The folks at Bentley are smart. On the week when Cadillac and Lincoln introduced their new, top-of-the-marque full-size luxury sedans, I was handed the keys to a 2015 Flying Spur and told to enjoy it for four days. Why was that smart? Because the driving the Flying Spur reminds me of the heights Cadillac and […]
While many may know Scott Conant from his appearances as a judge on the hit TV show Chopped on Food Network, he has long been established as one of the country’s top head chefs and restaurateurs thanks to his deft touch with Italian cuisine. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Mr. Conant cooked […]
Large luxury SUVs are a very hot right now and as such it’s one of the most competitive categories in the market today. With gas prices low, the completely redesigned 2015 Cadillac Escalade is now selling faster than sunscreen on South Beach, stuffing profits into GM’s corporate coffers at a clip of $10,000 per vehicle. […]
“I wonder how a Rolls-Royce will handle on the race track?” asked no one ever. Well, a few weeks ago, I did. And the result was nothing short of spectacular. It all began over a beer in the lounge of the stylish W Hotel in Austin, Texas. I was in town for a few days […]
Some interesting combinations just seem odd when you first hear about them – like peanut butter with mayonnaise; Justin Bieber with Floyd “Money” Mayweather; and the alphanumeric combination of X6 with M. When I heard that BMW had mated the new X6 platform with their legendary M brand of performance wizardry, I wasn’t sure how […]
Here’s the shame of the BMW 228i convertible. Even though it’s a damn fine driver’s car – especially if you order it with either the M-Sport or track handling package – a lot of people will never even consider getting behind the wheel. Why? Given its size, price and badge, it’s sure to be a […]
My flight landed in San Francisco on Thursday just little before ten a.m. and a few minutes later I was handed the fob to a brand new BMW i8 for my drive down the coast and four days of automotive excess at Monterey Car Week. The silver and black i8 was delivered curbside at SFO, […]
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 […]
As I was standing trackside at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas watching the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula One car driven by Daniel Ricciardo speed past, I wondered: why has Infiniti, a car company with a heritage of interesting, performance-focused and high quality products, had trouble gaining traction among the elite luxury […]
It was late on our first day and we were running a little behind. A morning thunderstorm had slowed traffic near the Illinois border and even though we had been cruising comfortably for the past couple of hours at 85 miles per hour in our 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport, we weren’t going to get to […]