Even when creating a $4 million ultra-hypercar, designers have to compromise.
An American Blt˘h Visits France’s National Car Museum
While I was in France last week, I visited the National Motor History Museum, which has a collection of over 400 cars, including 80 Bugattis (!!) and many others that are Bugatti-adjacent.
Brutalism Returns to Car Design!
“We had a more obtuse design phase in the late 1970s and 1980s, and that’s coming back in customer requests, because our commissioning clients are now people that grew up in that era. And this is changing what people are looking for in their collections.”
How the Prius Became ’00s Hollywood Cool
“I thought, ‘This car is so specific looking, it doesn’t look like anything else, and you don’t have to do anything to reap the benefits. And everyone who sees you in it will know that you care about the environment,’” Levin says. “I said, ‘I think I can get Hollywood to love this car.’”
Vile Billionaires: This is Your Next Car
Pinnacle automaker Bugatti has released it’s latest ultra hyper-car: the $4 million, 1800 hp, Tourbillon
5 Coolest Features on the Bugatti Tourbillon
A $4 million car should have cool features. These are ours.
Top 80 Cars of the 80s
For its first book, Bring a Trailer chose its favorite 80 cars of the 1980s. See if your favorite is in there.
Racing a Priceless Artwork at Le Mans
The BMW Art Car program is built on a minor contradiction. Artworks exist to express an uncompromised vision. But race cars exist to go fast while tempting ruination. So, which one wins out when a priceless one-off BMW Art Car lines up for the contact sport of professional racing?
My story on the BMW Art Car created by stellar Ethiopian-American artist Julie Mehretu is out in this month’s issue of Vanity Fair. But, good news for all of you Chintzy Blt˘hes: it is now available online!
The piece also covers the 50-year history of the Art Car program, which includes works by Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Esther Mahlangu, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Cao Fei, and many others…
Help Rich “Rebuilds” Benoit Get a Bugatti–Buy His New Book!
“I’ve always wanted a Veyron,” Benoit tells me. “But the problem with the Veyron is that the prices have gone up to $2 million now. And even finding a wrecked one is still $1 million.”