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Aston Martin Valen: The Experimental Beast That Swapped Its Glass Rear Window for a Trunk
Aston Martin gave an early look at Valen at its Gaydon headquarters—a 150-unit limited front-engine supercar armed with color-shifting paint, 3D-printed titanium components, and an exhaust system that sounds like a pipe organ, answering the question of just how wild Special Vehicle Operations can get.
Cadillac V-One: A Concept Car Wearing a Race Car's Bones, Waiting for a Buyer
This single-seat concept, finished in a silver-to-deep-blue gradient paint, borrows its skeleton almost entirely from the Le Mans-conquering Cadillac V-Series.R. It's not a flight of fancy—it's a design experiment built around one rule: you don't mess with the proportions.
Gunther Werks GXR-Evo: They Ditched the 993's Rear Window for a Shark Fin
Gunther Werks unveiled the GXR-Evo at Monterey Car Week, limited to 15 units, with a full carbon fiber body that ditches the rear window for a shark fin, paired with a 9,000-rpm naturally aspirated engine and six-speed manual.
30 Years After the F1, McLaren Brings Back the Manual with the McL 6GT Concept
McLaren has unveiled the McL 6GT concept, featuring a true manual transmission and an orange clutch pedal — the first hint of a manual production car since the F1. It's slated to arrive in 2028 with an estimated price of $1.5 million.
Waymo Gets Green Light Across 18 California Counties, But Official Records Haven't Caught Up to This Tweet Yet
The CPUC has approved Waymo's expanded robotaxi service area, with Sacramento and San Diego joining the service zone for the first time, while the Bay Area and LA also get wider coverage — though the company itself says the rollout will be "gradual."
A 1909 Prewar Building Hides a Downtown Loft Inside: Central Park West Penthouse Asks $10.2 Million
A newly renovated penthouse at The Turin, a prewar building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, keeps its classic exterior but swaps in an open-plan loft layout inside. With 65 feet of frontage facing Central Park, it's asking $10.2 million.
106 Feet Isn't the Point: Wanderlust95 Turns Every Inch of Deck into Double Duty
Italian designer Franco Gnessi unveils explorer yacht concept Wanderlust95—at 32.49 meters, it packs in the spatial presence of a much larger superyacht, and the trick lies in every deck level pulling double duty.
Stick Shift Returns: Porsche 911 Carrera S Saves One Manual Gearbox—Just for North America
The 2027 911 Carrera S introduces the MT Package, pairing a six-speed manual with a 473-hp twin-turbo flat-six engine, exclusively for the North American market, starting at $169,450.
Mike Ashley Bought a 200-Year-Old Institution for the Price of a Sports Car — Can He Actually Save Harvey Nichols This Time?
Frasers Group snapped up Harvey Nichols from administrators for €46 million, but the buyer's track record with Matches Fashion and Flannels makes this deal look more like a gamble than a rescue.
More Watches Than Guests: Hodinkee Happy Hour Moves to One Vanderbilt for the First Time
The real star of this happy hour wasn't the food or drinks—it was what everyone had on their wrist. From a vintage Omega to a Nike x Tudor collab, a casual Happy Hour turned into an impromptu industry wrist-tour.
Aston Martin Valen Debuts: The 838-HP V12 That Turns Vanquish Into the Hero's Foil
Built on the Vanquish and limited to 150 units, the Valen was unveiled at Monterey Car Week, with its own design team framing it as an "antihero." This marks one of the rare occasions Aston Martin has openly admitted to playing the villain.
Taylor Swift Gets a New Neighbor: Watch Hill Penthouse Sells for $18.5 Million, Setting State Record
The only penthouse at Rhode Island resort Ocean House has sold for $18.5 million, with the buyer being Alexander Clark, founder of a college admissions software company. His new home sits just steps away from Taylor Swift's mansion, High Watch.
Only 22 Pounds Heavier With the Roof Off: Czinger 21C Spyder Goes Topless Without Losing Downforce
Czinger unveiled its first convertible supercar, the 21C Spyder, at Monterey Car Week — 1,250 horsepower, 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, only 30 units worldwide, starting at $2.75 million.
Turn the Button, Slam Dunk! LEGO x Nike Breaks Down the AF1 into a Space Court Build
LEGO and Nike team up again, this time turning the Air Force 1 into a moving brick display: a mini astronaut figure cranks a button to trigger a 360-degree slam dunk. 1,093 pieces, NT$3,699, dropping September 1, 2026.
The Six Circles of Kyoto's Gion, Now Landing at Taipei Dream Plaza
To mark the 3rd anniversary of agnès b. Gion, Taipei Dream Plaza is rolling out a limited-edition theme in sync—featuring Teruhiro Yanagihara's Gion identity design, an Arita ware collab tableware set, and cross-border LINE perks that break Kyoto's rhythm down into objects you can actually take home.
The Perpetual Calendar Can Finally "Go Backward" — IWC Marks Mercedes-Benz's 140th Birthday With This Movement
IWC has launched a limited edition of 140 pieces, the Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet, to celebrate Mercedes-Benz's 140th anniversary. The real story isn't the gold accents or the moon phase—it's the 82665 caliber that lets the crown turn both forward and backward.
The Day He Wrote His Mother's Eulogy, He Decided to Put 30 Years of Wild Gazes Into a Book
Conservation photographer Paul Nicklen, backed by Rolex, has released the photo book Reverence, featuring 200 images across 344 pages. The starting point was, surprisingly, a eulogy—behind it lies a five-year project that helped push Canada toward a legislative ban.
The 1,600-HP Koenigsegg CCGT1 Still Makes You Work the Clutch Yourself
The sold-out, 70-unit CCGT1 doesn't just resurrect the spirit of Koenigsegg's shelved GT1 racer—it also sneaks a manual shift lever into a hypercar world obsessed with automation. The new Koenigsegg Sequential Shift system still demands a human leg to get moving.
Porsche Scraps Leipzig Relocation Plan, Taycan Reportedly Set to End Production in 2030 at Original Plant
German outlet WirtschaftsWoche reports that Porsche has reached a preliminary agreement with its works council to discontinue the Taycan, scrapping plans to relocate production to Leipzig. Instead, the model will continue being built at the original Zuffenhausen plant until production wraps in 2030.
Lincoln 2027 Nautilus: Interior Design That Hides Its Details in the Light
The 2027 Nautilus made its debut at Monterey Car Week with modest exterior updates. What really deserves a closer look are the two new Black Label interiors—where perforations and tones only fully reveal themselves as the light shifts.
Isetan Mitsukoshi Raises Full-Year Forecast, But It's the Ultra-Rich Shoppers Doing the Heavy Lifting, Not Foot Traffic
Isetan Mitsukoshi has raised its projected total sales for the fiscal year ending March 2027 to ¥1.36 trillion, but a 17.2% drop in net profit hides a different story. The real driver behind the numbers: customers spending upwards of ¥3 million.
Three Duffel Bags, 440 Pounds of Cotton: A Family's Handmade Bedding Project from Afghanistan Gets Stopped at Dulles Airport
A family wanted to buy cotton the traditional way to make their own bedding, but ran into a biosecurity red line at U.S. Customs. 440 pounds of raw, unprocessed cotton—seeds and all—were confiscated.
Linear Rainband Floods Chiba Mall's Ground Floor—Sogo Chiba, Perier Chiba to Close Temporarily on the 14th
A linear rainband formed over Chiba on the night of the 13th, triggering an Emergency Heavy Rain Warning. Sogo Chiba, Perier Chiba, and Unimo Chiharadai will all close temporarily on the 14th—though both outlet malls and Summer Sonic 2026 will proceed as scheduled.
Porsche Relearns the Art of the Shift: 911 Carrera S Gets Manual Gearbox Back, and a Rear-Window Sticker Says It All
Bowing to buyer demand, Porsche is bringing back the six-speed manual transmission option for the 2027 911 Carrera S. For about $13,000 more, you get a walnut shift knob, titanium exhaust tips, and a lineup that now stretches to seven manual-equipped 911 variants.