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Daimler may not be able to sell very many Maybachs, but there’s a flip-side to that equation: Rarity. Exclusivity. Qualities which a Maybach has in spades. But if every tycoon and magnate in your elite neighborhood already has one, and you want to stand out a bit (but not too much) from the crowd, you’re going [...]
Domineco Dolce and Stefano Gabbana made the surprise announcement that they are closing down their D&G label, following its final appearance on the Milan Fashion Week runway yesterday. Minutes after the models did their final walk on the runway a statement was sent out informing recipients that Dolce and Gabbana have taken the decision to [...]
The difference between an artist and any other person is not about skill or ability to wield whatever instruments are required to render their work, it’s about how an artist perceives things around them. So while most of us may look at, say, the front hood of a Porsche and see a hood, an artist may [...]
“Grandpa” Keeter, 57, is the only designer who lived through the ’70s and since “The Sheepdogs” favor the era’s hippie influences his team just might be in luck. But since the recovering alcoholic spent most of the era drinking and doing, um, other things, he actually really doesn’t really remember much. Viktor Luna, Kimberly Goldson, [...]
You can forget Old Faithful. There’s not a more reliable natural phenomenon than the internet. These days, videos mature from the pubescent stages of viral amusement to full-fledged autotuned maturity within hours. Take George Lindell’s account of his Michael-Bay-worthy traffic accident, for example. If you’ve spent even a passing moment in the halls of YouTube, you [...]
It was only a matter of time before someone bent the full brunt of their mechanical might toward creating a full-scale, operational version of the light cycle from Tron: Legacy. That someone just happened to be the crew from Parker Brothers Choppers. Using lithium-ion batteries and a 96-volt electric motor, the guys built a real-life version of the [...]
With each passing day, our lives become more intertwined with the latest sporting machine from Lexus. Previously contained only through still photography, the Lexus LS TMG Edition has now been captured by a video camera: The 641-horsepower sport sedan was seen in its native habitat, which is stalking the twists and turns of Germany’s Nürburgring. We are [...]
The roles of the automaker and the car magazine are well delineated: The former makes the cars, and the latter reports on them. Once in a while, though, we see the two changing hats, as automakers produce their own brand magazines and magazines build their own kit cars and whatnot. But this collaboration, for better [...]
Ford promised its Mustang Boss 302 customers that their car was perfect for both the street and the track, and that the dual nature of the sports coupe could be personified with the TracKey. Pop that lovely little device into your ignition and your Boss 302 takes on a different attitude. Hundreds of parameters are changed [...]
Blake Griffin is the LA Clipper’s 2010 Rookie of the Year and this year’s slam dunk champ, but don’t think this guy is a one-trick-pony. Now you can add the titles “director,” “writer,” and “actor” to his growing list of accomplishments. The NBA star has been a busy bee this summer at the comedy site Funny [...]