Luxury Cars

  • 2017 Genesis G80 Sport (Korean spec)

    Hyundai’s Genesis sedan has undergone an update for the 2017 model year, and as part of the update the car has been moved over to the new Genesis luxury brand and rechristened a G80. The Genesis G80 made its world debut today at the 2016 Busan Auto Show, and introduced alongside the regular sedan was a Genesis G80 Sport. The G80 competes against mid-size luxury sedans like the BMW 5-Series, Cadillac CTS and Mercedes-Benz E-Class and in the Korean market features two gasoline V-6 engines in the powertrain lineup. A diesel is also planned. The gasoline V-6 engines include the familiar...

  • 2017 Mercedes-Benz G-Class (European spec)
    2017 Mercedes-Benz G-Class preview

    Mercedes-Benz’s G-Class has been in production for almost four decades but the rugged, go-anywhere SUV only gets better with age thanks to the series of updates made over the years. For the 2017 model year, the G-Class gains a new G550 4x4² variant and sees some technology updates in the...

  • 2017 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo
    2017 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo preview

    BMW has updated its 3-Series Gran Turismo but just by looking at the vehicle you’d be hard pressed to guess there are any changes at all. That’s because, like the recently updated 3-Series sedan and Sports Wagon, most of the changes have taken place beneath the sheet metal. BMW says the...

  • 2016 BMW 6-Series Convertible
    Report: BMW to revive 8-Series, reposition 6-Series as 911 rival

    BMW in March confirmed plans to launch a model positioned above its 7-Series, a model that’s likely be a large, luxurious coupe reviving the 8-Series nameplate. And the automaker recently made moves to protect trademarks that only increase the likelihood of a new 8-Series being in the works...

  • 2017 BMW M3 30 Jahre Edition
    BMW celebrates 30 years of the M3

    The M3 has turned 30 and to celebrate the milestone BMW has presented the 30 Jahre Edition based on the current model. The automaker did the same when its M5 turned 30 two years ago. The M3 30 Jahre Edition comes in the exclusive color Macao Blue metallic, which once celebrated its premiere in...

  • 2017 Bentley Continental GT Speed
    2017 Bentley Continental GT Speed priced from $240,300

    There may be a new Bentley Continental GT waiting in the wings but it could be several years until the range-topping variant, the GT Speed, is replaced. Fortunately, Bentley is giving us more reasons to lust over the current GT Speed, namely more power and speed. There’s also a Black Edition...

  • 2018 Lexus LC 500h

    The 2018 Lexus LC luxury coupe has one of the most stunning interiors we’ve seen on a production car. This was no small feat for the Lexus design team, as explained by one of the automaker’s “Takumi” craftspeople. Many of the manufacturing techniques to be used on the LC, due in the United States early next year as a 2018 model, were learnt during the days of the LFA. In fact, the LC will be assembled at the same Motomachi plant in Japan responsible for the former Lexus supercar. “The LC will be built at the Motomachi plant, the same factory where we produced the...

  • Bentley Grand Convertible Concept  -  2014 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Bentley Mulsanne convertible tipped to arrive as exclusive coachbuilt special

    We’ve been hearing about a convertible version of the Mulsanne ever since the Bentley flagship made its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. Bentley even built a Mulsanne convertible concept which it first showed to potential customers in 2012 but then shelved a year later. When current CEO...

  • Teaser for 2018 Audi A5 debuting on June 2, 2016
    2018 Audi A5 teased ahead of June 2 reveal

    Audi is set to unveil its second-generation A5 coupe on June 2 at a special ceremony at the Audi Forum located in Ingolstadt, Germany. We already know the car will look much like the outgoing model thanks to the sighting of numerous prototypes. However, today we’re able to peer past the...

  • Cadillac House
    Design-oriented Cadillac House opens in New York

    Cadillac may not have a New York City building named after it like Chrysler does, but the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] luxury division now has its own house in the Big Apple. Just what does that mean? Taking up the ground floor of the division's New York City headquarters is a...

  • Reid Bigland
    New CEO appointed at Alfa Romeo, Maserati

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has named a Canadian executive as the chief for its prestigious Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands. The automaker announced today Reid Bigland will replace Harald Wester as CEO of the premium Italian brands. Currently, Bigland serves as FCA's sales chief in the...

  • Volvo 40.2 concept
    Volvo to launch both small and large electric cars

    Coinciding with the reveal of its new concepts previewing its next-generation compacts a week ago, Volvo confirmed plans for a second electric car. Volvo first announced its commitment to launching an electric car last October, and now the automaker has committed to launching at least two...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive  -  First Drive, May 2014

    Earlier in the year we learned Mercedes-Benz was working on at least four new electric cars. The four cars were said to include two sedans and two SUVs. According to Autocar, the cars won’t be standalone models but versions of existing Mercedes models with tweaks done to the styling to ensure they stand out. Based on comments made by outgoing Mercedes R&D boss Thomas Weber, the British publication reports that the C-Class, S-Class, GLA and GLC will form the basis of the cars. Fellow Daimler subsidiary Accumotive will supply the batteries. Daimler recently announced plans to expand...

  • 2018 Maserati Quattroporte spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Maserati Quattroporte spy shots

    Maserati is working on a mid-cycle update for its Quattroporte. The luxury sedan, now in its sixth generation, arrived in its current form as a 2014 model. The updated model should go on sale next year as a 2018 model. The cladding on the car suggests the only visual changes will be some tweaks to...

  • Rolls-Royce Phantom Zenith Collection, 2016 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este
    Rolls-Royce presents Zenith range of final Phantom coupes and convertibles at Villa d'Este

    Rolls-Royce is gearing up for the launch of an all-new Phantom in 2018 but sadly there will no longer be coupe and convertible versions to go along with the sedan. That means the current Phantom Coupe and Phantom Drophead Coupe will be the last of their kind. To mark their swan song, the British...

  • BMW M4 drifts on Moscow streets
    M4 driver with death wish drifts through Moscow streets

    Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. Someone behind the wheel of a BMW M4 recently went on a drifting spree through the streets of Moscow. The driver drifts around corners, crosses center lines and completes a few donuts in front of traffic all with what seems to be reckless abandon...

  • 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn
    2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn first drive review

    "In its tentative, inchoate, anticipatory state, dawn is the world coming to light from the ethereal dark of the night. The early-day chill of dawn provides an erotic tingle on the skin, awakening the senses and passions as the day begins." Those aren't the words of a noted poet. They aren't the...

  • 2016 Cadillac ELR
    Cadillac ends ELR production

    Cadillac’s ELR has bowed out of production a little more than two years after reaching showrooms. The last ELR rolled off the line at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Detroit-Hamtramck plant in February, a Cadillac spokesman confirmed to HybridCars. It was also in February that...

  • Genesis product roadmap - Image via The Korean Car Blog

    Hyundai’s new luxury brand Genesis was launched late last year with the promise it will have six distinct models in its lineup by 2020. Those six models have been confirmed to be a trio of sedans, a pair of SUVs and a coupe, and designing many of them are former Bentley designers Luc Donckerwolke and Sang Yup Lee. At a recent presentation attended by The Korean Car Blog, Hyundai had a slide with a product roadmap for the Genesis brand. It reveals Genesis will launch new G70 and G80 sedans by 2017. These will be followed by a mid-size SUV, most likely in 2018, and then towards the end of...

  • Acura RLX autonomous vehicle prototype
    Acura unveils its second autonomous car prototype

    Acura has taken the wraps off of an RLX prototype that looks almost like what you can buy from one of its dealers—except that this one doesn't require a driver. This latest RLX prototype is Acura's second foray into the world of autonomous vehicle development. The sedan makes use of updated...

  • Matthew McConaughey stars in the latest series of Lincoln ads.
    Lincoln returns to Matthew McConaughey for new MKZ ad campaign

    Lincoln Motor Company has once again turned to actor Matthew McConaughey for its ad campaign, with this latest series focused on the automaker's updated MKZ mid-size sedan. The MKZ was given more than a thorough nip and tuck for 2017, something Lincoln highlights in the new series of three...

  • Volvo 40.1 concept
    Volvo concepts preview new S40 and XC40 compact cars

    With the launch of its large cars complete, Volvo is now focused on introducing a new generation of compact cars. The first of these compacts, or “40” series models, isn’t due until 2017 but to help build excitement—and perhaps persuade buyers to hold off on a...

  • 2017 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Platinum Edition
    2017 Porsche Cayenne preview

    Porsche has a new generation of its Cayenne SUV out testing but the current model still has plenty of life left in it. For the 2017 model year, the big SUV gets the latest version of the Porsche Communication Management infotainment system across the range, while the base model and S E-Hybrid get...

  • Mopar accessories for the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia
    Mopar brings out first accessories for 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] official parts and accessories division Mopar has rolled out its first upgrades for the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia. Mopar says it plans to offer 80 options for the Giulia and the first of these have been announced for markets where the stylish sports sedan...

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