Lexus Takes Home Gold For Advocate Ad, Now Buddies Up With OUT
On Tuesday night, the auto industry made quite a splash at the 2012 GLAAD Amplifier Awards.
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2013 BMW M6: Superheroes (And Super Villains) Wanted
Superheroes, your car has arrived. Whether you’re escaping from evil foes or dating your favorite cat (wo)man, the BMW M6 convertible makes it happen. Some of its features are more the evil-villain type, but it’s all part of the show.
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Fine Art Friday: Megan Green’s “Lebanon Valley” Photo Series
The “Lebanon Valley” series is one of my more personal series because it involves family and memory. When I was a kid, my sister and I were occasionally allowed to go with my cousins and uncles to the races there. One uncle had started racing cars at 16, and worked on a pit crew for a friend’s car. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic, and I would sit in the stands with my father watching the cars and carefully frame my photos, believing in my naive eight-year-old-heart that my picture was special and it would look like a pro shot of a racing car, not a crappy snapshot with the chain link fence between me and the blurry car.
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General Motors Heritage Center: The Museum That Almost Made My Head Explode
I’d flown to Detroit to experience the Woodward Dream Cruise, an enormous, cult-ish meeting of extremely enthusiastic vintage car owners and their rides that takes place for two days each summer on the first paved road in America. I saw someone driving around with two skeletons in the backseat of their late-80s Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible. It’s all a bit strange.
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2013 Scion iQ: World’s Smallest “Four-Seater”?
Scion calls its tiny iQ “the world’s smallest four-seater”, which is like calling a tent with a zipper porch “the world’s smallest mansion”. It’s a stretch for a car that is so shrunken. The back seat is more like a padded shelf, barely large enough for an elf and his iPad. But unlike the iQ’s closest competitor, the Smart fortwo, there’s at least a backseat — and a lot more.
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Fine Art Friday: Megan Green’s “Retro” Photo Series
Photographer Megan Green is known for her spectacular shots of cars and car culture. Recently, Megan sent Gaywheels three sets of her work, which we’ll roll out over the next few Fridays. Here’s a series she calls “Retro”, along with a note from the artist.
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2013 Dodge Dart Preview: It Wasn’t Cool Then, But Might Be Cool Now (For A Price)
The Dodge Dart was originally released by Chrysler in 1960 as a full-size family sedan. It evolved into a compact by 1963 and was discontinued in 1976. Recently, Chrysler re-released the Dodge Dart, which replaces the Caliber as Dodge’s entry-level vehicle. As far as I can tell, however, the new Dart doesn’t have much in common with the old one, apart from the name of course.
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In Appreciation Of Older Cars
Most people would probably choose to buy a new car every three years or so if they could afford it, but some of us have an appreciation for older cars — much older cars. While I love, love, love them, I know next to nothing about restoration or upkeep, so I always admire them from one lane over or across the street. But it wasn’t always this way. In fact, I used to ride in a lot of older, beautiful cars, but I was much too young to appreciate them at the time.
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Driven: 2012 Mazda MX-5 Miata PRHT
That’s right, we love the Miata – and we’re totally cool with it.
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To Buy Or Lease? That Is The Question
As an owner of a 1999 Honda Civic coupe with around 140,000 miles on it, I’m often asking myself the question, “Is it time?” As I rubberneck past new-car dealerships and help friends and family members choose the right car for them, the thought seeps in more and more until my synapses scream a resounding “YES, YES, LET’S DO IT!”
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