Pick a Porsche

Design "the most personal car you'll own" with the German company's Customer Consultation Program

by Katharine Erwin “I never understood someone who says, I want the blue car with the beige interior and buys the black car with a grey interior. I never get that, but it happens all the time.” These are the words of Sascha Glaeser, the US manager of Porsche’s Customer Consultation Program. His mission is to give the Porsche customer exactly what they want, in …

Test Drive: 2014 Lexus IS F Sport

Track time at Rockingham Speedway with the luxury sport sedan

Since taking the helm at Toyota Motor Company in 2009, president and CEO Akio Toyoda has been pushing hard for a more innovative direction. So far many of the company’s talking points have been downplayed as hype, but the 2014 fleet looks to change that. Perhaps no other model delivers more assuredly than the 2014 IS F Sport, an entry-level luxury sports sedan that is …

Richard Gray’s Bristol 411

Acclaimed photographer Frank Schott captures the rare British sporting car on Northern California's historic Highway 1

If you’ll remember from our 2010 visit with Bristol Cars‘ chairman and owner Toby Silverton at their sole dealership in Kensington, London, the rare hand-built cars are one of the more elusive, and certainly cherished automobiles on the road today. Built by a company that got its start making fighter planes during WWII, the high performance “sporting cars” are purposely made to epitomize understated luxury. …