Luxury Cars
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With its supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 engine, we already know that the Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR is fast on pavement. The thing has claimed the fastest production SUV lap time around the Nürburgring, for criminy sakes. But what happens when the surface changes? How fast is it then? Land Rover had that exact thought and decided to do something about it. CHECK OUT: 2016 Range Rover Sport SVR first drive review Armed only with the vehicle's standard Michelin 275/45R21 all-season tires, all-wheel-drive system, and Terrain Response 2 system, Land Rover set out to measure the SVR's 0-60...
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2018 BMW 5-Series previewBMW’s redesigned 5-Series was a late arrival for the 2017 model year. That’s why the automaker has already announced the 2018 5-Series which sees the lineup expanded with plug-in and performance-oriented models. Look hard. You'll need to focus to spot the differences between the...
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Lexus previews its Super Bowl commercialLexus has a big year coming up with two line-topping luxury cars. To promote the forthcoming LC coupe and LS sedan, the Japanese luxury brand will be spending big during the Super Bowl telecast set for February 5. A 30-second spot called "Man & Machine" will run during the second quarter of the...
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Bel Air home comes with car collection, $250M price tagMost mansions cost millions, but one has to wonder what you get for $250 million. Now, we learned the answer to that question. For that insane amount of money you can acquire a 38,000-square-foot mansion located in Bel Air, California. With 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, six bars, a...
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How the Range Rover has evolved over its lifetimeThe Range Rover has been the flagship machine for the Land Rover family for decades now. You know it as a wealthy suburbanite mall cruiser but it's actually a wonderfully luxurious and extremely capable four-wheel-drive beast. The history of the Range Rover runs all the way back to 1970, and if...
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2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake spy shots and videoJaguar last fall indicated that its current XF sedan would soon spawn a wagon, releasing a single teaser photo of a camouflaged prototype. We now have our own spy shots and video of a prototype for the new XF wagon testing on the Nürburgring and some surrounding roads. The wagon will be called...
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Automotive News (subscription required) has confirmed that BMW chief designer Karim Habib is quitting the company. It is not known where Habib will end up. Habib, 46, has been the chief designer for the BMW brand since 2012. He started at BMW in 1998 and worked there since, with the exception of a two-year stint at Mercedes-Benz from 2008-2010. The departure comes at a bad time for BMW. The company lost Mini design chief Anders Warming last summer to a revived Borgward last summer and lost BMW i head designer Benoit Jacob to Chinese EV startup Future Mobility Corp. around the same time...
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2018 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid first drive review: Split personalityCape Town, South Africa - The 2018 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid is an enigma wrapped in the sheet metal of a four-door 911. It’s a car with incredible power, a lightning quick 4.4-second 0-60 mph time, and a ridiculous top speed of 172 mph. Yet, it’s a plug-in hybrid that can run on...
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Genesis: What’s new for 2017Talk of Hyundai following in the footsteps of Honda and Lexus and launching its own luxury brand to take on the more established marques has been around since the original Genesis sedan took top honors in the car category of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards back in '09. Hyundai...
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2020 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe spy shotsMercedes-Benz’s C-Class Coupe is one of the more handsome offerings in its segment, but the car is facing tough competition in the form of redesigned versions of the Audi A5 and Infiniti Q60. Mercedes will attempt to keep the C-Class Coupe looking fresh with some mild updates that should be...
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Lamborghini sells record number of cars in 2016McLaren wasn’t the only supercar marque with record deliveries in 2016. Rival firm Lamborghini has confirmed it delivered 3,457 cars in 2016, which represents a 7 percent increase on the record 3,245 cars it delivered in 2015. It means Lamborghini has experienced a growth in sales for the...
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Genesis mulls building cars in USHyundai and its sister company Kia are the latest to commit to increasing investment in vehicle manufacturing in the United States in the wake of threats from President-elect Donald Trump of new tariffs on vehicles and components imported into the country. The Korean automakers on Tuesday confirmed...
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BMW’s 4-Series family has reached the midway point in its life cycle and has come in for a little nip and tuck to keep it looking fresh. The updates affect the entire range which consists of the 4-Series, 4-Series Convertible, 4-Series Gran Coupe and high-performance M4 and M4 Convertible. The changes, which will be introduced for the 2018 model year, are mostly cosmetic and follow similar updates recently introduced for the 3-Series family. Among the visual tweaks are new LED headlights and foglights and revised bumpers. There are also the new exterior colors Snapper Rocks Blue and...
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Why the Faraday Future EV is called the FF 91Alphanumeric naming schemes for automobiles are nothing new. We don't love them but we understand why an automaker resorts to such naming conventions. It sets out a strategy for future model "names," and it also usually gives the customer a hint at what's in store for a given vehicle. So what does...
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2017 BMW 5-Series first drive review: playing the middleBMW’s middle child has always had identity issues. Iterations of the 5er have had their moments, but it’s always worn hand-me-downs from the 7-Series and, quite frankly, we would’ve rather played with the 3-Series on a Saturday afternoon. You can imagine how hard this 2017 BMW...
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Lexus inadvertently confirms electrified LSA hybrid model was noticeably absent when Lexus took the covers off its fifth-generation LS flagship sedan at last week’s 2017 Detroit auto show. The sole model was an LS 500 powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 delivering 415 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. The related LC...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG G63 4x4² pickup spy shotsDespite a price tag of around half a million dollars and the fact the vehicle barely squeezed into a regular parking spot, Mercedes-AMG’s G63 6x6 proved such a hit that a tamer, four-wheeled version was introduced in the form of the Mercedes-Benz G550 4x4². But the G63 6x6 is a pickup...
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Rolls-Royce looks back at a year filled with bespoke beautiesRolls-Royce cars are expensive, rare, and endlessly luxurious. They're also sold to clients who often want what others can't have. That's why Rolls-Royce has its own special Bespoke department, which exists to make its demanding and discerning customers' dreams come true. This creates a world...
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After a dearth of new product that ended up stretching for years, Audi has rebounded with most of its models either being redesigned or updated for 2017. Among the redesigned models are core offerings such as the A4 and Q7 as well as the more niche options such as the R8 supercar. What’s lacking are fuel-efficient options. Because of the diesel scandal, all of the previous TDI models are no longer on offer and Audi doesn’t have multiple electrified offerings to match rivals. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll currently find in Audi showrooms: 2017 Audi A3: Revised...
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Lexus brings its luxury lifestyle to the water with Sport Yacht conceptMany luxury car owners also love aquatic motoring, er, boating. Actually, it's probably fair to say that they prefer the term "yachting," depending on what size craft they pilot around their local river, sound, lake, sea, or ocean. Automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin understand this...
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Mercedes overtakes BMW in sales race in US and abroadThe past 12 months have been very good for Mercedes-Benz. The luxury marque recorded worldwide sales of 2,083,888 million cars in 2016, the first time it’s cracked the 2.0 million mark and the first time since 2005 that it’s outsold arch rival BMW. The figure represents a substantial...
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2018 Lexus LS video previewMercedes-Benz went running home to Germany with night terrors 28 years ago after Lexus introduced the new LS at the Detroit auto show. Then the Japanese automaker let its flagship whither on the vine since 2006. Now, it’s getting serious again with a new LS on a that moves the...
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Mercedes to add 3 new cars to compact range?Mercedes-Benz has reportedly confirmed plans to add more models to its compact car range. The range at present consists of the A-Class, B-Class, CLA, CLA Shooting Brake and GLA but by 2020 should have three new additions. The information was reported by Autocar, whose sources claim two of the three...
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Infiniti QX50 concept debuts at 2017 Detroit auto showInfiniti stunned the automotive world last April when it rolled out the QX Sport Inspiration concept at the 2016 Beijing auto show. The concept combined flowing, sculptural lines and strong, muscular proportions with Infiniti’s signature design cues, resulting in one impressive-looking SUV...
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