Man-about-town and NYC men's style fixture Matt Hranek is back with his second book A Man &
His Car. Here is a beautiful homage to an object of men's obsession told in firsthand and
original interviews. Jay Leno a major car collector and the host of Jay Leno's Garage shares
the story of his oldest car a 1955 Buick Roadmaster that he bought for $350 which he
literally slept in before getting his break in L.A. Kevin Costner reveals that he got so
attached to the iconic Shelby Mustang he drove in the movie Bull Durham he bought it for his
own personal collection. Franz von Holzhausen chief designer at Tesla who worked hand in hand
with Elon Musk to design the Tesla Model S prototype says that his love of cars started when
he was two (as evidenced by a picture of him sitting in a high chair drawing a car). And as for
Snoop Dogg and his 1965 Cadillac "Snoop DeVille" convertible--do we even need to explain?A Man
& His Car includes visits to some of the most exclusive collections in the world--from that of
the Petersen Automotive Museum to those of car manufacturers from Fiat to Ford--giving us
access to Steve McQueen's favorite car a 1956 Jaguar XKSS the 1971 DeTomaso Pantera that
Elvis purchased for his then-girlfriend Linda Thompson (and which has two bullet holes in the
steering wheel and one in the driver's-side floorpan from when after an altercation with
Thompson Presley fired three rounds into the interior when the car wouldn't start) and a
super-rare 24-karat-gold-plated 1980 DeLorean DMC-12 a model that was sold exclusively to
American Express Gold Card members through the 1980 American Express catalog for an
astronomical $85 000 (equivalent to more than $250 000 today). Exquisite photos of each car
accompany each story and since cars naturally hold more detail than watches there will be
more photos in this book--of the cars head-on of their hood ornaments and wheels and of
course full-body shots. With Hranek's storytelling the cars become more than just vehicles for
transportation and status symbols they represent pop-culture moments pioneering achievements
heirlooms friendships and more.
