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 [...]

Part one of two posts I recently test-drove the Rolls-Royce Ghost in California. At the dinner the night before driving,  I sat next to Ian Cameron, Chief Designer of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. At one point during the conversation he noted, “Design is like music, if the parts don’t fit together you have noise and not [...]

According to “A History of the New York International Auto Show (1900-2000)” by Gregg D. Merksamer, the first step toward an annual New York exhibition devoted exclusively to automobiles of various makes and models, took place in June 1899, when 27 motor-minded gentlemen gathered at the old Waldorf- Astoria to launch the Automobile Club of [...]

Last week I took a trip out to Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters in Montvale, New Jersey to see both their latest and future safety innovations. I’m still adjusting to technologies that include lane departure warnings, programmable speed controls, parking assist etc. etc. Mercedes-Benz is into all of that and also way beyond it. Their ESF 2009 [...]

Inspired is the word that Infiniti is using to describe the all-new 2011 Infiniti M line. Along with inspired you can count in trumped up performance, mind-boggling technology and luxurious design. From the soft touch leather seats, hand-polished and buffed silver-powdered interior wood accents to the 420 hp direct inject 5.6-liter V8 engine, Infiniti M [...]

Among the top “most emailed news photos” in Yahoo today? It’s NOT what’s trending right now– the Academy Awards and NASCAR. It is, in fact, the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid concept car shown at the 80th Geneva International Motor Show running through March 14. If you’re a car lover, you certainly understand. Even the most [...]

What happens when super-model Naomi Campbell and the Lotus Evora get together? Obviously, a super car. And one for a good cause.  Eight special edition “Naomi for Haiti” Lotus Evora sports cars, will be auctioned off with proceeds from the auction going to help the relief effort in Haiti. The  high-performance, mid-engine Evora sports car [...]

Super Bowl commercials included Motorola’s 30-second clip with  23-year-old sexpot Megan Fox tweeting steamy pictures of herself in a bathtub on the Android powered  smart phone. Hot, but, hey…how can you compare that with Audi’s tongue in cheek eco piece? The clip showed green police arresting people for everything from foam cups, light bulbs and [...]

One of the other reasons why we like BMW is because of their long-standing involvement in the arts. BMW’s Art Car program, now in its 35th year, has featured such notables as Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg and Alexander Calder. Jeff Koons , known for his wildly colorful [...]