piece for GQ is an article on high-end “restomods:” vehicles that are–or appear–old, but hide modern mechanicals beneath their vintage shells. Click on the crappy scan above to read it, or just buy the August 2013 issue on the newsstands, you chintzy bitch. (p. 40)
A Working Theory of Porsches and Douches. At Vanity Fair.
Is the $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide S a Silver Bullet? (Answer: Yes) Our latest from Vanity Fair.