Luxury Cars
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Don't call it a wagon—or, maybe you should. Porsche has taken the wraps off of the first true body style evolution of its Panamera flagship, a five-door wagon-like hatchback that the German automaker says improves the model's load-carrying ability without diminishing its performance. The car made its public debut at the Geneva auto show. It's called the 2018 Panamera Sport Turismo and it will be available in Panamera 4, Panamera 4S, Panamera 4 E-Hybrid, and Panamera Turbo configurations in the United States. Despite its unique rear end, the Sport Turismo shares the same 116.1-inch...
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Rolls-Royce destroyed 1,000 diamonds to paint this GhostLook, we like a fancy car as much as the next enthusiast, but Rolls-Royce might have finally taken things too far. This is an extended-wheelbase Ghost that the company has painted using the dust of 1,000 crushed, “ethically sourced” diamonds. Gents, think about that the next time your...
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Mercedes-AMG unveils 603-hp 2018 E63 S wagonIf you're going to build a ridiculously powerful station wagon, why not go all out? That's just what Mercedes-Benz has done with the latest iteration of its ultimate family/cargo/stuff hauler: The 2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S. Like the E63 S sedan, the wagon derives its power from a 4.0-liter V-8 with a...
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2018 Audi RS 3 Sportback debuts at 2017 Geneva auto showAudi’s RS 3 Sportback has finally received the upgraded powertrain of the all-new RS 3 sedan that debuted last fall at the 2016 Paris auto show. It means the handsome hatch is now extracting 400 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque from its turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5, all of which is...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabrio drops top at Geneva auto showMercedes-Benz has completed its fifth-generation E-Class family with the reveal of the 2018 E-Class Cabriolet. The handsome drop-top made its debut this week at the 2017 Geneva auto show and goes on sale before the year is out. It arrives as a 2018 model. The design was hardly a mystery as Mercedes...
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2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante debuts in GenevaAston Martin has provided us with our first look at the Vanquish S Volante, the convertible version of the Vanquish S coupe that debuted in November at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. Like the coupe, the Vanquish S Volante sports some new aerodynamic elements, uprated suspension and a unique...
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Aston Martin has a new performance sub-brand leveraging the expertise of the Aston Martin Racing motorsport department. The sub-brand will go by the name AMR and offer high-performance derivatives of each model in the Aston Martin lineup. Cars from AMR benefit from enhanced performance, sharper dynamics and a more powerful design language. The first two AMR products were unveiled on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show. They include a Rapide AMR and track-only Vantage AMR Pro representing the two extremes of what’s possible from the AMR sub-brand. The Vantage AMR Pro, to be limited to...
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Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet revealed, limited to 99 unitsMercedes-Maybach has just launched its first SUV, though the model isn’t based on the GLS as had been expected but rather the legendary G-Class. That mystery G-Class initially thought to be a pickup has turned out to be a new open-top model for the growing Maybach family. The vehicle is...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar revealed, priced from $50,895Meet the newest addition to the Land Rover lineup: the 2018 Range Rover Velar. The Velar name is derived from the Latin velare, meaning to “veil” or “cover,” and was first used by Land Rover as a code name for prototypes for the original Range Rover launched almost five...
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2018 Volvo XC60 ups the style, techVolvo on Tuesday unveiled the second generation of its XC60 SUV at the 2017 Geneva auto show. It was at the Swiss show nine years ago that we saw the original XC60. The redesigned model enhances all the things we like about the original, such as its handsome looks, high levels of comfort and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Bentley EXP 12 Speed 6e teases Continental GT Convertible, EV futureAt the 2015 Geneva auto show, Bentley wowed audiences with the beautiful British Racing Green EXP 10 Speed 6 concept. Over the next two years, we spotted the concept's influence on the design of the next Continental GT, while also studying the potential of an electric Bentley model. With the new...
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New Audi RS 5 debuts with 450-hp twin-turbo V-6Audi Sport (formerly Audi Quattro) unveiled a new generation of its RS 5 on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show. As expected, the car has ditched its predecessor’s naturally-aspirated V-8 and adopted a twin-turbocharged V-6 power. The engine is the same twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter V-6 that...
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Mercedes-AMG has signalled its intention to jump into the high-performance sedan market with the unveiling of the stunning GT sedan concept on Tuesday at the 2017 Geneva auto show. Although AMG already offers tuned versions of Mercedes-Benz sedans, the GT concept heralds a standalone four-door model from the Affalterbach tuner in the same vein as its existing GT sports car and previous SLS AMG supercar. “With the Mercedes-AMG GT concept, we are giving a preview of our third completely independently developed sports car and are extending the attractive AMG GT family to include a...
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Half of all Bugatti Chiron build slots already soldBugatti has sold off half of all build slots for its Chiron—even before allowing any test drives. With a total run of 500 cars planned, including all special editions, it means there are now 250 build slots remaining. Anyone yet to order a Chiron will have to face a long wait as Bugatti is...
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2018 Volvo XC60 leaked ahead of Geneva debutVolvo will unveil its redesigned XC60 tomorrow at the 2017 Geneva auto show but the first photo has already surfaced. Posted on Autoblog.nl, the leaked shot reveals that the second-generation model closely resembles the larger XC90 with which it shares a platform, in this case Volvo’s modular...
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BMW gives look at 2018 X3 testingThe third generation of BMW’s X3 SUV isn’t far from its debut. We’ve already seen spy shots depicting a number of prototypes, including some for a high-performance X3 M model, but now BMW has released its own photos of the redesigned X3 taken during winter testing near the Arctic...
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Mercedes-AMG GT sedan concept teased ahead of Geneva showMercedes-AMG is slowly transitioning from a tuner of Mercedes-Benz products to a standalone automaker on the same level of names like Aston Martin and Lamborghini. Its sole standalone model at present is the GT sports car but in the coming years we could see up to two more added to the lineup. One...
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Bentley bringing its high-performance heat to GenevaThe Geneva Motor Show is nearly here, which means you're about to be flooded with a sea of supremely powerful and luxurious machines. That's a good thing, of course, because it means we get to ogle British-born rocketships from the likes of Bentley. A case in point is the new Continental...
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Halfway up a wall of rock that our shiny orange 2017 Land Rover Discovery was expected to climb—using what's basically off-road cruise control, no less—rested a decked-out long-wheelbase Defender 110. Even without its meaty off-road rubber and a winch, this Defender, a member of Land Rover's corporate fleet, was a drool-worthy reminder of this brand's unparalleled four-by-four heritage. In the southern Utah desert landscape, the chunky utility vehicle that has only incrementally changed since the 1940s looked at home. When I remarked to the Land Rover-provided guide, dressed in...
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Bespoke Bentley Bentayga Mulliner revealedFor some, the Bentley Bentayga is a bit too common of a hulking luxury SUV. It's merely another Volkswagen Group mid-size SUV with a few extra flourishes and a few extra cylinders. Of course, that's not really true because the Bentayga is, in reality, a magnificent example of massive rolling...
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The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio gets strapped to a dynoOne of the current hot tickets in the world of the sporting sedan is the new offering from Alfa Romeo. We don't see a whole lot of the Italian automaker here in the States, but the new Guilia could help change that a bit, especially when variants like the Quadrifoglio and its 2.9-liter...
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French luxury brand DS launches DS 7 CrossbackAt next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show, French auto giant PSA Group will unveil a new model from its fledgling luxury brand DS. The new model is the DS 7 Crossback, a small SUV in the same vein as the Audi Q5 and Volvo XC60. DS started out life in 2009 as a sub-brand of Citroën but was...
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New Volvo XC60 to automatically steer out of troubleThe latest version of the Volvo City Safety collision avoidance system will be able to automatically steer a car of trouble, within the given road rules. It will debut on the redesigned Volvo XC60 due to be unveiled at next week’s 2017 Geneva auto show, and will make its way into other...
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Aston Martin One-77 comes up for sale, and it isn't cheapBetween 2009 and 2012, Aston Martin produced the One-77, a very low volume super machine that cost well north of $1 million. An amazing blend of carbon fiber, aluminum, and massive power, just 77 examples were produced, and all were snatched up quickly--as expected. Now one of those 77 cars is for...
Jeff Glucker