2011 Land Rover Range Rover
Queen Elizabeth may be out-wealthed by females like Oprah Winfrey and a couple of the Walton women, but none of them can buy
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2011 Volvo XC60
Safe. A Volvo must be safe. It doesn’t matter if the subject of the safety wand is a big sedan, compact wagon, or
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2011 Ford Shelby GT500
Snakes are just nasty. My mother would be the first to tell you. They slither, shed, hiss, rattle, suffocate, and sometimes bite. Mostly,
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Gays And NASCAR: A Shout-Out To Our Pals At Queers4Gears
Between SEMA at the beginning of the month and tomorrow’s Los Angeles Auto Show, we’ve been buried beneath a wave of press releases
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The Dilemma’s Dilemma
It’s been an interesting week. On the downside, some of the LGBT community’s strongest political allies lost their seats in Tuesday’s mid-term elections.
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Book Review: Overhaul, By Steven Rattner
AUTOS BEYOND THE CRISIS In Steven Rattner’s new book Overhaul, he quotes former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel as saying, “Never let
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2011 Lexus CT200h
The growing surge of hybrid cars proves that Americans really do care about the environment. But there is a growing stigma attached to
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Lee Friedlander: ‘America By Car’ At The Whitney
Just a quick note to the carhounds out there who also appreciate fine art photography: Lee Friedlander’s stunning solo exhibition entitled “America By Car” is on view for one more month at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. The show features photos taken from inside vehicles — in fact, as you can see in “Montana” (2008) above, the greenhouse of the car becomes a framing device. It’s like what most of us see every day, only prettier, and on a museum wall.
Friedlander shot from the front seats of rental cars on trips around the country, meaning that there’s a range of vehicles represented, both foreign and domestic. If you can’t make the schlep to New York, you could always pop over to Amazon and pick up the book for yourself or a friend. Or possibly as an early holiday present for your favorite auto site. You know, just a thought.
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2011 Kia Optima
If Darth Vader had a Commute (On Wheels, That Is) They are everywhere, but seldom noticed. Parking lots are full of them, yet
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October 11, 2010: National Coming Out Day
Today is National Coming Out Day. Here at Gaywheels, we were planning to write an article about (a) the importance of coming out, (b) the importance of doing it every day, and (c) the special importance of doing it in the auto world, which hasn’t always been welcoming to LGBT folks. The tragic spate of teen suicides in recent weeks helps prove those points.
We also wanted to mention the curious overlap of Columbus Day and Coming Out Day — one about geographic discovery, the other about discovering who we are as individuals. We’re sure it would’ve been pithy and insightful.
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