I knew from reading the specifications and other reviews that the Ferrari FF would be fast. But it wasn’t until I came out of turn three at Road America in second gear, hammered the accelerator and quickly blipped the shifter through the gears to fifth going from 70 mph to 132 mph in a matter […]
July 2014
Some people play golf on the weekends. Others take trips to the beach. And then there are people like Chris Ruud, who finds himself at legendary racetracks pushing his Ferrari 458 EVO to the limit eight weekends a year in the 2014 Ferrari Challenge Series. Mr. Ruud – who became director and Vice Chairman of […]
Road Trip: Flying from Frankfurt to Spa in a Bentley Continental GT V8 S
Some things just naturally go together: champagne and caviar, leather and lace, Bogart and Bacall. Now after spending a day with the Bentley Continental GT V8S on the Autobahn, I know they too are a natural pair. I had a feeling they would be. It wasn’t until I actually drove the Bentley on the Autobahn, […]
When you travel halfway around the world with Bentley to drive their Continental GT V8S from Frankfurt to Francorchamps, you can expect a few surprises. One of the more pleasant was running into a terrific gentleman and racing legend, Derek Bell, an official ambassador for the Bentley brand. We sat down during a lull in […]
Driven: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible. The Beautiful American.
A good day at the office is one in which someone from General Motors sends you an email asking if you’d like to drive a 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray Convertible for a week. A great day at the office is when the Stingray actually shows up in your driveway. I was lucky enough to have […]
Even though Cadillac is a very different (and much improved) car company from the one that introduced the Escalade before the turn of the century, it’s hard to underestimate the importance this model still has on the brand’s profitability and image. Back in 1999, the Escalade had one thing to recommend it, size. A response […]