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As an official Rolls-Royce coachbuilder, Mutec features world class craftsmanship with modifications that look like they came straight from the factory. One of the German-based coachbuilder’s most important modified vehicles is the armored version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Engineered to VR7 level, the ‘Phantom Armored’ is virtually indistinguishable from the standard version, inside and out. The car features advanced fiber composites and special purpose steel to provide protection for the bodywork, while the glazed area is constructed from sheets of thickened glass. In addition, a polycarbonate layer is fitted to the...

Rally racing isn't especially popular here in the U.S., but MINIs sure are, and it's always exciting to see a capable car put to use in a historical context. Today, MINI brings us the Rallye Monte Carlo in the JCW MINI Cabrio at the hands of rally greats Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk.

The video is certainly a major upgrade from the last batch of videos out of MINI, featuring a creepy yet attractive pair of twins somehow advertising the upcoming MINI Coupe and Roadster, unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.

It's Friday, and for about half the country, it's after 5 p.m., so sit back, kick your feet up, and enjoy the video.

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We've all heard it by now: Porsche purists moaning about the 2010 Porsche Panamera (and still carrying on about the Cayenne) and its non-sports-car nature destroying the brand; realists saying the Panamera is sure to sell in volumes that dwarf the pure sports cars, just like the Cayenne does. But Porsche has a third perspective on the matter, one that bridges the two camps.

It's not the first time Porsche has made the argument that the Panamera is 100% Porsche, but the visual representation of past and present models alongside each other does serve to illustrate it particularly well. It also shows that, like many other modern cars, the...

It's just over two weeks since the 2010 Aston Martin Rapide was revealed at the Frankfurt Auto Show, and now we get some of the first rolling footage of the car courtesy of an official testing video.

The video depicts the Rapide sports sedan testing in various locales around the world including the U.K., Germany and Italy--in short, doing what it does best in some of the most picturesque settings imaginable.

The 2010 Aston Martin Rapide features a revised version of the DB9's 6.0-liter V-12, mated to the new Touchtronic 2 control six-speed automatic with paddle shifters. Final output of the engine is 470 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of...

With the all-new 2011 Bentley Mulsanne, there's reason to believe that Bentley has a little grudge against its former sibling Rolls-Royce. The Mulsanne had its world debut at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours back in August, and Bentley makes no veiled references to challenging Rolls-Royce's Phantom with the new sedan. They're saying it outright, calling the Mulsanne the "pinnacle" of luxury cars.

With a 505-horsepower and a massive 752-pound-feet of torque churning out from its twin-turbocharged 6.75-liter V-8 engine, an expected of pricetag of more than $300,000, and leather hide and wood trim as far as the eye can see, we have little reason...

The Saab 9-5 is long overdue for an overhaul, with the basic mechanical underpinnings in the current model first hitting streets as far back as 1997. A totally redesigned model was expected to make an appearance last year but its release was pushed back due to limited resources at Saab and the introduction of the facelifted 9-3, not to mention the company’s then-ongoing ownership limbo.

Thankfully, the new 2010 Saab 9-5, which made its world debut last week at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, has brought a new sense of dramatic style to the Swedish brand. The car shows a clear resurgence of Saab's past design traits, however, this is...