Mercedes’ SLR McLaren is an amazing machine. What’s equally amazing are the hideous wheels inflicted on this example. They look like crappy Christmas decorations. This is no winter wonderland. This is a blizzard of shame. More Worst of SEMA >>>>

OK, quick rule of thumb: your hot rod’s air cleaner should not look like Puffy’s watch. But maybe I’ve got this wrong. Maybe this is a tribute to some poor folks who died in a freak BeDazzler accident. Even then, it still sucks. RIP. More Worst of SEMA >>>>

I like engine bay bling as much as the next guy. But if this Pantera were a real big cat, it’d be wearing a sequin jumpsuit and sport sparkly toenail polish. As for the mirrors, this is a sports car, not a trashy ’70s honeymoon suite. More Worst of SEMA >>>>

If you can’t tell from the photo, this hood is fabric, and in case you’re blind, it’s tiger print. Also, the border is a snake skin pattern which shifts from a reptilian green to flesh tone. Come on guys, that’s just creepy. More Worst of SEMA >>>>

So what was the commercial the editors couldn’t find? It was the 1993 ad where classical virtuoso Manuel Barrueco plays “Asturias” on the guitar in the backseat of a Lexus. Here’s a quote from the Baltimore Sun explaining the spot: For all his professional successes, Mr. Barrueco is still amazed at how many people recognize […] More »

Listening to an engine go all out on the dyno is an experience that you generally have to be a gearhead to enjoy. But with this spot, Lexus balanced some old-school champagne glasses–perfect symbols of civility–atop a wailing LS400 mill and demonstrated that drivers could have brute force in a velvet case. For an automaker looking […] More »

This is my favorite commercial of the bunch. By highlighting an area of quality that a lot of consumers just didn’t think about, Lexus put the luxury makers on notice. Plus, there’s a car on a rotisserie-like assembly with a ball bearing gliding along the panel gaps, and I don’t care who you are. That’s […] More »