Man & His Car, A: Iconic Cars and Stories from the Men Who Love Them: 2 (A Man & His)

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When I talked to guys about their watches, it required a little bit of prompting and massaging in terms of getting that story out, because they really haven’t thought about it with that kind of intimacy. Now, I’m not arguing that women can’t love their cars as much as men, instead, what I’m hypothesizing is that men are more likely to invest more than women in vehicles that are bigger, faster, and more powerful! We will strive to deliver your items within the specified timeframe, however please note that lead times are an estimate only and they may change due to circumstances beyond our control. Celebrate That Special Bond Between Men and Cars, and the Stories That Connect Them Discover actor and director Ed Burns talking about his 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, a model he'd been dreaming about since his days pumping gas.

Merc drivers tend to worry far less about performance and speed, and more about comfort and relaxation. Each edition is signed by the author, and accompanied by a protective box in a rich tobacco brown that we really appreciate.

Voici un bel hommage à un objet d'obsession masculine, raconté au travers d'interviews originales et de première main. I don't think it's 5-stars because in essence it's a coffee table book, but it's a very very good one at that.

Photographer-Author Hranek has put together a few dozen of these dreams in the way of photos and a paragraph or two about the ‘car guys’ that have made their way in life and acquired their dream car, or perhaps the one that they sold long ago. He found reading childhood stories or life stories from people he admires or people whose car he admires really wonderful! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. I know it does to me and those feelings dictate many car makers’ decisions regarding car design, touch, feel, and even scent.

I believe that little boys love interacting with moving objects because their brains are good at spatial navigation. Matt Hranek took the stunning photographs, but the story of each featured car was written by its actual owner. Men often view their cars as the extension of themselves, and this love story has roots in history, childhood, chemistry, finance, and possessions. I also wanted to stay consistent with the graphics of the watch book, so I devised a mobile studio which, essentially, was this 30-by-30-foot, ripstop, black-nylon backdrop. Like, if I wear a Submariner because I have a fantasy that I’m James Bond or I think that I’m a Navy Diver, or drive a Jaguar because I imagine that I’m Steve McQueen—those things are very much in the male psyche.