Innholdsfortegnelse for September/October 2025 i Maxim

Recently, a mansion made splashy headlines the world over for its record-breaking purchase. And while you might think the draw would be the $55 million that architect and developer Aldo Stark of Prestige Design Homes earned from its sale, it’s actually the abode’s opulent Ferrarithemed design that dropped jaws. Casa Maranello, as it’s so eloquently named, is not only an ode to lavish living, but to the Italian supercar maker whose identity ripples through the DNA of the 2.5-acre lakefront campus like the crimson flags flown by Ferraristi the world over. The Prancing Horse obsession starts as soon as you pass the gates and walk by an expansive fountain at the home’s entrance. Floating on the pool-like water, a defiant horse rears on its hind legs—a life-size Ferrari logo fully…

CAPRI Capri doesn’t merely welcome you, it remembers your flavor—like a lover who feasts on your rakishly disreputable indiscretions, keeping delicately ruinous confidences—and cellars the velvety vintage to pair with it. This is more than a postcard paradise, it’s a stage, and Capri never breaks character, even when you do. Arriving at Hotel La Palma—the island’s oldest hotel built in 1822, reborn in 2025 as Oetker’s first Italian Masterpiece—feels like slipping into a heightened sensual parallel of your life. Everything slows, oddly familiar, like a song you never learned but somehow know by heart. Far from the swirl of selfie sticks and day‑trippers at Marina Grande, step inside to vaulted ceilings flickering with frescoes by Roberto Ruspoli, pale cabanas arranged like thrones around a pool—every line softened, every surface infused…

In 2013, four years after Bitcoin (BTC) launched, skepticism surrounding the nascent digital asset was far from waning. Early price swings spurred think pieces describing a financial investment bubble or even fraud, and the world’s first widely adopted cryptocurrency had little to no value as a currency that could be exchanged for goods or services. “People say it’s a Ponzi scheme, it’s a bubble,” Cameron Winklevoss told The New York Times in a piece published that April. “People really don’t want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to ‘virtual currencies are here to stay.’ We’re in the early days.” Cameron and his 6-foot-5-inch twin sibling, Tyler, were then best widely known as the crew-rowing bros who’d won a $65 million settlement in 2008 after a…

There are few institutions in the world of motorsport that conjure that singular combo of reverence, hope, and almost pathological fervor quite like Scuderia Ferrari. It is at once a racing team and a quasi-religious cult; a purveyor of motorsport engineering and a manufacturer of myths. And nowhere is that expressed on the tarmac more than on the tracks of Formula One. Since the pinnacle racing league’s debut in 1950, Ferrari has been more than a team—it’s a snorting, galloping emblem of Italian excellence, tenacity, and flair. Its red-liveried chariots have scorched circuits, inspired operatic adulation, and, at times, embodied the very malaise of genius undone by its own greatness. To understand Ferrari’s arc in Formula One is not simply to recount victories or tally titles; it is to chronicle…

As the storied Rolls-Royce marque celebrated its 120th anniversary last year, a sea change was taking shape in its top office. After nearly 14 years as CEO, during which time the opulent automaker saw a 500 percent surge in sales, Torsten Müller-Ötvös announced he was stepping aside in favor of UK-born industry veteran Chris Brownridge—a return to the brand’s roots, you might say. “To be invited to lead this great British brand, at such a pivotal moment in its long and remarkable story, is an extraordinary privilege,” Brownridge said of his ascension. “Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s most recognized, desirable, and influential brands, and I’m keenly aware of the enormous affection and esteem in which it’s held.” Earlier this year, he demonstrated his commitment to the evolution of the…

“ One of the things I love about motorcycles is the variety of people who are fanatics about them—you tend to have this idea of a motorcyclist as either a super trendy tatted café racing hipster, or a Sons of Anarchy denimed-up gangster. But the truth of the matter is that people who love escaping into the hills on motorcycles are about as varied as they come,” reveals Maxim Deputy Editor Nicolas Stecher, who also happens to be co-author of Assouline’s new uber-luxe The Impossible Collection of Motorcycles coffee table book. “That means that the type of motorcycles that were built to appeal to these passionate riders over the past 150 years are about as varied as Ben & Jerry’s.” For the second edition of The Impossible Collection of Motorcycles,…

When one speaks of Riva yachts, images of their mahogany-paneled Aquarama instantly flood the mind. The portraits are ageless, the profile of the boat existing outside of time—its owners and vowed fanatics as iconic as the watercraft itself. Ever since Carlo Riva first launched his gorgeous runabout in 1962 during the arguable peak of Côte d’Azur glamour, European superstars like Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren and Alain Delon sunning aboard their Rivas forged the Aquarama into an instant and indelible symbol of European sophistication. When megawatt power couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were photographed embracing in theirs, the iconic status of the sleek vessel stamped itself forever on the American psyche. With its sensual curves, polished mahogany hull, chrome brightwork and twin V8s purring like an Aston Martin DB5, the…

Countless reasons exist to visit the Big Smoke, as London became known during the industrial revolution when it was seemingly enveloped in thick smog day and night. The air may have cleared since the days when Sherlock Holmes prowled the metropolis, but an air of mystery still hangs over the place, making it all the more enticing to wind your way through its 32 unique boroughs’ grand boulevards and cobblestone back alleys seeking out its various dens of spirit. One of the three primary cities that defined early cocktail culture along with New York and Paris, England’s capital commands perhaps more influence today than when famed American bartender Jerry Thomas wrote his seminal Bar-Tender’s Guide after visiting the city in the mid-19th century. Today, foundational institutions that cornerstone the cocktail…

This May in Las Vegas, more than 35,000 people gathered—not for a concert or sports event, but for the world’s largest Bitcoin-focused conference to date. Bitcoin 2025 marked a turning point in the mainstream visibility of decentralized money—not as a speculative asset, but as a technology with growing political, economic, and cultural relevance. A Sitting U.S. Vice President Took the Stage For the first time in U.S. history, a sitting Vice President—JD Vance—addressed a Bitcoin conference. His appearance alone made headlines. What followed underscored the political momentum behind the movement. Vance began with prepared remarks, but soon veered off script. He described Bitcoin as “ground-up innovation,” tying its adoption to broader issues like inflation, regulatory clarity, and global competitiveness. “If we fail to create regulatory clarity now, we risk chasing…