Let’s take a step back to the 1960s when a well-known car company, BMW, wasn’t doing so well. In fact, at the time, BMW was considered to be on the edge of bankruptcy. In comes a man by the name of Max Hoffman, often heralded as the originator of imported European sports cars for the American [...]
In 1954, Mercedes Benz introduced a two-seater, closed sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors known as the 300SL. It was the fastest production car of its day. The car was based on the company’s very successful competition-only sports car of 952, a carbureted 300SL (W194). The road model was intended for post-war, American market consumers [...]
“I think of myself as an American artist; I like it here. I think it’s so great. I feel I represent the U.S. in my art but I’m not a social critic: I just paint those objects in my paintings because those are the things I know best…. I’ve heard it said that my paintings [...]
