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Time For The Holidays

by Simon Van Booy December 21, 2024

Most men over 40 are hard to buy for during the holidays as they don’t need much, and whatever they do need—they usually buy for themselves. Here are three ideas…

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Driven: 2024 Range Rover Velar, Is This The World’s Most Beautiful SUV?

by Simon Van Booy August 9, 2024

When most people think of Land Rover, they picture a rugged SUV with a wheel clamped to the hood, emerging from a mud pit in some tropical locale. But hold…

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Essential Kit: Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181, An Original 1950s Dive Watch.

by Simon Van Booy June 12, 2024

Most people who wear dive watches don’t get them salty, which is fine, as most watches sold under that title could never compete with the minicomputers most serious divers wear…

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Driven: 2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, Going Out On A Loud, High Note

by Simon Van Booy January 6, 2024

If Dodge’s intention was to build a car that terrifies the pants off the driver, they’ve far exceeded expectation. With a whopping 710hp (that’s over 10% more than a Ferrari…

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Driven: 2024 Jeep Wrangler 392, Is This The Best Jeep Ever?

by Simon Van Booy January 4, 2024

A little more than five hours west of New York City, the Appalachian Mountain range touches on the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. This is a corner of unspoiled wilderness where temperatures would…

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Driven: Exploring Rainy Santa Barbara In The 2023 Land Rover Defender 110 SE

by Simon Van Booy July 12, 2023

I’m starting to think the media team at Land Rover HQ has a crystal ball—at least for predicting the weather. Each time I receive a press loan for a few…

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Driven: 2022 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, A Sports Car You Can Drive Year-Round

by Simon Van Booy January 10, 2023

Unlike with other hobbies where you can actually build a collection of things—collecting cars is not something within most people’s reach. It’s not just the initial investment, but ongoing costs…

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Life is Definitely More fun in a Jeep (If you Dress Warmly)

by Simon Van Booy January 10, 2023

There’s a reason Jeep Wrangler drivers wave to each other when passing. For people who love these eccentric off-road SUVs, it’s more like being in a cult than a car.…

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Driven: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Modena, An Exotic Daily Driver

by Simon Van Booy November 16, 2022

As teenagers we all dreamed of blasting over back roads in a Lambo or screaming along the highway in a Ferrari, as if in some real-life version of the 80s…

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Is It Finally Time To Consider An eBike?

by Simon Van Booy July 29, 2022

Over the past few years, I’ve paid almost no attention to electric bikes, despite seeing a countless stream in the bike lanes outside my New York City apartment—then dodging them…

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