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.”
What Comes After the SUV?
Considering our vehicular future beyond the SUV (amen!) with some of the world’s smartest and most influential designers and analysts.
Also, in print!!
Die Yuppie Scum
“Triumph of the Yuppies” excavates the heinous, depressing history of 80s Boomer culture, and its ruinous contemporary legacy in income inequality, corporate greed, nihilistic consumerism, Trump, and more.
How Tuberculosis, Wurlitzers, and Steam-Powered Buses Gave Us The Clean Air Act
Frank Lanterman was an air-obsessed scion of a generational La Cañada real estate and water empire, and long-term California Assemblyman, who helped usher in some of the nation’s earliest automotive emissions standards, and was mocked/rewarded at his life’s end by having a section of freeway named after him.
Aston Martin: “We 🖤 Gasoline”
When asked about the brand’s plan to discontinue the use of internal-combustion engines, Stroll delivers a flat response. “We have absolutely no plan to do anything of the sort.”
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How To Build A Classic Car Collection
Playing expert on collecting vintage vehicles, with genius nuggets like this: “Of course, old cars are also a nightmare.”