Ever since he was a child, photographer Renaud Marion always dreamed of piloting a flying car. Since we’re still (unfortunately) dependent upon rubber tires and asphalt, Marion decided to envision his idea of future transport. On view now at MAD Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland, his “Air Drive” series features nine wheel-less autos hovering effortlessly inches above the ground. But there’s a twist; each hovercraft is …
Just before dawn at the Pebble Beach Concours dElegance, silhouettes of rare Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati models cast a translucent blue haze in the eerie Pacific twilight. The vehicles are lined up, with their owners and handlers fussing over finite details as they wait for the signal to pull forward onto the green. A dab of a cloth here, a feather dust there. Then, at …
Briggs Cunningham is the most important American racer and sportsman you have never heard of. Not only is he responsible for racing stripes on cars, but he also owned the first Ferrari (166SC) ever raced and sold in the USA. Cunningham—who was tremendously rich—would be seen sweeping his garages at races and doing other menial tasks, insisting the mechanics were too important and he was …
