TopGear is standing on a New York rooftop, flanked by one of those typically NYC water towers. Except that we’re actually in a disused power station in northern Germany, repurposed as a studio space in which someone has gone to a lot of trouble recreating an NYC rooftop.
I’m leaning on a lone Mercedes G-Wagen, an original SWB car that’s been given a substantial makeover. Old G-Wagens are fashionable, but this one’s next level. That’s because it’s a collaboration between Mercedes-Benz, French outerwear label Moncler and Nigo, creative director of Kenzo, DJ, art collector, friend of Pharrell Williams, the OG hypebeast, and all round 21st century renaissance man. Nigo’s here, too, but he doesn’t really do interviews. The enigma is expertly preserved at all times. I say hello, he nods…
