Save the manuals! Death to automatics! Car enthusiasts and purists alike have mourned the slow and painful death of the manual transmission. Fewer people know how to drive them, even fewer are buying them and carmakers are simply opting out. The same goes for car […]
Late last year I had the opportunity to work with the great guys over at a brand new skincare company to help them hone their marketing materials, choose and build their Shopify website and write, edit and create the copy and images for their ecommerce […]
It’s a car! It’s an SUV! It’s a…. Fastbacks have been around since the 1930s when automotive designers started using airplane shapes to smooth out square angles and rough edges on boxy vehicles. Some of the resulting designs are iconic, breathtaking, and fast. Other end […]
The Nürburgring — the “Green Hell” in Jackie Stewart’s famous phrase — is simultaneously a proving ground, an iconic racetrack, and a death trap. Since the track was completed in the 1920s, more than 65 competitors have died in professional races; many more have done […]
You may have heard about the recent Oxfam study showing that nearly half the world’s wealth is tied up amongst a handful of people, to the tune of $110 trillion. But when it comes to personal transportation, today’s royalty is still looking for that bargain […]
Maybe the word “hybrid” added to any given Toyota is enough to pique the interest of the fuel-thrifty masses. That must be the case with this, the 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, since all Toyota will talk about is that little badge. Read more of my story at […]
You may not imagine James Bond peeling out in a silent car, but Aston Martin is looking to change that. The company that makes some of the most beautiful cars in the world is planning an all-electric version of its popular Rapide S. During a lunch […]
At the New York Auto Show unveilings abound. One that was particularly special–and particularly controversial was the revitalization of the Continental nameplate by Lincoln, the beleaguered American luxury brand. I had a chance to check out the car before it hit the show floor and […]
On a pre-programmed course in an old airfield in Alameda, Calif., a silverfish-shaped car meanders through a cardboard city full of frozen people and cut-out trees. Here at the edge of Silicon Valley, looking back across the bay at the San Francisco skyline and just […]
Yep, you read that right….. On a trip to Austin, Texas I had the chance to take the big brawler out for a spin and write about it for Yahoo Autos. Check out the story, in which I discuss Derek Bell, cows and burnouts, over […]
You’re a sports car nut, but two doors aren’t always enough. If you’ve lusted after the AMG GT S, but bemoaned the lack of passenger space, we may have found the perfect object of desire. Meet the 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 S: it has nearly the […]
After nearly perishing in General Motors’ bankruptcy, the Buick brand has come back to full health — but its lineup of SUVs and sedans tends toward the anodyne. That’s what makes the Avenir concept, sprung without notice at the Detroit auto show, such a surprise. […]