Welcome to “Underappreciated”
My new, recurring column in Automobile magazine features outlier vehicles from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, cars that presented fresh ideas or innovative technologies but failed to connect with consumers then and remain undervalued (read: bargains) today. Up first, the 2003-04 Infiniti M45.
Porsche’s Killer Look
Though you might peruse your wardrobe and assemble the same old set of separates into the same old boring outfit for inane work or social functions—jeans, button-down, windowpane plaid blazer, patent-leather wing tips, viridescent cravat, black sapphire pinky ring, stovepipe hat, white tiger on a platinum chain—there are certain rare times when the fashion sprites shine down on you, spizzle you with their magic glimmer, and grant your look an inexplicable frisson. Your selfies radiate likes, your cohorts shower praise and glower rapaciously. You nail it.
Carpartments?
Why are luxury automakers branding Miami condominium buildings? For luxury, obviously.
Hot Wheels Turns 50
“You want a Lamborghini? No problem. You want a Corvette? You got it.”
Conceptual Art
Using cunning strategy and perseverance, Joe Bortz has assembled the world’s foremost collection of American concept cars. He reveals some of his best tricks in this Autoweek feature.
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Rolls-Royce Unveils its $325,000 SUV
And I write about it in Architectural Digest. Circle of Life(style.)
Station Wagons are the New Status Symbol
And we love status.
Continental Drift
How did that $200,000 Bentley end up at that shady car dealer by the airport, behind razor wire and priced at $29,900? And where is it going? My investigative feature in this month’s Car and Driver uncovers the surprising answers.
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Retromobile is the Frenchest Car Show, Ever
The French Touch is really a thing.
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