I appeared on NPR’s Freakonomics show this week, talking about weird automotive safety innovations that failed. Listen to the podcast here.
Everything Important That Happened at Art Basel Miami Beach
I went down to Miami Beach for a few days to cover the opening of the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair, and concomitant cultural clusterfuck, for Vanity Fair. Here is all of my coverage in one place.
1) I met up with Marina Abramovic, and we talked about Art, spirituality, and fundraising for her new Rem Koolhaas-designed Institute.
2) Hanging with Cindy Crawford, Maseratis, and smoking middle-aged French men cruising teenage girls.
3) All the best parties, starring Cadillacs, Koons, and Kanye.
Aston Martin Vantage V12 S and Vanquish Volante
Are Aston Martins the world’s most lickable cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos.
Test Driving a Ferrari. On a Canal.
We take Ferrari’s latest technological marvel for a tour of the mid-19th Century’s greatest technological marvel. For Vanity Fair.
New Nissan NISMO GT-R Revealed. World, Tires Squeal with Joy.
If you hate fun, you will hate this car.
Threatened with a Gun for Loving Cars
Inside the Bizarre (and Dangerous?) World of New Orleans’ Cereal and Candy Cars.
From Runway to Highway
I talk to high-end fashion designers Thom Browne and Zac Posen about the luxe, one-off, $75,000 special edition Infiniti Q50s they each designed for Gilt.com’s holiday catalog. My latest for Men’s Journal
Rolls Royce, Taxi, New York’s Shittiest Road: Tested
I have two articles in this month’s Road & Track magazine. In the first, I write about a test track in Arizona that replicates the shittiest road in New York City–an ersatz stretch used by Nissan to test their so-called Taxi of Tomorrow. I also test drive a new Rolls Royce in the Austrian Alps, and deem it as decidedly on brand as Hell (as in, Hades).
Click the thumbnails above to view crappy links of each piece, or just buy the magazine on the newsstand, you chintzy bitch.
Mercedes CLA250: Youthful, or Just Cheap?
What do the young people think of the all new, youth-oriented, $29,900 Mercedes-Benz CLA250? To find out, we had an actual Millennial test drive one, for Vanity Fair.
Vintage Mercedes Heaven
Located on an industrial stretch in Glendale, California, JG Francis’ shop ”“ filled with natural light from the dozen skylights piercing the boat-trussed wooden ceiling ”“ is lined with meticulously reconditioned Mercedes-Benz vehicles from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, packed together like glistering avocado green, tobacco brown, and champagne gold sardines. (Be sure to check out the slideshow). My latest for Men’s Journal