The crystal blue sky and light winds promised perfect conditions for the day ahead as my 737 touched down at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport. Upon passing through security, I was met by a concierge who guided me to the white 2013 Rolls-Royce Ghost and my driver who was waiting to take me to the Phoenician […]
Recently we were invited to experience the new 2014 MINI Cooper and Cooper S hardtop on the narrow, winding and exquisitely beautiful country roads of Northern Puerto Rico and learned without a shadow of a doubt that size does indeed matter. The new MINI – dubbed F56 because code names are of course very cool […]
Lexus. The name just sounds smooth and sophisticated. Like champagne being poured into a crystal flute. Lexus. Like raw silk rustling in the wind. Lexus. Like sharpened skates gliding over a frozen lake. When the brand is at it’s best, that’s exactly what it is. Quiet, elegant, restrained. Yes, the LFA, RCF and GSF are […]
My friends, we are at a crossroads. We are at a point in our automotive history at which we can stand up and fight for our freedom to carve up the open road or let those who think they know better take it from us. We can choose a path where we, the drivers, are […]
Jumbo Shrimp and Military Intelligence now have a new a rival for the epitome of the oxymoron, MINI Clubman. Not that it’s a bad car. Far from it. It’s actually kind of wonderful in that oddball, quirky, fun way only MINI Coopers are. It’s just not very mini. In fact, the new Clubman is so […]
I would like to begin by apologizing to the residents on Agoura Road in Westlake Village. It was not my intention to set off those car alarms on that Thursday evening in November. It couldn’t be helped. I had to stab the throttle on the Corvette Z06 to avoid that guy in the Prius who […]
The 750i xDrive is BMW’s flagship full-size sedan and as such it needs to do two things really well. First, since it’s a BMW it has to set the standard…