Luxury Cars
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Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] ultra-exclusive Special Projects division has churned out another bespoke creation for a well-heeled customer. The car is the SP 275 RW Competizione and it was shown for the first time in early December during Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali event in Daytona, Florida. Ferrari has since divulged full details on the car. It is based on the F12 Berlinetta but features the more potent engine of the F12 tdf. The 6.3-liter V-12 delivers a screaming 770 horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque, one of the highest outputs for a naturally-aspirated production engine. ALSO...
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2017 BMW 5-Series priced from $52,195The BMW 5-Series is all new for 2017, and now BMW has announced pricing for some sedan versions of its new mid-size car. The base price goes up by $1,000 to $52,195, which includes the $995 destination charge. Four models will be available at launch, which is set for February 11. Here they are with...
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Dartz teases GLS63-based Prombron Black AlligatorFollowing the success of its Kombat line of SUVs, widely recognized as some of the most expensive, most oversized and most obnoxious passenger vehicles ever sold, Latvian firm Dartz is ready to launch a successor. The successor is the PRVY, which like the Kombat will be sold under Dartz’s...
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Volvo makes moves to become public companyVolvo Cars, not to be mistaken with the Volvo Group bus and truck giant, is wholly owned by Chinese automaker Geely. However, the company has a long-term goal of becoming publicly traded and has already made the first steps towards reaching the goal. The last major automaker to go public was...
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Night Edition to debut in DetroitAlready one of the most desirable cars in production, Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class Coupe gets a little more lustworthy with a new Night Edition treatment. The S-Class Coupe Night Edition is a limited edition version of the stunning coupe that Mercedes will introduce next month at the 2017 Detroit...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 spy shotsMercedes-AMG engineers are in the final stages of development of a new GLC63, a model confirmed by the Affalterbach tuner’s boss Tobias Moers in March. That’s right. AMG has dropped its twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 into the engine bay of the GLC. This should make the GLC63 a real...
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Lincoln has a new Continental on sale and to help promote it the automaker has once again called on actor Matthew McConaughey. He features in a new spot to be beamed out to televisions across the country on December 31. You don’t have to wait until then to watch it as an extended version is already up on YouTube. And like Lincoln’s previous ads featuring the “Interstellar” and “Dallas Buyers Club” star, there are plenty of musings and finger movements. The spot is the first in the new campaign titled “That’s Continental.” To film it...
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Bring the 5 alive! New 2018 BMW M550i xDrive detailedWe haven't even received our first new BMW 5-Series this side of the Atlantic, but already BMW is announcing performance models to whet our appetites. On Saturday, BMW detailed the new 2018 BMW M550i xDrive sedan—presumably the last stop before full-fledged M5 glory. What we know: the M550i...
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BMW announces 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid model for USBMW today showed its latest green model for the U.S., the 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid. It's part of the newly redesigned 5-Series lineup. The 530e is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine, which makes 180 horsepower and 215 pound-feet of torque, mated to an electric...
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Alfa Romeo may offer a 350-hp GiuliaThe Alfa Romeo Giulia lineup isn't even on sale yet in the United States, yet there's a new rumor out suggesting that the Italian brand will fill what looks to be a glaring gap in the model's lineup. That plug comes in the form of a 350-horsepower version of the Giulia compact sedan, which should...
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Report: New BMW M5 will let drivers switch between rear- and all-wheel-drive modesBMW is in the final stages of development of a new M5 and we hear the car will be unlike any of its predecessors. That’s because the car will be coming with an all-wheel-drive system, which was confirmed by M boss Frank van Meel in 2015. But to appease more traditional buyers that prefer the...
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Lucid Motors unveils 1,000-hp Air electric sedanThe Silicon Valley-based Lucid Motors, formerly Atieva, revealed what appears to be the production version of its electric sedan today, and our suspicions have been confirmed. The standard battery pack will have 100 kilowatt-hours of power and offer more than 300 miles of range. An optional pack...
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Aston Martin has started construction on the new plant that will be used for production of an SUV based on the DBX concept car unveiled at the 2015 Geneva auto show. The site of the plant is a decommissioned aircraft hangar previously used by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence, located in St Athan, Wales. The first phase of the construction is the creation of a showroom, office unit and employee restaurant. The second phase, which commences April 2017, will see the hangars transformed into the production line. Aston Martin has already started hiring staff for the plant. The staff...
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2018 Volvo XC60 spy shotsIt’s hard to believe that it’s now been more than eight years since we first saw Volvo’s XC60 SUV. Since then the vehicle has managed to carve out a niche in the crowded luxury SUV segment, thanks mostly to handsome looks and comfort. The vehicle is a bit on the heavy side...
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Dartz Department of Opulence: when even ultra-luxury won’t doThere’s ultra-luxury like you get at Bentley Mulliner and Rolls-Royce Bespoke and then there’s the offerings of Dartz’s Department of Opulence, which tend to be so over the top that you have to wonder: “Who the heck buys this stuff?” One of the department’s first...
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2018 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe leaked ahead of December 14 revealMercedes-Benz will reveal a redesigned E-Class Coupe on December 14 but photos of the car have already surfaced. The photos were posted by Belgian website AutoTijd (via Motor1) and reveal a handsome albeit familiar design. The pillar-less glasshouse is particularly beautiful. We also get a look at...
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First-ever Audi vehicle-to-infrastructure feature testedA countdown clock silently ticks down to 0:00 in the Audi A4’s instrument cluster display, almost like the timer on an oven. Except instead of a baked casserole, the A4’s timer ends just as the traffic light in front of us turns from red to green. This is no coincidence; the Audi has...
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Genesis snags Bugatti Chiron designerHyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis has managed to snag another top Volkswagen Group designer. Sasha Selipanov, who was tasked to help design the Bugatti Chiron after one of his initial proposals won an internal design competition at the VW Group, is joining Genesis as the head of the...
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Demand for Bugatti’s new Chiron hypercar is stronger than expected. Speaking with GT Spirit, CEO Wolfgang Durheimer confirmed that 220 of the planned 500-car run have already been sold. And that’s before Bugatti has started its official test drive program for the car. “I’m confident the customers who have not yet decided to order a Chiron will do so when they have had a chance to drive it,” he said. This has created a small problem for Bugatti—the type most automakers would love to have. With Bugatti’s planned production rate of 65 cars per year...
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Mercedes-AMG E50 to be performance range-topper for new E-Class CoupeThe current Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe doesn’t have a dedicated Mercedes-AMG offering with one of the tuner's hand-built engines, and neither will the redesigned model. That’s according to Autocar which is reporting that the performance range-topper for the redesigned E-Class Coupe...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia priced from $38,990, Quadrifoglio from $73,595Alfa Romeo today announced pricing for the 2017 Giulia lineup. The car, which goes on sale in January, will be offered in three models. The base model will be priced at $38,990, including destination. Standard equipment will include leather upholstery, 10-way power front seats with 4-way lumbar...
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2018 Lexus LS teased ahead of DetroitThe fifth-generation Lexus LS will be unveiled at the 2017 Detroit auto show, and Lexus today teased an image of its forthcoming flagship sedan. The car will get an all-new, far more bold look that, Lexus claims, will feature a coupe-like silhouette. The design, by the way, was previewed on...
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2018 Lexus LC 500 first drive reviewSEVILLE, Spain--If you remember the very first days of Lexus, you remember the clever ads: the champagne glasses on the hood of the car, the ball bearing rolling down its hood, the "relentless pursuit of perfection." Forget it all. Now Lexus is chasing after world-class luxury and performance with...
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2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 first drive review: the deep-knee BenzIt's time to come clean, friends. Don't worry, You're in a safe space here. Just admit it. You're power-hungry. But just how much power will it take to get your fix? 300? 400? 500? How about 603 horsepower—stuffed into the latest, greatest version of the Benz E-Class? Works for us. We're just...
Martin Padgett