The startup process is absurd: you slot a crystal fob into a spring-loaded receptacle, like some Altrusian shaman manipulating the matrix tables in an episode of Land of the Lost. You wait for a reaction. The response is divine. The mechanical starter whirs, the car shudders to life. And then, instead of pushing another crystal button … Read more
The cars and motorcycles have bloomed on this warm Sunday in Harriman State Park, in the way that spring brings girls in their summer dresses to Central Park. Two daredevils take turns launching a Ducati Monster and Kawasaki Ninja along glittering Lake Tiorati. There’s a father and son in a newer Porsche 911; a group … Read more
It’s a late winter morning in the highlands above France’s Côte d’Azure, and the alpine wind howling above our heads could chill the spray tan off an Instagram model. The heat’s blasting, as power chords from a gurgly V8 echo off sheer walls of rock and into the Aston Martin DB11 Volante’s cockpit. It’s a … Read more
The Aston Martin DBX is the only car we’ve had that’s so wide it wouldn’t fit through the vehicle gates at our dog compound. And I caught my Aussie Shepherd resting her snout on its rear fenders from the back seat. It’s mean, it’s magnificent, it’s the Aston Martin of SUVs. We got to try … Read more