As we slide into the holidays, and cold winds blow around all parts of the country, it is worth remembering why we live in LA. This sums up the california in most people’s consciousness, even if it is all an elusive dream… Enjoy! The Vehiclist
Monthly Archives: December 2011
The French have always had a knack for creating icons. Think Deneuve, Bardo, Sagat. But man-made ones as well: The Statue of Liberty, the Concorde and the Citroen DS. And what is better than associating more than one? So way back in the day, Citroen presented the DS with the then state-of-the-art aircraft, Concorde. What...
Recently a friend came in from Europe, and in the course of discussing cars, realized that we don’t have Skodas here. For those of you that don’t know, Skodas come from Czechoslovakia, at least historically. Now they are part of the vast VW family, so they enjoy the kind of German engineering and reliability never...
My friend Sarah is a talented film editor and a model ( what can I say? – it is my lot in life to be surrounded by beautiful women). Once, when discussing cars, she mentioned the Nissan GT-R – and it was accompanied by the slightest spark in her eye – the kind of strobe...
Behold the new Mercedes Benz SL Roadster. While most models experience a complete renewal about every seven years, this halo vehicle for Mercedes only sheds it’s skin every decade or so. Such is the lifespan of a classic – something universally recognizable as truly a Mercedes Benz. While just about every other model in their...
