Story goon at large. Formerly @roadandtrack, @hagerty, @Esquire, @Jalopnik, TV for @NBCSports. Can't sit still.
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Sam Smith retweeted
The generalist's fallacy is that diluting automotive content makes it "accessible" to a "broader audience." It's not and it doesn't.
Sam Smith retweeted
"Content, content, content! A taco possesses content. A ship's manifest. An owner's manual for the operation of a microwave. Was Botticelli a content-creator? Did Joyce wreck himself in chasing English to its limits "for the vine"? My God, man; have a little self-respect."
Sam Smith retweeted
“The greater the similarity between products, the less part reason plays in brand selection.” - D. Ogilvy
For EVs, cars will have fewer parts and greater similarity. Thus why Tesla’s high emotional resonance is its genius.
Sam Smith retweeted
As Trucktember has drawn to a close, Trucktober has begun. The world is healing. – at San Antonio, TX
Sam Smith retweeted
Awesome tweet, I’ll translate parts for my non Italian speaking friends:
“When Rossi debuted in the championship:
- the Lira still existed (pre Euro)
-It was Schumacher’s first year at Ferrari
- the Olympics were in Atlanta
-Clinton was re-elected
- ‘Il Postino’ won the Oscar”
Quando Rossi ha debuttato nel mondiale:
- Prodi era primo ministro
- C'era la Lira
- Schumacher al primo anno in #Ferrari
- Le Olimpiadi erano ad Atlanta
- Clinton viene rieletto Presidente USA
- "Il postino" vince l'Oscar
#VR46Decision #MotoGP
Sam Smith retweeted
The Jaguar E-Type debuted 60 years ago. This piece by @ThatSamSmith is the best I’ve read about that mesmerizing car. Romance, legend and cold reality rolled into one. Sigh hagerty.com/media/driving/jo…
Sam Smith retweeted
I really don’t want to retweet this again, but we all should read it!
Just read it.
If you love the Indy 500, read it.
If you have “failed”, and got back up, read it.
If something calls at your essence, read it.
If you doubt, read it.
If you question, read it.
Just read it
A hell of an interesting chat. Started off on the country's greatest race and morphed into a discussion of failure, self-analysis, and why anyone ever wants to get better at anything.
With the one and only @JRHildebrand.
#indy500 @IMS
hagerty.com/media/opinion/sm…
Sam Smith retweeted
Soichiro Honda wasted his 20s chasing racing success and sold everything he had at the end of his 30s to buy a huge vat of alcohol. He spent an entire year getting drunk with friends.
The next year, at 40, he attached a radio generator motor to a bicycle and founded Honda.
Sam Smith retweeted
New angle of Jean Alesi’s first lap around Monaco in the Ferrari 312 B3 (1974) of Niki Lauda.
Cameras used: @insta360 One R & One X 2
© 2021 “Automobile Club de Monaco & VRI” @ACM_Media #f1 #ferrari
