Max Finkel
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These Are The Ads You Can't Get Out Of Your Head
It’s a pretty good rule of thumb that if an ad isn’t memorable, it’s not going be all that effective. What good are competitive statistics, bogus stunts, or expensive production if the customer just can’t remember? A good way to fix that is an earworm soundtrack, a song that simply can’t be forgotten, no matter how hard you try. → Read More
So Long, Sunday, And Thank You
This weekend marks a full year since I began holding down the fort on Sundays around these parts. It’s also my last weekend on the job before I start law school next month, so I wanted to say thank you to all of you for putting up with my blather. → Read More
The Pandemic Is Delaying All Those Cool New Geneses
Not unlike the producers and distributors of No Time To Die, Mulan, and The French Dispatch, the team at Genesis is worried about a launch botched by the Coronavirus pandemic and they’re holding back the 2021 GV80 crossover and redesigned 2021 G80 sedan until later this year. → Read More
TVR Wants You To Believe That It Can Still Pull This Off
We’ve been waiting on this TVR revival for a while. first, there was one delay. Then another. Followed by yet another. For a company that has long made a name for itself by building cars for people that prefer to fly by the seat of their pants, I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that the firm’s management seems to take that philosophy to heart when it comes to running the business. But they… → Read More
Where's My Electric Russian Sidecar Motorcycle?
I just moved to a new neighborhood and down the street is someone who street-parks their Ural sidecar motorcycle. I haven’t snagged my own picture of it yet, but it’s a neighborhood fixture and it got me thinking: Where is that electric Ural we were teased with a few years back and why can’t I buy one yet? → Read More
What Car Had The Best Carrozeria Variations?
You all know that I have a thing for the Italian coachbuilders. Those little workshops where trained metalworkers lovingly beat their soul into steel body panels, where craftsmen with generations of experience behind them painstakingly varnish hand-cut wood trim. Pininfarina, Zagato, Touring Superleggera. All of them with styles their own, taking the mass-produced and transforming it into the… → Read More
That 1400-HP, Seven-Motor Ford Mustang Mach-e Needs To Run Pike's Peak
It’s all good and well that the Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 can create tremendous clouds of tire smoke when thrown around Ford’s proving grounds. That’s not too hard to do. But there’s a better way to get to know whether all that high-torque sorcery going on in that car means anything at all. That way is hill climbing. → Read More
This 1974 Chevy Blazer Is Just Rubbing It In
I know it’s been nearly two weeks since we first got a reimagined Ford Bronco to complement the JL Jeep Wrangler on mall parking lots in left lanes on rutted off-roading trails, but there’s one thing I can’t stop thinking about: The reborn Chevy Blazer that could have been. And this Sunset Gold and white-roofed 1974 specimen of the original K5 truck isn’t making it any easier to move on from the… → Read More
Wild Pickup Truck Stunts
You want to know that the pickup you’re dropping a pretty penny on is worth its salt, even if it’s going to be treated like a luxury sedan. It’s what you’re buying it, right? Truckmakers know that, and they’ll show you just how tough their offerings are. It’s what they’re best at. → Read More
Your Hypnotically Awesome Honda Aerodeck Wallpapers Are Here
The Honda Accord Aerodeck is an exotic car you can live with. It’s a shooting brake that will never see a twin on American roads, but you can probably get most work done at your local Honda shop should anything go wrong. The shape is rare, the parts inside? Decidedly less so. → Read More
German Wheelmaker BBS Is Bankrupt Yet Again
BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG, known for its iconic basketweave wheels, has once again filed for bankruptcy. While the company will be restructured under proceedings similar to an American Chapter 11 filing and will likely live on, the announcement shows how precarious the current economic situation can be for suppliers of specialty auto parts. → Read More
The SCG 008 Will Be A Baja and Dakar-Ready Kit Car Monster
Last year, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus wowed us all when its reborn Boot dominated the Baja 1000. That car, a mid-engined GM LT4-powered supercar for the dunes, is well on its way to production in both two and four-door guise. But SCG has another prerunner coming, one that you’ll build yourself. → Read More
Travis Pastrana Flames Out Of The Southern Ohio Forest Rally
Five-time US rally champ Travis Pastrana had exceedingly bad luck in his return to American Rally Association racing this weekend in the Southern Ohio Forest Rally. After an impressive start in the first stage, Pastrana’s 2019 Subaru WRX STI burned to the ground after he stopped mid-second stage with a mechanical issue. Pastrana and co-driver Chrissie Beavis managed to exit the car unscathed… → Read More
What Iconic Car Could Pull Off A Bronco-Style Revival?
The name of the game this week is the triumphal return to form. Volkswagen has trademarked a mess of names that suggest an electrified look back at the brand’s history is on the way and, of course, the 2021 Ford Bronco finally crawled its way into the light. → Read More
We Will Not Be Receiving The 2021 Volkswagen Arteon R
The Volkswagen Arteon, which landed on American shores for the first time for the 2019 model year, is getting a refresh. for 2021. Part of that refresh is a 315-horsepower R trim that you’ll be able to get in either fastback or wagon guise. If you live outside of America, that is. → Read More
Dakar's New Classic Class Was Made Just For Me
Since its first running in 1978 between Paris and the seaside Senegalese city that gave the race its name, the Dakar rally has hosted competitors from across motorsport driving some of the most unique and imaginative vehicles ever to race. The race may take place in Saudi Arabia only now, but a new Classic category will bring some of its past back to life next year. → Read More
Yeah, Actually I Do Think An Electric Jaguar XK120 Is A Great Idea
When it came out, the Jaguar XK120 was the fastest production car in the world. Really. It’s 120 mile-per-hour top speed was the very top. Since then, surviving examples have been relegated to Concours duty, with rich men pouring over refinished trim and delicately preserved patina. That’s one way to respect a legendary car. Ths company has another one in mind. → Read More
The Boeing 747 Is Dead, For Real This Time: Report
After defining commercial air travel for more than five decades, the Boeing 747 will finally leave production, according to a report from Reuters. The news wire reports that Boeing had made its final orders for parts more than a year ago, signaling the end for the double-decker quad-jet that has been built continuously since 1968. → Read More
Lando Norris Makes His First Podium Finish As Formula One Makes A Messy Return In Austria
Valtteri Bottas may have brought home the win at today’s Formula One season opener in Austria, but the real news today is McLaren driver Lando Norris’s first finish on the podium, even though he does have to thank Lewis Hamilton for soaking up a five-second penalty that pulled him down to fourth place. → Read More
This Failed Rear-Wheel-Drive Lamborghini Murciélago Is An Endurance Racing Fever Dream
Unlike Ferrari, Maserati, McLaren, and the rest of the big supercar names, Lamborghini hasn’t really liked to push on its racing cred. That’s usually because the cars the band has fielded on the track haven’t done all too well. This one is no exception, but that doesn’t make it any less cool. → Read More