Elliot Scheiner and the ELS Surround Premium Audio System

The award-winning music producer lends his impeccable ear to Acura for studio-grade sound on four wheels

“Audio’s been my life for over 40 years. I have always been passionate about what music should sound like,” explains renowned music producer Elliot Scheiner. The recipient of 25 Grammy nominations (with seven wins) and four Emmy nominations (with two wins), as well as an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music and an honor from the Japan Audio Society, Scheiner is considered a …

Song of the Car: 2016 Smart ForTwo

We pair Howling's dance-worthy take on classic Nirvana with the next generation of Berlin's ultimate city car

In the summer of 1998, bright orange cranes speckled the Berlin skyline. Young Europeans flocked to the streets by the thousands for the dance party called Love Parade and, after dark, they disappeared inside the dark corridors of a club called Tresor, where Detroit techno pulsated until dawn. That summer was the first year the Smart car replaced the clunky Soviet-era East German Trabant as …

Electric Vehicle Sports Racer

A look at the team taking the dream of the electric car onto the racetrack

“We are feeding it right now. It’s hungry,” says project manager and chief engineer of Electric Vehicle Sports Racer (EVSR) Charlie Greenhaus, referring to his electric racecar’s appetite for a charge. Greenhaus, who founded EVSR, has spent over 25 years in motorsports—as a racer, director, and engineer—and simultaneously spearheads Independent Motorsports Group (aka IMG, a race series dedicated to camaraderie) and Entropy Racing (a full …