To mark the unveiling of Range Rover Evoque at the Paris Auto Show, the company took a trendy approach. They worked with a group of noted Parisian artists to create four temporary street installations. Unveiled September 28 at the beginning of Paris Fashion Week, the street art is placed at iconic locations around the city [...]

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 [...]

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 cabin of the 2011 Jaguar XJ is all about a sense of well-being. Thus the gentle curve of the console to corset the passenger and a lower instrument panel than the XK. “Our customer can discern right down to the smell of the leather and the stitching patterns,” explained Giles Taylor, Chief Designer for [...]

All this talk about EV technology… ever thought about replacing your four-wheels with two? Here’s some fuel for thought (pardon the pun) from Vespa and  their parent company,  Piaggio Group Americas. Earthy Highlights: By replacing just one four-wheeled in their garage with a scooter, urban commuters can cut  time spent in traffic,  reduce carbon dioxide [...]

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 [...]

photo by Getty images Jaguar and JAY-Z set off NYC for New Years eve ! To kick off 2010 the Jaguar XJ will featured in JAY-Z’s newest video “On to the Next One” from the Blueprint 3 album.  The video will premiere on “NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly” TONIGHT, Thursday, December 31, beginning in [...]

Last fall, Ford took a group of “influencers” and auto journalists on an urban adventure in New York City to introduce the 2009 Ford Flex. We started at the CUE Gallery in Chelsea where a commissioned artist was spray-painting a Flex roof, went on to dinner at Suba, a Spanish restaurant that floats over a [...]

At the SEMA Show in Las Vegas this past week the new carbon fiber jewelry collection for the Mercedes CL 550 AMG was judged by SEMA officials to be one of the top 5 stunning vehicles. Yup, it’s true. Jewelry isn’t just about what you wear on your body. STRUT, a designer of handcrafted, triple-chromed [...]

  This year I got the hot ticket for Project Runway’s Final Collection (Season 5) at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. For those who don’t know (and not all of us do), Project Runway is a competition reality show for fashion designers. I attended with two top GM designers; Christopher Webb, Lead Creative Designer/ [...]