Luxury Cars
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Lincoln will board the car subscription bandwagon as it announced on Tuesday at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show a pilot program that will launch in early 2018. Lincoln will launch the unnamed subscription program in California. It will include access to a car along with insurance, maintenance, roadside assistance, and vehicle pickup, all in a month-to-month plan. The program will be similar to Ford’s Canvas subscription program that launched in May, Lincoln says, though we should point out that the Ford program is specifically for used vehicles. In L.A., where we saw a revised MKC and...
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Care by Volvo subscription service for XC40 starts at $600 per monthWith the arrival of the 2019 Volvo XC40 in showrooms next spring, car shoppers will have a new option for payment. Volvo is introducing a subscription-based payment system called Care by Volvo, and on Wednesday at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show we learned exactly what it will entail. The XC40 is...
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2018 Lexus RX L adds third row to fast-selling luxury crossoverLuxury automakers have chased after the winning formula offered by the Lexus RX for years, and now they will have one more element to compete with, the third-row seat of the 2018 Lexus RX L. A new longer RX L crossover will come with three rows of seats offering six- or seven-passenger capacity...
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2019 Lincoln MKC previewLincoln’s MKC has been substantially enhanced for 2019, bringing major improvements to the looks department as well as safety. The luxury crossover made its public debut at the 2017 Los Angeles auto show. The enhancements constitute a mid-cycle update for the luxury compact SUV and will be...
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2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS previewMercedes-Benz established the current fastback sedan trend when it launched the original CLS over a decade ago. The iconic swoopy sedan now enters its third generation with the 2019 CLS unveiled on Wednesday at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car also marks the introduction of the next step in...
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2018 BMW M5 priced from $103,595A new generation of the M5 goes on sale next spring, one that’s unlike any version of the BMW super sedan we’ve seen before. And BMW has priced the car from $103,595, including destination. That’s quite the jump on the $95k starting price of the last M5, but with the new model you...
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Next week, Lamborghini will reveal the Urus, the brand's first sport utility vehicle since the classic LM002, but ahead of the reveal an Instagram user by the name of toysforboysbrasil has posted some photos that show the wild SUV's interior completely uncloaked. The Instagram post shared two photos of the Urus' interior, which houses typical Lamborghini interior styling. And one of the shots shows a depiction of the Urus' exterior design in the infotainment screen atop the center stack. The Urus' center stack features an angled design, and a chunky flat-bottom steering wheel sits in front of...
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Audi confirms 2 more electric SUVsAudi on Tuesday confirmed plans for two new electric SUVs. The vehicles will be built at Audi’s main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany from 2021. Audi made the confirmation during a meeting with employee representatives to discuss job security through 2025. Crucially, it helps to alleviate fears...
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2019 Infiniti QX50 previewFeast your eyes on the new QX50 from Infiniti. The small SUV made its world debut on Wednesday at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show and goes on sale next year, as a 2019 model. The 2019 QX50’s arrival is a watershed moment for Infiniti, as it also marks the introduction of several key...
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Jaguar XE SV Project 8 sets record 7:21.23 Nürburgring lapJaguar said on Tuesday that a specially prepared version of its XE compact luxury sedan—a model that's earmarked for production—lapped Germany's famous Nürburgring Nordschleife in a record-breaking 7:21.23. That's the fastest time ever posted for a production-intent sedan, the...
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With Nautilus, Lincoln moves away from alphanumeric namesLincoln will drop the confusing three-letter series of names present on most of its models, Kumar Galhotra, Ford’s chief marketing officer and group vice president for the Lincoln brand, told Motor Authority on Monday. The 2019 Nautilus, formerly the MKX, is the first to ditch the panned...
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2019 Lincoln Nautilus improves on MKX in almost every wayThe Lincoln MKX is dead. Kind of. Its replacement is the 2019 Lincoln Nautilus, but aside from a new name, a freshened face, an updated powertrain, and more advanced driver assistance technology, this is still a Ford Edge-based crossover, for better or worse. The crossover was revealed ahead of the...
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Last week, Mercedes-Benz showed off what to expect from its next-generation compact luxury cars' interiors. Upon closer inspection, the photos also revealed an A-Class plug-in hybrid is forthcoming. Virtuel Car first noticed the small detail and published the images on Tuesday. Looking closely at the interior teaser image's all-digital gauge cluster reveals a battery icon and a range readout just below it. Comparing it to the E350e plug-in hybrid, the gauge is basically identical. The display reads 36 kilometers (22 miles) of range remaining with about 75 percent of the battery's power...
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2018 Range Rover SVAutobiography dials up the luxury in Land Rover’s flagship SUVMany luxury brands have encroached into territory that was strictly the domain of Land Rover and its Range Rover SUV not that long ago. But the British brand doesn’t want you to forget that it’s still the original purveyor of luxury SUVs. That’s why it offers a Range Rover...
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Nissan launches Autech sub-brand in Japan focusing on craftsmanship, sportinessFollowing Nissan's expansion of the Nismo sub-brand, the company announced its latest sub-division last Friday: Autech. The new sub-brand will combine sporting characteristics with an eye for "premium craftsmanship" and top-quality materials in the company's home market of Japan. We reached out to...
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2019 Aston Martin Vantage almost sold out for first production yearThe 2019 Aston Martin Vantage is days old, but that hasn't stopped customers from snapping up nearly all of the car's allocated production. Over the past few days, Aston Martin shopped its luxurious sports car to private customers and 80 percent of them have purchased, Bloomberg reported last week...
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2019 CLS heralds next evolution of Mercedes designThe 2019 CLS set to debut next week at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show will mark the introduction of the next step in the evolution of Mercedes-Benz’s “sensual purity” design philosophy. It’s a design philosophy where sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces take focus in...
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Major step up in quality, design for interiors of next-gen Mercedes compactsThe interiors of Mercedes-Benz’s next-generation compact cars are taking a marked step up in the areas of design and quality. The German automaker on Wednesday gave an early look at the interior that will be appearing in cars like the next-generation CLA and GLA, as well as a new A-Class...
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To build excitement ahead of the reveal of its new Urus on December 4, Lamborghini has been dropping a series of teaser videos highlighting the SUV’s various driving modes. The Urus will feature the new Neve, Terra, and Sabbia modes, which translate from Italian to “Snow,” “Earth,” and “Sand,” respectively. They join the usual Strada (Street), Sport, and Corsa (Track) modes found on Lamborghini's supercars. The Italian firm has already provided three teaser videos this month that show the Urus in its Sabbia, Neve and Corsa modes. The latter has been...
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Lamborghini Urus accidentally revealed in Corsa mode videoLamborghini has inadvertently revealed its Urus weeks out from the SUV’s December 4 debut. The automaker has been running a teaser campaign in which it’s been highlighting the Urus’ various driving modes in a series of videos. The most recent video highlighted the Urus’...
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2018 Porsche Panamera video road testTo Porsche enthusiasts, the Panamera may be heresy. The engine is up front instead of mounted in the middle or the rear. The Panamera debuted in 2010 and immediately became the brand's second-best selling car. Heresy be damned. Now in its second generation, the 2018 Panamera atones for some of the...
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Bentley will build 19 Mulsanne-based Grand ConvertiblesBentley is set to launch an ultra-exclusive run of convertibles based on the (big) bones of the Mulsanne. The car, referred to as the Bentley Grand Convertible, was first shown as a concept in 2012 during a private event coinciding with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It was only...
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2019 Infiniti QX50 spy shotsInfiniti is set to unveil a redesigned QX50 at next week’s 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show, but the vehicle has been already spotted testing. Thanks to the quick actions of eagle-eyed reader Collin Brown, we have revealing spy shots of a prototype for the new QX50 which goes on sale early next...
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Long-wheelbase Jaguar XEL debuts in ChinaJaguar’s lineup has spawned its second long-wheelbase sedan in the form of the XEL, based on the XE small sedan. The first was the XF-based XFL introduced in 2016. Like the XFL, the XEL is offered exclusively in China where it’s common among the wealthy class to have a professional...
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