The Devil Wears Prada — and Drives Mercedes

The Devil Wears Prada — and Drives Mercedes

When Miranda Priestly, the fictitious Runway editrix in The Devil Wears Prada 2, needs to get somewhere — a meeting, a photo shoot, a Met Gala-like ball — she is chauffeured in a vehicle befitting her Wintourian status: a $300,000 Mercedes-Maybach S-Class. This is no coincidence. Mercedes placed the car there as part of an…

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5 Best Car Gadgets That Just Made 0,000 Factory Options Look Embarrassingly Overpriced

5 Best Car Gadgets That Just Made $100,000 Factory Options Look Embarrassingly Overpriced

There’s a quiet lie running through every automotive options sheet. It tells you that safety, intelligence, and situational awareness are features you earn by selecting the right trim level, ticking the right package, or visiting the right dealership. The implication is that proper capability lives at the factory and nowhere else. These five gadgets disagree…

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Die-Cast Cars Grew Up: Meet Parksible, The Ultimate 1:64 Smart Motorized Parking Garage by Fun-Tech-Lab

Die-Cast Cars Grew Up: Meet Parksible, The Ultimate 1:64 Smart Motorized Parking Garage by Fun-Tech-Lab

Parksible is a premium, smart motorized display garage created by Fun-Tech-Lab specifically for 1:64 scale die-cast cars. It replaces standard acrylic display cases with an automated vertical lift, app-controlled parking, gallery-grade adjustable lighting, and built-in environmental sensors, making it the ultimate interactive centerpiece for high-end desk setups and car-themed man caves. Die-cast car collecting has…

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2026 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 Review: The Interior Finally Matches the Supercar

2026 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 Review: The Interior Finally Matches the Supercar

PROS: Interior redesign finally matches the supercar exterior Triple-display cockpit reduces eyes-off-road time effectively Roswell Green Metallic shifts color dramatically in sunlight Z51 delivers 495 hp with Brembo brakes under $97K Knurled metal switches resist the era of touchscreen fatigue CONS: Seat heating and ventilation buried in touchscreen submenus Z51’s summer-only tires make this a…

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Hollywood’s Favorite Used Car Salesman

Hollywood’s Favorite Used Car Salesman

In 2002, Alex Manos had achieved his dream. The L.A.-based Wilhelmina model was gleefully driving his slab-sided 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible home after a yearlong restoration. “In my eyes, if you lived in America and you’re successful, you had a convertible,” Manos says. Suddenly, a chauffeur-driven Escalade pulled alongside him on Sunset. “The guy in…

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#The Car Nut Behind the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati Movies

#The Car Nut Behind the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati Movies

First there was Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, the 2022 film starring Frank Grillo and written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Moresco (Crash). Then came the higher-octane Ferrari, the 2023 biopic directed by Michael Mann, with Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley. Now, in Rome’s famed Cinecittà studios, another legendary Italian supercar manufacturer is…

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