Luxury Cars

  • 2018 Cadillac XTS

    The Cadillac XTS has received a round of updates as it prepares to enter its sixth year on the market. Yes, it was back in 2012 that we were first graced with the XTS, and Cadillac has no plans to discontinue the car even though the brand has a much better large sedan in the form of the CT6. The XTS serves two main needs: one is the livery market and the other is being the option for buyers that still think Cadillacs should be big, wafting cruisers as opposed to sharp sport sedans. The updates are the most significant since the XTS’s launch and include revised looks, chassis refinements...

  • Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry, United Kingdom
    Jaguar Land Rover Classic opens massive facility in UK

    It was only last year that Jaguar and Land Rover brought together their various classic car operations under the one roof. We say "roof" figuratively, as the newly established Jaguar Land Rover Classic department was without a facility of its own. That issue has now been rectified as Jaguar Land...

  • 2018 Lexus CT 200h F-Sport
    Lexus CT 200h updated, but discontinued in US

    The Lexus CT 200h has been discontinued in the United States (2017 was the final model year), but overseas the hybrid hatch lives on. To keep it fresh, Lexus has introduced a new round of updates. Like the updates introduced for 2016, the latest changes are hard to spot for all but the...

  • 2018 Audi R8 Spyder V10 Plus
    Audi adds 610-horsepower R8 Spyder V10 Plus to range

    When the second-generation Audi R8 Spyder made its debut at the 2016 New York auto show, the range-topping V10 Plus model was noticeably missing. It turns out Audi was simply saving the best for last as it’s now finally added the R8 Spyder V10 Plus to its range. There are no surprises here...

  • Godsil Manhattan V16 Super-Coupe teased
    Godsil Manhattan V-16 Super-Coupe teased, design coming June 26

    It's been over three years since we first heard about the Godsil Manhattan V16 Super-Coupe project, and now it seems we'll finally get to see what this thing looks like. On June 26, Jason Godsil, CEO and founder of Godsil Motorscars, says he'll release images of the luxurious coupe's design. The...

  • Serena Williams with a near production-ready Aston Martin Valkyrie
    Here’s a glimpse at a near production-ready Aston Martin Valkyrie

    Aston Martin treated visitors to its Art of Living lifestyle event coinciding with last month’s Formula One Monaco Grand Prix with a near production-ready example of its upcoming Valkyrie hypercar. One of those visitors was tennis ace Serena Williams who was happy to pose with the car...

  • 2018 McLaren 570S Spider

    McLaren will use the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed this month to present the 570S Spider. The car is the first open-top member of McLaren’s entry-level Sports Series range, and it's headed to the United States later this year with a starting price of $208,800, or about $21,000 more than the coupe. McLaren hasn’t pulled any surprises with the design. The 570S Spider features a neatly integrated retractable hardtop similar to the unit found on the 650S and 675LT supercars. It’s made from composite materials to save weight and at the push of a button can open or close in just...

  • 2017 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
    First of Aston Martin’s new AMR models enters production

    Aston Martin at March's 2017 Geneva auto show announced the new AMR performance sub-brand. Named after the Aston Martin Racing motorsport department, AMR aims to enhance Aston Martin’s already impressive lineup with various performance upgrades as well as design and luxury treatments. The...

  • 2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake
    US-bound Jaguar XF Sportbrake revealed, priced from $71,445

    Jaguar launched a lighter, more dynamic XF for 2016. The svelte sedan doesn’t get as much attention as its German rivals, but it’s one of the best options in the mid-size luxury segment, especially if you’re fond of spirited driving. Now the XF has spawned its wagon body style...

  • 2018 BMW 6-Series Gran Turismo
    2018 BMW 6-Series GT revealed, priced from $70,695

    The BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo has finally run its course, but before you pop the champagne cork note that a successor is coming. That successor is the 6-Series Gran Turismo which was revealed by BMW on Tuesday. The luxury hatchback is due in showrooms in the fall, as a 2018 model, and has been...

  • Scene from “Spider-Man: Homecoming”
    Look out for the 2019 Audi A8 in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” debuting June 28

    Although Audi’s new A8 is scheduled for a formal debut at a July 11 event in Barcelona, Spain, you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of the fourth generation of the Audi flagship sedan in the new movie “Spider-Man: Homecoming” premiering on June 28. In the latest Marvel...

  • McLaren Automotive CEO Mike Flewitt with the company’s 10,000th car
    McLaren road car business could launch IPO in 3-5 years

    McLaren Automotive, the road car business of the McLaren Technology Group, which also controls the McLaren Formula One team, could follow in the footsteps of close rival Ferrari and launch an initial public offering. The information was revealed by the supercar manufacturer’s CEO, Mike...

  • Infiniti Q60 Project Black S concept, 2017 Geneva auto show

    Sitting at each corner of a production-bound Infiniti Q60 Black S will be Pirelli rubber. Both Infiniti and Pirelli used the previous weekend's 2017 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix as a stage to announce the new partnership. If you'll recall, the Project Black S began life as a pretty wild concept car, which debuted at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. From there, Infiniti's Australian division head, Bernard Michel, let it slip a production version of the car was in the "advanced" stages before officially saying the car had been given a green light internally. Never mind the Infiniti Performance...

  • Teaser for 2019 Audi A8 debuting on July 11, 2017
    2019 Audi A8 teased ahead of July 11 reveal

    Audi will unveil the new, fourth-generation A8 on July 11 at an event in Barcelona, Spain. Describing the upcoming flagship sedan, CEO Rupert Stadler said the car will be “generously dimensioned” and feature “a completely new operating concept.” The operating concept...

  • Karl-Thomas Neumann
    Opel CEO Neumann steps down, is tipped to take lead role at Audi

    Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann confirmed on Monday he is stepping down. He will remain a member of the board until after General Motors’ sale of Opel to French auto giant PSA Group is completed. The sale was announced in March and is expected to close in the coming months. Neumann's replacement...

  • Rolls-Royce Wraith commissioned by Roger Daltry
    Rolls-Royce reveals one-off Wraith commissioned by rock legend Roger Daltry

    Who are you? Why, it's a car inspired by The Who. The Rolls-Royce Wraith featured here is the latest in the British ultra-luxury brand's mission to build nine cars in its "Inspired by British Music” special edition series. This edition comes from none other than The Who's frontman, Roger...

  • 2018 Audi S5 Sportback
    2018 Audi A5/S5 Sportback first drive review: A niche worth exploring

    Those wacky Germans have found a way to explore every automotive niche known to man--and invent a few of their own. The BMW and Mercedes-Benz product lineups have grown to include every manner of coupe, convertible, sedan, crossover, coupe-like crossover, hatchback sedan, and veloco-transport, plus...

  • 2018 Porsche 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series
    Porsche establishes standalone Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur personalization department

    You might think an out-of-the-box Porsche is plenty exclusive—and you'd be right. But for some, that's not enough, and that's why Porsche has been offering personalization options through its Porsche Exclusive program for over three decades now. The program has become so popular that...

  • 2018 Porsche 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series

    Porsche’s 911 Turbo S certainly isn’t lacking in the performance department, but the German sports car marque has decided to introduce a more powerful, more exclusive version nonetheless. Meet the 2018 Porsche 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series, a limited edition model that makes 607 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque from its 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-6. That’s up from 580 hp and 553 lb-ft in the regular model. This results in the car accelerating from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds and requiring just 9.6 seconds to cross 124 mph. The top speed is 205 mph. Being a Turbo S...

  • Teaser for Fisker EMotion debuting on August 17, 2017
    Fisker EMotion priced from $129,900, pre-orders start June 30

    It was less than a year ago that Henrik Fisker came out with the announcement he was starting a new electric car company under the Fisker name and that the first product would be an electric sedan with more range than a Tesla Model S. The Danish designer must have been working on the project for a...

  • 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
    2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio track day: exhilaration and disappointment

    Italian cars are known for two things: driving passion and a finicky nature. So when I finagled my way into a 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for a track day event, I was hoping that I would experience the former and avoid the latter. Instead I got a healthy dose of both. On Memorial Day, I was...

  • Aston Martin Valkyrie, 2017 Geneva auto show
    Aston Martin CEO: mid-engine supercar coming in 2020

    As part of its Second Century business plan, Aston Martin will introduce seven standalone cars over seven years. The first of these new cars was the DB11 that arrived in 2016. It will be followed by a redesigned Vantage in 2017, a redesigned Vanquish in 2018, and the DBX SUV in 2019. It was...

  • East Coast Defender Project Viper
    East Coast Defender offering V-8-powered Land Rover Defenders in US

    There’s a company based in Orlando, Florida offering Land Rover Defenders for sale in the United States. But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill Defenders. No, the Defenders being offered by East Coast Defender are V-8-powered brutes capable of handling the toughest terrain but at the...

  • 2019 Lamborghini Urus spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Lamborghini Urus spy shots and video

    A prototype for Lamborghini’s upcoming Urus SUV has been spotted carving up the Nürburgring. The sighting comes just weeks after Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali confirmed some of the SUV’s details. The prototype reveals for the first time the shape of the Urus in production...

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