Véhicule Avant-Garde Transportation

VÉHICULE

AVANT-GARDE TRANSPORTATION

Publisher's Note

Transportation journalism today offers nothing more than recycled, force-fed scripts. Once noble outlets have become long-form ads and are now puppets of private interests. They now follow a set of misguided norms to try and find what they think is integrity.
VÉHICULE publisher Christopher Kippenberger

VÉHICULE 2020

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VÉHICULE is the only journal for avant-garde transportation.

VÉHICULE is produced independently and ad-free without external influence. Its contents are the products of intensive, direct scrutiny making for a concisely tailored catalog of avant-garde transportation. It isn't intended for everyone.

At the center of the VÉHICULE's first edition is a deep dive into the underworld of offshore powerboating. Our investigation of the world's most dangerous sport starts in the 1970s with Ben Kramer, a South Florida kid with a penchant for living fast. In Miami, thrillseekers quickly found the tightly interwoven worlds of boats and drugs.

This is the story of Kramer's life and times—his racing and smuggling careers, business dealings, associates, ultimate downfall and how the American justice system twisted the murder of boating star Don Aronow against him.

This year's edition also highlights modern-day smuggling,
fine art and design:

JEFF KOONS designs for superyacht Guilty
ERWIN WURM on sculpture and society
HENRIK PURIENNE and immortalizing the moment
HARMONY KORINE breaks down the boating scene

2020 edition
27 × 21 × 1.3 cm, 160 pages
Bound offset print on paper
Ad-free, handmade in Germany

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RIDE OR DIE.

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VÉHICULE 2020, Limited Edition

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Limited Ben Kramer cover edition.

while supplies last.

THE RISE AND FALL OF BEN KRAMER

Read all about the Glory days of Offshore Powerboat Racing in the current Issue of Véhicule Magazine

Preview

Véhicule Blog

Ben Kramer's Apache 47' Powerboat
December 03, 2020
Véhicule Magazine presents Ben Kramer's Apache 47' race powerboat, freshly restored to its original state. After over a year of tireless work betw...
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An Inside Look at the Death of Don Aronow
November 16, 2020
NE 188th Street in Miami, aka Thunderboat Row Don Aronow’s Mercedes-Benz at the scene of the crime A sheet-metal exit wound on Aronow’s Merc...
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Fort Apache Marina
September 06, 2020
Fort Apache Marina was Thunderboat Row's legendary high-rise boat storage facility and waterfront bar and restaurant. Founded by Ben Kramer and hi...
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Thunderboat Row: Miami’s Secret Boatbuilding Capital
August 04, 2020
Northeast 188th Street—a once-unsuspecting plot of Florida swampland that followed the Miami dream. It started from nothing and quickly came to be...
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The Mutiny Hotel: Miami’s Drug-Fueled, Real-Life “Paradise Lost”
July 27, 2020
Everyone knows about the Mutiny Hotel. Even if they don’t know the name, they can picture it. In the 1970s and ‘80s, the Mutiny was the real-life v...
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Véhicule Magazine: Modern Day Smuggling
June 27, 2020
Excerpt from Border Security 2019. Full story in Véhicule 2020. While the current administration is focused on drugs and human traffick ...
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VÉHICULE SHOP – A SHOP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE IT ALL.

Apache Powerboats Founder Bobby Saccenti

Véhicule Magazine · Apache Powerboats Founder Bobby Saccenti

Véhicule Automotive G-Wagon Restauration

GELÄNDEWAGEN BY CHRISTOPHER KIPPENBERGER

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Christopher Kippenberger was approached with a proposition. It was a commission from a longtime fan, and the task was clear: “Build me a truck that you would want for yourself.” This became Véhicule.

The inaugural Véhicule started as an immaculate ex-Swiss military G-Wagen. Building upon the Mercedes-Benz’s Swabian roots, Kippenberger infused the truck with his brand of American spirit, transforming the utilitarian G with a reworked powerplant, refined suspension setup, fire-breathing exhaust and lush interior treatment.

Kippenberger hated the corner of Germany that has come to be called Swabia. He spent his childhood there, cooped up in boarding school. He hated the region, he hated the people and he hated the dialect. It wasn’t until later that it became clear to him what that secret society stood for—it stood for excellence. The dialect was a verbal handshake. If something is being discussed in Swabian, it’s going to turn out right. It is this ethos that is carried through to each of Véhicule’s projects.

Véhicule is about modernizing classics. It’s taking the tried, tested, approved and adored, and looking at them through an updated lens. It turns the old adage on its head—you really should meet your heroes.

Contact us if your want one.

How A Rolls-Royce Fucks with Your Brain Sticker

How a Rolls-Royce F**** with Your Brain

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How a Rolls-Royce F**** with Your Brain is a textual and visual exploration of place, impression, identity, and identification formed over the course of multiple years. The project takes the form of a printed fanzine-style assemblage of stunning imagery and candid, contemplative written excerpts tracing an extended narrative of discovery, conscious excess, and measured restraint.

It is is a counterpoint to the prevailing culture of quantity-driven oversaturation – a succinctly curated, thoughtfully produced object of permanence featuring reflections on power, process, and the inner workings of creative industries. This edition of the publication mines concepts of the post-luxury consumer: the discerning consumer that has become disillusioned with established norms of “luxury” and ideas of what constitutes gratification in modern society.

Published by Studio Kippenberger, 2018

27 × 20 × 0.4 cm, 56 pages
digital print on paper

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