First Drive: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK250 Blutec 4Matic

The most popular number this spring goes to number 42. 42 in the minds of movie goers is baseball, progress, equality, and the man who wore it — Jackie Robinson. (Bill Clinton Was another famous 42.) But there’s another number that’s buzzing around the car blog headlines this season — number 33. That’s tally on the miles per gallon on highway for the new... Read More

Aston Martin Turns 100

Aston Martin kicked off it’s centenary celebration in grand fashion in Dubai as an Aston Martin Vanquish was airlifted onto the helipad of the Burj Al Arab Hotel, 1000 ft above ground. Aston has booked one year of splashy activities to reflect on the English company founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The company has released a bespoke Centenary Edition Vanquish... Read More

Dream Drives Jaguar: The Jaguar XK and Jaguar XJ

  filmmaker and author dream hampton describes her latest adventure driving two Jaguars.  Late last fall, I test drove a big bodied 2012 Jaguar XJ around Los Angeles. The cashmere metallic four-door sedan was so luxurious I damn near complained it didn’t come with a driver. (Never mind my “real” car’s a Ford that incidentally, not so long ago, owned... Read More

Take My Breath Away: 2013 Ferrari F12berlinetta

Say good morning to the fast Ferrari, ever. The Ferrari claims a 0-60 mph time of 3.1 seconds and 0-100mph in 8.5 seconds. It’s loaded with a V-12 engine that produces 730 horsepower with 690 Nm of torque peaking at 8,700 rpm, and is a lean 3,472 lbs, culled from an aluminum chassis.  This means less emissions, in case you were wondering. One theory on the one-word spelling... Read More

Driving the 2011 Audi A8

The Audi A8 may be new for 2011, but it feels like old money. Understated, refined, sophisticated. Elite. The firm exterior styling is subdued and its capable engine purrs with a suggestive note of power as the long elegant nose careens down the block. At first glance, the car, with its sleek profile, looks abstractly expensive. A second harder glance deeper in the teardrop shaped... Read More

Texas Rangers Pitcher C.J. Wilson Talks Race Cars

Texas Rangers starting pitcher C.J. Wilson is a budding race car driver. He’s recently invested in his own race team — C.J. Wilson Racing. The team competes in the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-% Cup and Grand-Am Continental Tire Challenge.   I spoke to him for this Forbes interview. Here are few highlight from his responses. What cars do you own? The street cars I... Read More

The Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Sport Screams Vacation

Sometimes when I see a shot of beautiful car in a serene backdrop, I want to drop everything and run for the hills, or the water, or anywhere that seems ethereal. The Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Sport falls into that category.  More coming on this car, but first let me work on that vacation. Tweet This Post Read More

Lee Quinones and Tamara Warren Drive the 2011 Lincoln MKS

Tamara Warren and Lee Quinones took turns driving the 2011 Lincoln MKS. Tamara says: Lincoln is not your granny’s sedan. The turnaround at Lincoln is one of the best car comeback stories of the new decade.  From surface to core, the 2011 Lincoln MKS is proof of a what a generation can do that’s committed to getting it right. When it comes down to engineering the Ecoboost... Read More

Kelley L. Carter drives the 2010 Audi S5

On the brink of the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, entertainment reporter Kelley L. Carter cozied up to 2010 Audi S5 Coupe. Kelley lives in LA these days covering Hollywood, but she reps for Detroit. Here’s what she has to say. There’s almost nothing cooler than the Los Angeles Auto Show. I say that as a Detroiter, making this a rather blasphemous comment, at best. But it’s... Read More

We want the MINI Scooter E Concept

We’d be remiss if we didn’t pause to reflect on the darling MINI Scooter E Concept that was unveiled at the Paris Motor show with Agyness Deyn doing the honors. We think this is an instant smash for MINI in big cities like Paris, London, Barcelona, and stateside in New York City. Zero emissions and fresh style — what more could a rider want? The MINI Scooter... Read More