Ten Best Driving Moments of 2010

1. Against all odds, electric cars are on the marketplace. The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf did the impossible. What a difference a year makes when research and development gets a swift green kick in the booty. 2. Driving the MINI Countryman before anyone else across America for MINI Takes the States. 3. The Gotryke Soundtrack. Cop dat here. 4. The Jaguar XJ ushers in the... Read More

Gotryke Mix Vol 1: DJ 3000

The Gotryke Mix Series debut with the right kind of pedigree from DJ 3000, a musically-inclined car connoiseur. “Motech’s vision was born from the dust and destruction of the automobile industry in the Motor City,” said Frankie Juncaj, who records as DJ 3000. “Once a booming industry that influenced the world, it was reduced to shambles in one fell swoop... Read More

2011 Range Rover Autobiography Black: A Personal History

Last year, riding across Vermont rocky roads, surrounded by thick forest, I got the scoop on Land Rover’s version of an autobiography, and now it’s here in the form of the 2011 Range Rover Autobiography Limited Edition. The Autobiography debuted at Pebble Beach in August. Land Rover Product Manager Frank Dauerer worked closely on Land Rover’s new Autobiography program,... Read More

Maximilian Riedel Redefines the European Road Trip

By Tamara Warren Lush green, idyllic European roads are lined with cafes, castles and quaint locales. Here is authentic European charm, outside of large metropolises where exotic cars find their calling on large expanses of highway. Here along winding stretches of road, exquisite, handcrafted cars that operate at lightening speed are in their element. This is where Maximilian... Read More

It’s (Possibly) Raining Oil in River Ridge

We’ve been quiet about our growing sense of horror, dread and injustice served up in disgusting glops of spewing oil polluting the Gulf of Mexico, destroying life and the planet. But as the damage continues to escalate, it’s time to analyze the effects of what could be coming, adding on to the already devastating effects. Grassroots guerilla video-style are generating... Read More

Jeff Koons To Create BMW Art Car

A glimpse of the studio belonging to Jeff Koons Gotryke’s insider artist Lee Quinones attended a reception at Jeff Koons’ Chelsea studio, in which BMW announced that Koons will create the 17th art car, joining an esteemed group including Andy Warhol, Jenny Holzer, Andy Warhol, David Hockney,  Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alexander... Read More

Car Club Updates: Sarasota Cafe Racers

We admire a dedicated group of car enthusiasts. The Sarasota set have a new tradition in their ranks, and they are spreading it with a new website. They believe in merging car talk and coffee, and hope to inspire other clubs around the country. The club is six years old and has made of tradition of lunching, welcoming cars of any make and model. The website template is adaptable... Read More

Alphabet Cars: House Industries C1932 Ford

C1932 Ford by House Industries Gasoline blood often runs in families.  Hot-rod customizer Angelo Cruz worked on Corvettes and influential one-offs like Harley Earl’s S.O. 10323 roadster, before he focused on freehand pinstriping and lettering becoming among the preeminent talents in the industry, called in for his precise touch. On one project car, Cruz spent ten... Read More

Chef Thomas Keller valets the BMW ActiveHybrid X6

Thomas Keller Thomas Keller’s newest restaurant, Bouchon in Beverly Hills, opened this week. BMW added die oompf to the Hollywood affair providing rides to Pierce Brosnan, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Ludacris, Gilles Marini and Sex and the City creator Darren Star in a BMW Active Hybrid X6.The vehicles reach dealership Dec. 5 In charge of the French cuisine are Chef de Cuisine... Read More

Wanted: Young, Creative, Cool to buy Time in Detroit

McCann Erickson entry proposing creativitylivesindetroit.com, courtesy of NYtimes.com The New York Times article by Stuart Elliott, a former writer for the Detroit Free Press, is making it’s way around to Detroit’s cultural purveyors. The article details Time Inc’s contest to attract young creatives to Detroit. IT may not be the advertising version of “Mission:... Read More