Luxury Cars

  • Wolfgang Dürheimer

    Volkswagen Group veteran Wolfgang Dürheimer is relinquishing his head roles at Bentley and Bugatti, the automaker confirmed Friday. Current Audi Sport chief Stephan Winkelmann, who led Lamborghini for a decade prior to joining Audi, has been assigned the top job at Bugatti. He will start the new role on January 1, 2018, bringing with him years of experience in the development of high-end cars, as well as a sense of dealing with the exclusive clientele who buy them. At Bentley, the head role has been assigned to former Jaguar Land Rover executive Adrian Hallmark. He’s previously...

  • 2018 Porsche 911 Carrera T
    Porsche 911 T returns 50 years after original model’s debut

    Just when you think there can’t possibly be any more 911 variants—we’re already past the 20-car mark—Porsche springs on us the 2018 911 Carrera T. The car is a direct successor to the original 911 T introduced in 1968. The “T” stands for touring, and as such as...

  • 2018 Mercedes-AMG G65 Final Edition
    Mercedes-AMG announces G65 Final Edition

    There’s a new Mercedes-Benz G-Class around the corner. No, we’re not talking about new color and trim options. We’re not even talking about an extensive facelift. No, Mercedes is about to introduce its first full redesign for the G-Class since the SUV arrived on the scene four...

  • 2018 Lexus LC 500 at the S.C. Johnson Research Tower
    Achievements in design: the 2018 Lexus LC 500 with Wisconsin's Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

    He was arguably the greatest architect of the 20th century, but he wasn't always respected in his home state. Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, briefly attended college in Madison, and lived for 50 years in Spring Green. Unfortunately, he often stiffed his contractors, he...

  • 2019 Audi A7 Reveal
    2019 Audi A7 preview

    The 2019 Audi A7 finally broke cover Thursday in Germany, the second generation for the sleek luxury sedan that set the world on fire with its daring silhouette. The 4-door fastback likely goes on sale in the U.S. sometime late next year, although details about the sedan's availability were few and...

  • 2015 Jaguar XKR
    Jaguar design boss proposes new XK

    Sports cars are great for making a statement but they don’t often make good business sense. That’s why you’re seeing strange partnerships like the one between BMW and Toyota for the joint development of a new generation of their respective Supra and Z4 sports cars. Going it alone...

  • Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride concept, 2017 Tokyo Motor Show

    Toyota’s first volume fuel cell vehicle, the Mirai, is an econo sedan priced like a luxury one. Understandably, the car hasn’t proven a hit, with Toyota moving just 708 examples in the first half of 2017 in the United States. (Of course, it also doesn’t help that hydrogen fueling stations are non-existent in most parts.) Perhaps, though, Toyota could have had more success if it followed Tesla’s strategy of introducing new technology in high-end products brimming with coolness. Well, that could still happen if Toyota’s latest concept is any indication of the...

  • Lamborghini Urus
    Lamborghini has shown us parts of the Urus

    Lamborghini's set to unveil its new Urus SUV on December 4 on its home turf Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, but it seems the Italian automaker is too excited to keep a secret. Straight out of Sant'Agata comes this new video showing off Lamborghini's production automation—and in it we get...

  • Polestar 1
    Polestar 1 was originally a flagship Volvo coupe

    Former Volvo tuner Polestar on Tuesday unveiled its first car, the aptly named Polestar 1, but if you’re thinking you've seen the design before, it’s because you have. Yes, the Polestar 1 is just a slightly massaged version of Volvo’s Concept Coupe which was presented at the 2013...

  • Polestar 1
    Polestars to be made in China, rival Teslas

    Volvo in-house tuner Polestar has been morphed into a standalone brand for high-performance electrified cars and on Tuesday we saw its first model, aptly named the Polestar 1, unveiled to the world in Shanghai. The Chinese metropolis is a fitting location for the debut of Polestar’s first car...

  • 2018 Porsche 718 GTS
    New Porsche 718 Boxster GTS, Cayman GTS are here; are surprisingly reasonable

    Follow us on this one Porsche fanatics. On Tuesday, Porsche announced the 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS and 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS models complete with a handful of upgrades, including a slightly more powerful 2.5-liter turbocharged flat-4 that makes 365 horsepower. The Boxster GTS starts at...

  • Polestar 1
    Polestar 1 is a carbon fiber-bodied 600-horsepower hybrid coupe

    Volvo was among the first automakers to announce intentions to phase out the internal combustion engine and move to a purely electrified portfolio of cars. In the process, Volvo's former in-house tuning division, Polestar, parted ways to become a standalone brand. Its mission? Build electrified...

  • 2018 BMW Alpina XD3 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    BMW has just launched a new generation of its X3 and soon there will be a hotter version cooked up by Alpina. Alpina is a semi-official BMW tuner that’s been in the business of making Bavaria’s best go faster for over 50 years. We only get to sample Alpina’s talents in two models—the 6-Series-based B6 and 7-Series-based B7—but overseas there are many more models to choose from. One of these is the X3-based XD3 which offers an impressive combination of stump-pulling grunt, all-weather traction and decent fuel economy. A prototype for a new XD3 was recently spotted...

  • 2018 Audi R8 V10 RWS
    Audi's future might not include V-10, W-12 engines; V-8 safe for awhile

    Audi, like many other automotive brands, will focus on electrification and self-driving technology in the future. But, a shift in thinking will likely come at the expense of large engine displacements. Newcomer to the brand, Peter Mertens, came aboard this year as Audi's board member for technical...

  • Mercedes-Benz EQA concept, 2017 Frankfurt auto show
    Mercedes-Benz electrification plans: charting the changes

    Mercedes-Benz is currently constructing a battery plant in Kamenz, Germany, the second of five such plants that will be in operation in three continents by the start of the next decade, including one in the United States. The U.S. plant will be constructed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at a cost of $1...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4² (European spec)
    Better order now: Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4² production set to end

    Have your eye on a brand new Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4²? Take action soon because the German luxury brand announced production will cease at the end of October. The rugged G550 4x4² made a splash with its serious off-road credentials, which begins with a ride height that exceeds 17 inches...

  • 2018 Mercedes-AMG S65
    2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class first drive review: driving the most- and least-expensive models

    The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is widely recognized as one of the most luxurious full-size cars on the market, and with that luxury comes an exclusive price. But there is luxury and then there is luxury and there is exclusive and then there is exclusive. We already reviewed the 2018 Mercedes-Benz...

  • 2018 Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet no. 99 - Image via Bonhams
    Final Mercedes-Maybach G650 sells for $1.42M at charity auction

    Mercedes-Maybach revealed the ultra-posh G650 Landaulet in March at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, at which time it was revealed that 98 of the planned 99 units were already sold. What became of the last unit? It turns out Maybach was saving the vehicle for a charity auction, in this case...

  • 2018 Aston Martin DB11 Volante

    Aston Martin’s DB11 is great as a coupe but to really enjoy the full grand touring experience you’ll definitely want to get the convertible. Why is a convertible so vital for grand touring? There’s nothing like rolling through beautiful scenery with the sun and fresh air on your face. It’s even better when you have a powerful engine in front you making all manner of exiting sounds, as is the case with the new DB11 Volante. Revealed on Friday, the DB11 Volante is available to order now for delivery in the second quarter of 2018—just in time for summer. The car is...

  • 2019 Audi A7 spy shots
    2019 Audi A7 spy shots and video

    Audi's next-generation A7 has been spotted in prototype form once again. Though the latest prototype is still heavily masked, we know what to expect due to a recently leaked photo of a scale model. The design was also previewed by Audi’s Prologue concept first unveiled at the 2014 Los Angeles...

  • 2017 McLaren MSO R
    MSO customer commissions matching coupe and convertible bespoke supercars

    It can be hard to choose between a coupe or convertible for certain cars, but for one McLaren devotee the choice was simply too hard to make…so he or she opted for both. And we’re not talking about your run-of-the-mill McLarens in this instance. The buyer commissioned a pair of...

  • Lamborghini LM002
    Before the Urus, there was the LM002

    Lamborghini is set to unveil the Urus SUV on December 4, but the vehicle is by no means the supercar marque’s first off-roader. Lamborghini was a pioneer when it comes to high-performance SUVs, though it never enjoyed the success of Porsche with the Cayenne. Lamborghini’s first SUV was...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar first drive
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar first drive review: sumptuous SUV

    Land Rover has learned a thing or three since its sale nine years ago. First, pegging your future and bottom line on an all-SUV lineup can be rewarding (except when it isn’t). Second, British automobiles and reliability don’t have to be mutually exclusive (except when it is). Third...

  • Aston Martin CC100 Speedster Concept
    Aston Martin operates a bespoke secret club and it costs at least $2.6M to join

    It's not much of a secret now, but Aston Martin has, for some time, run a secret car-building operation inside its Prototype Operations. The team will build one-off vehicles for very special, private customers. But the price of entry isn't cheap. Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer recently told Road and...

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