The CLK63 Black Series is the exception that proved the rule, by confirming that there were always people at staid and stolid Mercedes who relished the opportunity to put some rote in their colleagues’ sau.
Shopping for an Electric Car
Trying to take my own advice, “Your next car will be an electric car.”
Automania at the MoMA
Our relationship with the automobile is at an inflection point. A new show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City explores that, in all its confounding glory, through artworks from the museum’s permanent collection–including seven glorious cars.
The link above is to the online version of my story for the summer issue of Vanity Fair. The glorious print version will be on newsstands in early July, for those of you who are not CBs. A crappy scan is below.
I’ve Got a Fast Boat
Slathered in Magmabeam Orange paint—a special color reserved only for this unique sports car—and tattooed in tessellated AMG logos, it features a kind of ombre fade, stern to bow, from orange to black, making it noticeable, even in the literal sea of candy-colored superboats that occupy the myriad waterways around Miami, where we enjoyed an afternoon of test rides.
Your Next Supercar Will Be Electric
And that’s a good thing.
Porsche Will Now Do Almost Anything to Customize Your Porsche, For a Price
“In the past, Porsche helped develop an airplane engine, and we once had a customer asking if they could integrate that in a road car. We could not.”
The Only Father’s Day Gift Guide You Need
This year, instead of another platinum-plated melon baller, brogued leather manscaping trimmer holster, cashmere onesie, or reclaimed barn wood wallet, why not get dad something elemental and sure to please?
Driving the First Plug-In Ferrari
It’s fun to imagine using a $700,000 Italian exotic to do counter-intuitive things like sneak up on valets, or back out of the driveway without antagonizing the neighbors.
9 Great Summer Road Trip Cars
The Latest in Unrepentant Profligacy
From Rolls-Royce, of course.