CARS + PEOPLE
The people we like - the places they go - and the things they get up to in their vehicles
The Mercedes GLC 43 AMG became our third partner in adventure as well as a place of comfort and respite, the place where we could process and unwind.
A sensory love letter to California dreaming: A road trip in a BMW 430i designed specifically to distract from an empty nest.
Like with a twelve-step program, an E-bike works if you work it.
Two friends of Le Car, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax and Camella Ehlke, combined forces and took their children on an epic western road trip this summer.
The parallels between cars and food are not lost on Food 52 co-founder and CEO Amanda Hesser.
Photographer Eric Johnson trains his lens on young artists to capture what makes them classically cool. His subjects include Aaliyah, Lauryn Hill, Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott, and Maxwell.
Surrounded by lavender fields and lush maple trees, ten women pulled up to the art gallery entrance in a cadre of six Maserati vehicles for the kickoff of the Le Car x Maserati Grand Tour.
INTERVIEWS
Mercedes-Benz celebrated Jen Saesue, co-owner of Fish Cheeks and Bangkok Kitchen at the Table.
Lincoln x Le Car Design Talks: Multisensory Approaches to Art and Design was held this fall in New York City. The second edition of this series featured "Gateway,” a new work by Shinique Smith.
A conversation with photographer David LaChappelle about Maybach fantasies and futurism.
The making of the glitz launch of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen starring Kendall Jenner, Travis Scott, and friends.
“Body Freedom for Every(Body)” is a truck traveling art exhibition of over 200 works that addresses reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy organized by Project for Empty Space timed to the election year.
Esther Mahlangu’s 1991 BMW Art Car inspires a new direction in automotive tech at Frieze LA as her first career retrospective opens at the Iziko South African Museum.
Club Le car presents a conversation about the book “The Atlas of Car Design” at the Sunday Motor Cafe.
Luxury is about more than function, and Genesis is very much honing in on a a prestige person with a carefully cultivate message.
will.i.am is launching Sound Drive, a tech startup reimagining live music experience in cars that are more creative, customized, and personalized to the driver’s style — and the partneship launches with Mercedes-Benz
Travel photographers Margaret and Corey Bienert’s concept for “A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour” captures the delight of uncovering destinations of distinction on the historic Lincoln Highway.
A conversation with Brooklyn Museum leaders, artists, and designers on what a modern mobile museum on wheels could be for Club Le Car, a salon-style series at the Rockaway Hotel in New York City.
Serena Williams sails by the sea on a costal road in a Lincoln Navigator in "Letting Go” a new short creative spot highlighting BlueCruise hands-free driving software.
Since I started learning to drive again, ten years after I got my first driver's license. (link to the previous essay), I've been thinking a lot about my twenty-five-year-old self.
Club Le Car’s kicked off with a conversation featuring Michi Jigargjian, Managing Partner of the Rockaway Hotel and James Mirras, Co-Founder of Circuit moderated by Le Car CEO Tamara Warren.
It was so easy for me not to drive. I’ve always enjoyed watching the hypnotic scenery through the window while eating candies barefoot. Finding secret meanings to the song's lyrics.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s data-driven biometric work takes on new meaning when an electric BMW i7 was thrown into the mix.
In mid-September, during New York Fashion Week, I joined a small group organized by Genesis, maker of luxury cars for the first Vogue Fashion World to be held in the open air, in the streets, under the Manhattan stars.
CAR SHOPPING
My family and I were in Miami for spring break, and we decided to go to a New York Mets spring training game in the 2022 Volvo XC40 Recharge. The stadium was in Port St. Lucie, which was about two hours from our hotel in Miami Beach.
How long will the new car shortage last? Strap in your seat belts and prepare for a long ride. Used Car and New Car shortages could linger on for the entire year.
A combination of factors has conspired to make this an ideal time to get out of your car lease, and maybe pocket some money in the process.
Wild prediction: In five years, it will no longer seem interesting to drive an electric car.
The greatest automotive accessories are the ones that you didn’t know that you needed until you experience them
Widespread embracement may be on the horizon, but change takes time. The question is can the auto industry can hang on long enough to catch up?
You can glean a lot about a person through the way they talk about their things and their habits.
Most consumers say they would avoid the dealership altogether. If you happen to be a member of any business or group like Costco, USAA, or AAA you can also narrow your search through their platforms.
To quote that wise sage, Selena Gomez, “The heart wants what it wants,” and that’s fine.
For however you define your family.