VÉHICULE Presents: Dakis Joannou's Mega Yacht '...

Excerpt from VÉHICULE, read the whole interview here. Dakis Joannou's mega yacht 'Guilty' by Jeff Koons and Ivana Porfiri has been called "an act of calculated irreverence"—an apt characterization to say...

VÉHICULE Presents: Misconceivable by Erwin Wurm

Excerpt from VÉHICULE, read the full interview here. Whether at the Venice Biennale or on a museum’s rooftop, Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm makes the unreal real. We talk to him about...

VÉHICULE Presents: Harmony Korine

Don Johnson's And The High-Speed Legacy of Team...

The waves were relentless, pounding the hull as Don Johnson gripped the wheel, his eyes focused ahead. This wasn’t a scene from Miami Vice—it was real life. The Hollywood star...

VÉHICULE × Leonardo Yachts Eagle 46: A Seamless...

Original article by Ryan McVinney published in Yacht World. All images by Ryan McVinney. At this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival, our mission was clear: take the sleek new Eagle 46 Carbon Edition...

VÉHICULE Presents: Al Copeland's Popeye's Racin...

Al Copeland was a man whose life embodied speed, success, and an unshakable sense of values. His journey, from humble beginnings in New Orleans to becoming a millionaire businessman and...

VÉHICULE Presents: Modern Day Smuggling

Excerpt from Border Security 2019. Read the full story in VÉHICULE. While the current administration is focused on drugs and human traffic coming in, this band of modern-day pirates has been...

VÉHICULE Presents: Who Killed Don Aronow?

The 1987 murder of Miami powerboat legend Don Aronow captivated the international boating scene. The case’s twists, turns and seemingly never-ending cast of characters leaves the killing a mystery to...

Legendary Offshore Powerboats: Jesse James 🏆 Pi...

This boat needs no introduction, built by Chris Craft in the United States for brothers Mark (R.I.P.) and Chris Lavin the boat was the result of more than $100,000 in...

VÉHICULE Exclusive: RAZZ MIAMI Uncut Footage

Offshore Legend Yves Belanger's Epic Powerboat Run Watch the never before published, uncut footage of Yves Belanger's RAZZ Miami powerboat runs. Belanger, a Canadian powerboat racer, is considered one of...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Story of Ben Kramer's Ap...

VÉHICULE talked to powerboat legend and race car driver Lorne L. about his Apache 47 – built and pre-owned by Ben Kramer – that is being restored into its original form...

WTF is Thundercat Racing?

Referred to as ThunderCat Racing globally, Superlight Tunnel Boat races stand out as unique events within the APBA. These races feature catamaran-style inflatable boats that excel in navigating rough waters...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Rise & Fall of Ben Kramer

Excerpt from Paradise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Ben Kramer. Read the full story in VÉHICULE. “Anglos tend to work the marijuana trade, while the cocaine market is controlled by...

VÉHICULE Presents: Fort Apache Marina

Fort Apache Marina was Thunderboat Row's legendary high-rise boat storage facility and waterfront bar and restaurant. Founded by Ben Kramer and his father Jack in the early '80s, it was...

VÉHICULE Presents: Rocky Aoki

Forget about Branson and Trump. Meet Rocky Aoki, the most badass entrepreneur in US history! Read more about Rocky and fellow offshore powerboat racers in VÉHICULE. Growing up in Tokyo, Rocky's...

Reliving the Thrill: A Deep Dive into the 1984 ...

Alfonso Muñoz for VÉHICULE If you were competing in American sportscar racing in the 1980s, there was a good chance one of your competitors on the track was involved in...

VÉHICULE Presents: Juan Almeida's Submarine

By Juan Almeida It was a bright sunny day when Jeff Soffer and his personal assistant Wayne appeared at the Fort. It wasn’t unusual for Jeff to visit Fort Apache...

Thunderboat Row 1989

A group of several different la enforcement agencies along with a race boat driver come together with a common goal of stopping the drug traffic to the US. Turbulent Waters:...

VÉHICULE Presents: Living Legend Yves Belanger

VÉHICULE exclusive: Offshore legend Yves Belanger recounts his RAZZ Miami runs. Legendary powerboat pilot Yves Belanger talks to VÉHICULE about what is arguably one of the most iconic powerboat runs...

VÉHICULE Presents: Bootleggers, Underage Drivin...

Bootleggers, underage driving, and the birth of NASCAR. A Daytona Beach mechanic, due to mistreatment by unscrupulous promoters, brought together a bunch of outlaw racers to create the foundations of...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Latin Quarter

Miami's Midcentury Hotspot by Alfonso Muñoz Sahr The history of lavish showbusiness was written for almost 30 years in the Latin Quarter, one of Miami's swankier nightspots known for its...

VÉHICULE Presents: Meyer Lansky & Hallandale Beach

Before Las Vegas, a farming community in South Florida was the gambling paradise of the U.S. by Alfonso Muñoz It was the time of Prohibition, and rum-running was rampant throughout...

VÉHICULE × Sam Chermayeff Salone del Mobile Mil...

The Salone del Mobile Milano is one of the most prestigious furniture and design exhibitions in the world, attracting thousands of visitors and exhibitors every year. Check out Sam Chermayeff's display "cars...

VÉHICULE Presents: Miami River Cops

Read all about drug smuggling history and modern day operations in VÉHICULE. Everyone lies. Cops, by virtue of being part of everyone, lie. Lying is integral to what they do,...

VÉHICULE Presents: An Inside Look at the Death ...

The 1987 murder of Miami powerboat legend Don Aronow captivated the international boating scene. The case’s twists, turns and seemingly never-ending cast of characters leaves the killing a mystery to...

VÉHICULE Presents: Who is Ben Kramer?

Excerpt from Paradise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Ben Kramer. Read the full story in VÉHICULE.American powerboat racing champion Benjamin Barry Kramer hates when people smoke cigarettes around him. At...

VÉHICULE Presents: My Father the US Customs Age...

Perico In Paradise - A Miami Retrospective "Miami. What can I say? I'm from here. Born and raised, as many of you (my friends) know. I love Miami and everything...

VÉHICULE Presents: You're Busted! My Father the...

Read about modern day smuggling operations in VÉHICULE."My parents were federal law enforcements agents (father, US Customs - mother, IRS) and were intimately involved in some of the highest profile...

VÉHICULE Presents: Betty Cook & KAAMA

Read about Betty Cook & friends in VÉHICULE. Founded in 1976, the Kaama Racing Team consisted of Betty Cook as its owner and driver, John Connor as crew chief and...

VÉHICULE Presents: My Life With “The Bully,” or...

Jay Triandafilou recounts his over ten years of ownership of the Apache Warpath exclusively to VÉHICULE. Read all about Fort Apache and Ben Kramer in the VÉHICULE print edition.“I purchased the boat in...

VÉHICULE AT CENTOMIGLIA DEL LARIO 72° EDIZIONE

Winning is Everything.We won, and we don’t see a problem with that. Back in 1949 at the inaugural Centomiglia del Lario—the storied powerboat race on Lake Como—winning was the only...

Snitch TV: The Overfed, Overhyped “Cocaine Cowb...

If VÉHICULE is one thing, it’s fair. Everything deserves a proper chance. We genuinely believe that. Things need to be evaluated based on their own merits, and while subjectivity is not...

VÉHICULE Presents: Don Aronow, The Formative Years

Donald Joel Aronow was born on March 3, 1927 and grew up in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn back when the borough was largely farmland. He grew up rich,...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Untold Story of Italian ...

Smugglers on the mountain crests between Switzerland and Italy. Based on an interview with Tullio Abbate and VÉHICULE publisher Christopher Kippenberger. Read the beginning of the story in "The Untold Story of Italian...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Untold Story of Italian ...

Based on an interview with Tullio Abbate and VÉHICULE publisher Christopher Kippenberger. Story to be continued in "The Untold Story of Italian Cigarette Smuggling Part 2". Read about modern day smuggling operations...

VÉHICULE Presents: Don Aronow, King of Offshore...

With the help of two veteran boatbuilders, Don quickly transformed his young company into a true force to be reckoned with, largely by following his creed that the only way...

Juan Almeida of Netflix's Operation Odessa on V...

Fort Apache was nothing short of addictive. It was magnetic. Even if you didn’t own a boat, you would be drawn in by the lifestyle and the indisputable allure of...

VÉHICULE Presents: Ben Kramer's "The Bicycle Club"

Exerpt from "The Bicycle Club", read the full story in VÉHICULE."These days, The Bicycle Hotel and Casino is a respected Los Angeles-area staple. With considerably more than 100,000 square feet...

VÉHICULE Presents: IMSA GP of Miami 1983

In 1983, Miami came one step closer to becoming the United States' very own Monaco. It was nearly there—the waterfront, the climate and the wealth all measured up, but an...

The Stiltsville Fire 2021

BISCAYNE BAY – The area of Stiltsville has been a defining feature of Station's area of responsibility since the 1930’s. Prior to 1992, there were 25 houses, but following Hurricane...

Sam Chermayeff Office × VÉHICULE: Cars and the ...

On September 1, 2023, Sam Chermayeff Office hosted the group exhibition Cars and the Public Joy at their Berlin space. A veritable showcase of the artistic might within the renowned...

VÉHICULE Presents: Thunderboat Row, Miami’s Sec...

Read more about Thunderboat Row in VÉHICULE.Northeast 188th Street—a once-unsuspecting plot of Florida swampland that followed the Miami dream. It started from nothing and quickly came to be one of the...

VÉHICULE Presents: The Mutiny Hotel, Miami’s Dr...

Read about the Miami's drug smuggling operations in VÉHICULE. 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...

VÉHICULE Presents: Offshore Racing 101 with Joh...

VÉHICULE had the chance to sit down with powerboat legend John Tomlinson of TNT Custom Marine and talk shop. Things got a little technical. VÉHICULE: How did performance boat builders think about boat...

VÉHICULE Presents: Wilson's Custom Marine

VÉHICULE dives deep into boat design. We speak with the legends to understand the fundamentals of what makes a boat great. Sometimes, it’s best to just keep things simple. Don’t...

VÉHICULE Presents: Alpha-Centauri

Although powerboating is nothing new to southern England, Alpha-Centauri’s marine designs are. This one-man operation is the brainchild of Chris Phillips. He saw fatal flaws in the boating industry and...

VÉHICULE Presents: Vincent Debanne, Battleship

"When I show Battleship for an exhibition, I associate the photographic series with the following parodic text of the letter to the Minister of Marine written by the French Commander-in-Chief...

VÉHICULE Presents: Henrik Purienne

"Once you go to print, no one can alter it. It’s not open for discussion once it’s out there. It can be discussed, but it won’t change. Online, anybody can...