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Brandon Friederich
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Metallica Is Now Making ‘Blackened’ Cigars
(Blackened) Lars Ulrich’s signature batons are no longer the only Metallica-branded sticks you can buy. The famed metal band’s Blackened American whiskey brand is launching...
This Custom Land Rover Defender Is Inspired By The Iconic Chinook Helicopter
(Bonhams) Cue the Creedence Clearwater Revival—this custom Land Rover Defender channels the Chinook, one of history’s most iconic military choppers. (Bonhams) British customizing firm Tecniq...
The World’s Wildest Hypercars Are On Display At L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum
Apollo Intensa Emozione (Petersen Automotive Museum) Quite possibly the grandest display of hypercar power—14,000 horses’ worth—is open and ready to draw gearheads’ longing gazes at...
Ferrari Unveils First- Ever SUV
(Ferrari) Ferrari has joined Lamborghini and Bentley in the super-SUV space. Purists will argue that the Maranello-based marque’s new Purosangue—Italian for “thoroughbred”—is anything but a...
The Traeger Timberline Is A High-Tech Wood Pellet Grill Built For Foolproof Cookouts
(Traeger) Wi-Fi connectivity. An LCD touchscreen. Bluetooth-enabled accessories. These features are expected of ubiquitous devices like smartphones and automobile infotainment systems, but they’re also now...
Bell & Ross Drops Racy Luxury Watch Inspired By Alpine F1
(Bell & Ross) Alpine F1 is having just about the best season they could hope for. The Renault-branded team is currently the “best of the...
Rolls-Royce Sweetens The End of Summer With Candy-Colored Special Editions
(Rolls-Royce) Rolls-Royce has stated that its bespoke Black Badge program deals in custom vehicles that are “darker in aesthetic, more urgent in personality and dramatic...
Meet The Bugatti Mistral, The Brand’s Final W16 Hypercar
(Bugatti) Since 2005, Bugatti’s behemoth W16 engine has produced truly prodigious outputs, first in the Veyron and most recently in the Chiron. Those two models...
The ‘JetRacer’ Is A Flying Supercar Seat
Franky Zapata has pivoted from flying jet skis to a full-fledged VTOL. The French inventor and former Aquabike World Champ previously created the Zapata Flyride,...
A McLaren F1 That Elon Musk Called ‘The Best Car Ever’ Is Up For Grabs
(Patrick Ernzen/ ©2022 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s) A hidden away example of a McLaren F1—what some call the greatest supercar of the 1990s—is headed to...
The Legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Stars In Stunning Photo Book
(teNeues Publishing) The legacy and mythology of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL—aka the “Sports Car of the Century”—is beheld through the genius lens of top automotive...
Ana De Armas’ Marilyn Monroe Struggles With Stardom In First Full ‘Blonde’ Trailer
Following a Blonde teaser released earlier this summer, the first official trailer for Netflix’s buzzed-about NC-17 Marilyn Monroe biopic starring Ana de Armas depicts the...