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Portraits of Women and Their Porsches
Flip through the pages of the last 10 to 15 issues of any popular car magazine (or scroll their websites) and you’ll be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of stories featuring a woman. This despite the fact there are countless women who are huge enthusiasts and work equally as hard—and are just as passionate about cars—as their male counterparts. See all 75 photos It’s been painfully obvious to me for some time now that the stories of these women have been dramatically underrepresented by the automotive media. (If I can be proven wrong, I’m glad; that means we’re moving in the right direction.) This alarming deficit in coverage led me to seek out females expressing their enthusiasm, to give them the opportunity to share their stories, and to amplify voices tha...
Is Top Gear America Binge-Worthy?
Now that the first six episodes of Top Gear America are live and streamable—commercial free, exclusively on the MotorTrend App—a question has arisen: Is Top Gear America binge-worthy? Obviously, we think so, but we asked the overlords of the interwebs all about binge-worthy shows, just in case. What makes a show binge-worthy? First, we need to define binge-watching. It’s generally agreed that you need to watch two or three episodes of one show in one sitting to be considered binging. Whether it’s mysterious, thrilling or hilarious, binge-worthy shows always have a hook you just can’t pull out. You know that lie we all tell ourselves? “Just one more episode”—yeah, that never happens. Can a Nissan 350Z go overlanding? Was Rob Corddry OK after inhaling all those ...
The Mansory Stallone GTS Is a Ferrari 812 GTS for the “Fast & Furious” Crowd
You gotta hand it to Mansory because the outfit’s creations are never boring. Polarizing, for sure. But never boring. In fact, the brashness is endearing. Take the new 2021 Mansory Stallone GTS—no relation to that guy, but of some relation to previous Stallones, such as the 812 Superfast-based one that debuted back in 2018 at the Geneva show. For 2021, that car is getting a drop-top counterpart called the Stallone GTS. Still based on the 812, albeit the GTS version, it’s … something else. See all 25 photos Let’s take a quick second to remind ourselves what’s underneath the Mansory treatment here: the Ferrari 812 GTS, the first V-12-powered series-production convertible from Maranello in decades. Its hardtop twin, the 812 Superfast, stunned us with its quickness...
Aston Martin Boss Reveals Plans for a Fully Electric Performance Car and SUV
Lawrence Stroll, executive chairman of Aston Martin, revealed to the Financial Times that the British brand has plans for two electric vehicles. One will be a performance car, the other an SUV. None of this is terribly surprising considering the company’s pledge to phase out non-electrified internal combustion engines by 2030. But the details are intriguing, especially when you consider Aston’s track record. See all 77 photos Onto the vehicles: Stroll told FT the performance vehicle will be a proper front-engined car, specifically a “version of a DB11/Vantage”. This should be good news for enthusiasts given the propensity of those cars to thrill. The SUV will be, well, an SUV—although it’s unclear if it’ll be a BEV variant of the DBX or another...
Explore a Cyberpunk Club in the New Video Game “Isolationist Nightclub Simulator”
Coming this week from the multi-talented digital artist and sound designer, Edwin Montgomery, is a new video game called Isolationist Nightclub Simulator. For years, he’s been celebrated by his peers in the industry and his work has been included in games involving major franchises like Wasteland, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40,000, and Game of Thrones, among others. Now, Montgomery is taking on the world of electronic music with his new surreal adventure. Alongside the listing for the game on Steam, a brief description on what players can expect was shared. In a dark and familiar future, a mysterious plague has all but shut down life on earth’s surface. From the safety of your bunker, enter this vivid simulation and transport yourself to a futuristic,...
2022 Genesis GV70 Luxury SUV’s First MPG Figures Revealed
Looking as hot as any compact luxury SUV on the market right now, the first-ever Genesis GV70 will make its grand arrival on showroom floors this year as a 2022 model. While Genesis has kept the on-sale date and pricing for its second SUV after the larger GV80 under wraps, we do know that two engine choices will be available. But the newest member of the luxury Korean brand has some fierce competition that includes the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Volvo X60. We here at MotorTrend cannot wait to see how the GV70 stacks up to those rivals in a broad sense, but we now have some hint of how it’ll do on the fuel economy battlefield. See all 2 photos That is because official EPA ratings for the V-6-powered GV70 were just announced. The all-wheel-drive Genesis GV70 equipped with a 3....
The Lamborghini Diablo Is the 1990s Supercar Legend Your Dreams Deserve
Talk about big shoes to fill. As the Lamborghini Countach entered its twilight years in the late 1980s, the company had the onerous task of designing a car that exceeded the visual, aural, and dynamic sucker-punch provided by its iconic neck-snapping V-12 super-wedge. The new Lambo had to vaporize eyebrows and buckle knees at a thousand feet if it was to be labeled as anything other than a letdown. Yeah, well, you can see where this is going. Despite a top speed of over 200 mph—only the second production car to do so—and being far easier to drive than its pappy, the Diablo is a bit of a middle-child. As far as the big Lambos go—of which there have been only five to date—the Diablo is relatively unloved. See all 19 photos We must stress that all of this slight negativity is best read throug...
Watch Adventure Club’s Christian Srigley Chug a Grilled Chicken Smoothie
Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably to avoid Adventure Club‘s Christian Srigley, who once chugged a grilled chicken smoothie. Because he was “short on protein for the day,” Srigley hilariously plopped two chicken breasts into a blender and filled it with tap water. At one point, it looks like he also drops in a dollop of stevia, a natural sugar substitute. What ensues is an absolute demolition of poultry purée that will make your blood curdle. It’s no surprise that a slew of the duo’s EDM contemporaries hopped in the tweet’s reply section in utter shock and dismay. “im reporting this account,” wrote ARMNHMR, followed by a simple “I’m so angry” by Blanke, both of which are set to ap...
The Affordable Accessory That Will Make Any Outfit Look 10 Times Chicer
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The Only 24 Body Lotions That Actually Work on Dry Skin
Despite the fact that the majority of the skin on our bodies is below the neck, we do a very good job at neglecting it. While double cleansing, exfoliating and masking our faces might be rituals cemented firmly in our weekly beauty routines, for the most part, the skin on the rest of our bodies is left to fend for itself. And while the skin on our faces has more demanding wants and needs, the rest of our skin does require at least some basic level of TLC, too. Most notably, at around this time every year, it has a tendency to turn dry. As the seasons change, a perfect concoction of fluctuating temperatures, wind, sun exposure and a change in wardrobe choices (is it warm enough to show a bit of ankle yet?) can cause our skin to turn dry, scaly and ashy. And while dryness on the face ca...
3 Ways We’re All Wearing Jeans in 2021
There was no escaping the ‘90s in 2020, and that’s set to carry on into 2021, with a big focus on straight-leg styles. Karolina Ekman, collection manager for & Other Stories, said that the straight cut continues to be a favourite: “We love the timeless appeal of this iconic garment, and our core jeans collection of five new cuts celebrates that.” But it’s not just the high street which is celebrating this trend in the upcoming collections. Heajun Park, womenswear design director, EMEA, for 7 For All Mankind, said similar: “For 2021, we believe that straight fits will be our strongest performers, so we’ve focused our attention on the Alexa and Modern Straight and expanded our selection of colours and washes. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for D...
I Just Tried On All of H&M x Simone Rocha—This Is What I Loved
I’m pretty sure that when H&M signed on the dotted line to confirm their upcoming collaboration with hot young design talent Simone Rocha, they did not expect to be launching into a world that had been in the grips of a global pandemic for 12 months. I would also hazard a guess that the creative teams didn’t factor-in that their frothy tulle gowns and richly embroidered fabrics would be released to a tracksuit-clad consumer base who now consider listening to Heart Radio’s Club Classics on their sofa with a G&T to be a big night out (just me?) But here we are, and Simone Rocha’s collection is dropping in just under 48 hours and the hype has never been greater. From Margiela and Alber Elbaz to Comme des Garçons, H&M’s designer collaborations have lon...
