Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame legend and five-time World Series title winner has also been a car collector for forty years. 15 vehicles from Jackson’s original series will be offered at the Mecum Monterey Auction, Aug. 13-14, 2010. Reggie’s infatuation began with the Olds-powered Ford he bought in high school before he had a drivers [...]

This Thursday, July 1, Range Rover is celebrating their 40th birthday in partnership with Vogue magazine at a “star-studded event in London”.  The party will host over 350 players from the worlds of film, fashion, design, music, media and sports including Manolo Blahnik and Amanda Wakeley. In the world of cars, it’s not so unusual [...]

After watching Katy Perry’s performance at  VW’s world  launch of the 2011 Jetta in Times Square last week, I sat down to lunch with my friend Phil Patton and Klaus Bischoff, Director of Volkswagen Design over lunch at the W Hotel. Following, some excerpts from our discussion. “For the first time we had a deep [...]

Sean John’s 5th Avenue store in Manhattan was the scene for Maseratis and NBA star power yesterday. Top prospects entering the 2010 NBA Draft Class and current stars of the NBA got styled for tonight’s event with picks from Sean John Fine Tailored Suits, sportswear and denim collections. To set off all that male power, [...]

Los Angeles Laker, Lamar Odom, scored big time in the past week.  First, the Laker’s NBA championship. Next, Odom’s fabulous celebration gift from his wife, reality star and business maven Khloe Kardashian. According to E! Online , Kardashian bought her man a 2010 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, white on white. The tag? $400,000 (plus some [...]

VW set up an “urban oasis” with grass (covering the pavement) in NYC ‘s Time Square yesterday. The event was to announce the world premiere of the all-new 2011 Jetta. Most notably… Katy Perry—in skin tight dress- jumped on top of the Jetta to sing California Gurls. What you need to know (besides all the [...]

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet was hot enough to be featured in the upcoming “Sex and The City 2” along with the S-Class, G-Class and Maybach. Can we take a stretch and say that Mercedes-Benz is getting sexy? After test driving the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class in the mountains of Tennessee, I can definitely say yes. This [...]

At the recent New York International Auto Show, I had a chat with Derek Jenkins, Director of Design for Mazda North America. With his shaved head, slim build, well-cut suit and high-collared white textured Hugo Boss shirt, Derek Jenkins has rock-star quality. (Ok, he looks like Andre Agassi). Former chief designer at Volkswagen group for [...]

The New York International Auto Show isn’t the only thing car-wise that’s happening in the Big Apple this week. The first-ever Cars, Culture and the City exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York explores how New York City has played a crucial role in creating American car culture, and how the car [...]

One thing we know for sure– Tiger Woods won’t be the spokesperson for the 2011 Buick Regal sport sedan. The company dropped his Buick endorsement in 2008 –way before the “fall”. Aside from all that, it looks like Buick could be doing better than Woods. Take a look at the  2011 Regal Buick which comes [...]