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Concept cars this year are either fast, green, or coming soon. The Genesis Essentia Concept you see here is fast, and it’s green. Coming soon? We’re not so sure. Let’s get this out of the way right now. It’s highly unlikely that we’ll see this coupe on the streets within the next few years—if ever. READ MORE: Genesis Essentia Concept: Here’s your luxury Rorschach test That doesn’t stop us from drooling. There’s real sports car stuff here. A visible pushrod suspension, F1-style nose cone, slippery shape, and a long hood. 0-60 mph happens in...
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Genesis Essentia Concept: Here’s your luxury Rorschach test
Pick two for your concept car this year: Fast, green, or coming soon. The Genesis Essentia Concept that bowed Wednesday at the 2018 New York auto show opted for fast and green, a future look at a distant electric two-door coupe from the nascent luxury automaker. The Essentia’s look takes...
Aaron Cole -
Rolls-Royce adds shooting stars to starlight headliner
Do you like luxury? Have you ever experienced true luxury? If you think have, it's likely that you actually have no idea what the wealthy of the world are experiencing in their daily lives. Sure, the seats in your Infiniti massage your backside. Your Range Rover has a cabin born from the souls of...
Jeff Glucker -
2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe and Cabriolet gain power and standard equipment
Following the refreshed 2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan's debut at the 2018 Geneva motor show, the luxury brand will bring the updated C-Class Coupe and Cabriolet to the 2018 New York auto show. Revealed on Tuesday, both body styles are in for additional standard equipment and more power. The...
Sean Szymkowski -
Top o' the morning, there’s a new green color for the Ford Mustang
Just in time for Saint Patrick's Day comes the arrival of a new green color option on the 2019 Ford Mustang. The Blue Oval announced on Friday the new Need for Green paint color for its iconic pony car. No matter the day, this color will be hard to miss as it's quite bright. Those seeking to fly...
Joel Feder -
Lexus RC F Sport Black Line Special Edition goes dark for New York Auto Show
Factory black-out packages are all the rage right now, and Lexus is jumping on the bandwagon with the RC F Sport Black Line Special Edition. The Japanese luxury brand revealed the blacked-out RC F Sport model on Tuesday ahead of its debut at the 2018 New York auto show. The the Lexus RC F Sport...
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The order books are open for the Polestar 1, a 600-horsepower, carbon fiber-bodied plug-in hybrid coupe that will be built in very limited numbers. Previously, interested parties could only signal their intention to purchase a Polestar 1 by registering their details on Polestar's website. According to the Swedish brand, more than 7,000 people registered their interest since the reveal of the Polestar 1 last fall. Now, anyone interested in purchasing a Polestar 1 can place a fully refundable deposit of $2,500 to secure a build slot. Polestar will only build the cars at a rate of 500 per year...
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Land Rover Range Rover SV Coupe revealed, priced from $295,000
Land Rover's Range Rover has received the coupe treatment. We're not talking about a coupe-like model here but a proper 2-door. It's a limited-edition SUV dubbed the Range Rover SV Coupe, and Land Rover is offering it at a starting price of $295,000. Just 999 are planned for worldwide sale. Land...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Fiat Abarth 124 GT debuts with carbon fiber roof
As Mazda has its hard-top roof available for the MX-5 Miata, so too shall the car's Italian cousin. Meet the Fiat Abarth 124 GT, a carbon fiber-roofed Fiat 124 debuting next week at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Fiat hasn't followed Mazda's route with a complex automated roof for its...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Learning the unnatural at Porsche's Camp4 winter driving school
Pierre Des Marais’ voice cracked over the radio as he screamed, “Yo-el! Why do I hear throttle and see brake lights multiple times?” “Turn. Brake. Accelerate,” he said loudly into the radio. In most track situations you are told to brake hard, turn, then accelerate out...
Joel Feder -
Ares realizes the Mulsanne coupe that Bentley won't
Talk of coupe and convertible versions of the Mulsanne dates back to when the Bentley flagship sedan made its debut in 2009. Bentley last year finally got around to confirming a small run of Mulsanne convertibles, referred to as the Bentley Grand Convertible. However, we're still yet to see...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Limited-edition Land Rover Range Rover SV Coupe to sacrifice utility for style
If BMW and Mercedes-Benz can do it, why can't Land Rover? The British SUV maker will add style and subtract utility from its legendary Range Rover with the Range Rover SV Coupe debuting in March at the 2018 Geneva auto show. Land Rover on Tuesday revealed a teaser image of the interior of the...
Kirk Bell -
Lebanon Ford made headlines last year when it decided to build and sell some high-horsepower Mustangs. For around $50,000, the Dayton, Ohio-area dealer would sell you a 2017 Mustang making 800 horsepower at the wheels. With a bit more cash and some extra parts, that 800 horsepower could become 1,200 horsepower. Now Lebanon Ford is back with its famed Hellion Package and it's being applied to the 2018 Mustang. Starting at $51,995, Lebanon Ford of Lebanon, Ohio, will sell you a 2018 Mustang equipped with all of the go-fast parts needed to put an 800-horsepower car in your garage. It's called...
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50th Anniversary 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt cranks out 475 horsepower
Fifty years after Steve McQueen chased a 1968 Dodge Charger in a Dark Highland Green '68 Mustang to the delight of gearhead movie fans, Ford is releasing its third special edition model to commemorate that iconic movie car. That movie was "Bullitt" and the 50th anniversary Bullitt Mustang is the...
Kirk Bell -
Say no to B-pillars with Jay Leno and a 1975 Jaguar XJ6 Coupe
Jay Leno kicks off this latest video with some wise words. He wants to slow things down and focus on a vehicle with a bit less horsepower than he's used to, but a hefty dose of style. This week the featured machine at Jay Leno's Garage is a 1975 Jaguar XJ6 Coupe. It's a classically cool cruiser...
Jeff Glucker -
Efficiency meets performance in AMG's new 53 series
Mercedes fans looking for something sporty but not quite ready to step up to a fully fledged AMG product have another option in the form of the “AMG sport” range, which at present are those cars with a 43 in their titles. Soon, though, AMG will start to replace these with a new series...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
US among initial launch markets for Polestar 1
The United States will be among the first countries to be offered the new Polestar 1 when the plug-in hybrid coupe starts deliveries in 2019. The others will include Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany and China. Polestar says the countries were selected in part due to the level of interest...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Polestar 1's difficult assembly process will lead to low production numbers
Polestar, now its own brand within Volvo Cars Group, unveiled its first production car this past October, the Polestar 1. Although the car possesses a stunning design and impressive performance specs, it won't be a mass-market vehicle, thanks to difficult production processes. The brand plans for...
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If there was ever a reason to save $10,000—that’s the price premium Jaguar charges for a V-6 over a turbo-4 F-Type—this is it. For 2018, Jaguar has stuffed its new 2.0-liter turbo-4 under the F-Type’s long hood to create a new entry-level model, one that perhaps best fulfills the model's mission of splitting the difference between coddling grand-tourer and corner-carving sports car. It’s a coupe as at home on long stretches of highway with its adaptive cruise control engaged as it is in Sport mode on a winding road. MORE: 2018 Jaguar F-Type pricing drops to...
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2019 Aston Martin Vantage video preview
Power, beauty, soul. Aston Martin owners have seen that phrase pop up in gauge clusters for years. The 2019 Vantage might be the best expression of that mantra. Let’s just get this out of the way—the 2019 Vantage is beautiful. The huge grille presents a menacing face. The side grilles...
Brandon Turkus -
2018 Lexus LC 500 video road test
Concept cars can be beautiful, but they’re ideas. They’re not always made to be real cars. Sometimes an automaker takes a chance and builds that concept. This time, it’s Lexus, and the result is this beauty. Want to find out if this 2018 Lexus LC 500 drives as great as it looks?...
Joel Feder -
2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS first drive review: fierce and focused
ALGARVE, PORTUGAL – The most fearsome, trackworthy Porsche is no longer the naturally aspirated GT3. If Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times mean anything to you, the wondrously capable 918 Spyder has also been eclipsed. The latest King of the ‘Ring and sharpest weapon in the Porsche...
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Infiniti teams up with AMS Performance for Q60 Red Alpha concept
Over the past two decades, AMS Performance of Chicago, Illinois has built up a reputation for churning out some insane builds. The tuner is famous for its Nissan GT-Rs designed to spit 4-digit power figures, with the cars routinely setting new drag strip records. Now Infiniti has tapped AMS’s...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2018 Aston Martin DB11 V8 first drive review: with a little help from friends
Aston Martins are known for two signature traits: drop-dead gorgeous looks and bad-ass soundtracks. But how do you maintain the band’s identity when you have to play a cover tune? If he were still alive, I’d tell you to ask Joe Cocker. Sometimes you get by with a little help from your...
Kirk Bell