Articles in this issue
Flying high
Mark Webber is a race-car driver by trade and an avid helicopter pilot in his free time. He has recently been training with the crew of Air Zermatt, who perform heroic mountain rescues—and he has reached new heights in the process.
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Bugatti’s design director Achim Anscheidt works in Wolfsburg. On weekdays he travels by bicycle, train, or Golf GTI. But on weekends he drives his 911. Anscheidt designed the Bugatti Chiron—the world’s most luxurious series-produced super sports car. For his own personal
Classic Grip
Tires have a decisive impact on handling. That’s true for new
Art in Los Angeles
Living portraits—or when art imitates life and turns three dimensions into two. Saying that Alexa Meade paints people is an accurate description of what she does—and yet it utterly fails to do her work justice. This young American artist applies paint to her subjects, who happen to be living people, and then collapses them into two-dimensional elements of colored backgrounds. The composition of person and background creates the portrait. In doing so, she challenges our customary modes of perception—not to mention the self-image of her models.
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Harnessing air and water
The indirect charge-air cooling system in the 718
Highland Society
The landscape: majestic. The top: open. The drive: fabulous.
Ideal situation
Instability control. Taking it to the limit, safely and surely: The new Sport mode in
A dream come true
A Perfectionist’s Passion. Hans-Peter
“Ten minutes of insanity.”
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, also known as the Race to the Clouds, is celebrating its centenary this year. Jeff Zwart has driven a
“Innovations are the future.”
Oliver Blume, the new CEO of
In pursuit of curves.
This year saw the centennial running of Sicily’s legendary
Dry as Dust
Le Mans Rapprochement
The
