Luxury Cars

Audi's next-generation Q5 is now in the final stages of development. The new crossover SUV, which for the United States will be sourced from a plant in Mexico, will debut later this year and is expected in local showrooms next spring. It will most likely arrive as a 2018 model. There’s no...

Mercedes-Benz Classic has partnered with a German leisure tour operator to offer guests the ability to rent a vintage SL roadster for a scenic, pre-planned drive through some of the best parts of Europe. Mercedes says it and Stuttgart-based Nostalgic Tours will have on offer either W113 (1963-1971)...

There are now more options than ever in the small SUV segment and buyers are especially spoiled if looking for a little luxury. One of the newer options is Land Rover’s Discovery Sport which arrived last year as a 2016 model and replaces the aging LR2. For the 2017 model year, Land Rover is...

Rolls-Royces come with many features, but bespoke luggage generally hasn't been one of them—until now. The British automaker has created a line of luggage inspired by its new Wraith. Although the Wraith may be the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever built, the suitcases aren't exactly rated for...

Acura is hoping its buyer base will identify well with turning 30. The luxury arm of Honda was the first of several premium brands to come out of Japan when it launched in 1986. Although Acura hasn't enjoyed the long-running success of Lexus, the division has staked out a claim for itself as a tech...

Porsche plans to enhance its Cayenne range with new Platinum Edition models. Arriving in showrooms later this year, the Platinum Edition models are based on the base Cayenne and gasoline-electric Cayenne S E-Hybrid and offer a host of extras for a reasonable price. CHECK OUT: Lexani unveils...

DS, the new luxury brand of French auto giant PSA Group (formerly PSA Peugeot Citroën), used this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show to launch its latest model. The car is a compact hatch not much bigger than DS’s first model, the DS 3. It’s been developed exclusively for the...

If the already luxurious (not to mention ostentatious) Cadillac Escalade isn't quite enough, California coachbuilder Lexani Motorcars has a new option: The piano-inspired Escalade Sky Captain. Decked out in black and white inside, with hints of 24 carat gold trim, the Sky Captain is designed to...

Mercedes-Benz has dropped the anchor on a new concept—only it isn't meant to storm an autobahn. The Arrow460-Granturismo, which is referred to as the "Silver Arrow of the Seas" and developed by Mercedes-Benz Style, the design consulting division of the German automaker, is a 46-foot...

A new generation of the Audi A4 is being launched for 2017, one that’s lighter, more powerful and much more advanced than ever before. It arrives with only one engine option, though with two outputs. The engine is turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4 good for 190 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of...

Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum took to Twitter yesterday to explain he was misquoted in a recent Automotive News article that claimed he had ruled out Jaguar ever launching another wagon. In his Tweet, Callum said he had simply stated there would be no wagon based on the XE, as opposed to...

Yet another China-exclusive long-wheelbase sedan has debuted at this week’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show. The latest is the A4 L based on the new “B9” A4. Its wheelbase measures 114 inches in length or about 1.6 in more than on the standard A4. This translates to more interior space for...

BMW has been cranking out its X1 compact crossover since 2009, when it debuted for the 2010 model year. The X1 has proven exceedingly popular as global sales of the model have topped 800,000 units. Over 200,000 of those sales came by way of the Chinese market, and it's where BMW will launch a...

Jaguar traveled to the 2016 Beijing Auto Show to unveil a model uniquely tailored to the Chinese market: A long-wheelbase version of the automaker's midsize XF sedan. Dubbed the XFL (which is unrelated to the short-lived alternative professional football league in the United States), the sedan...

Bentley has unveiled the second of its First Edition special edition models. It’s based on the recently updated 2017 Mulsanne flagship and just 50 examples will be built, making it substantially more exclusive than the previous Bentayga First Edition of which 608 were built. The Mulsanne...

It was roughly three years ago that Acura previewed a new compact crossover with its SUV-X concept car. Today at the 2016 Beijing auto show we were graced with the unveiling of the production version, the CDX. The CDX is the first Acura manufactured in China and may at some point be exported to...

A new generation of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class arrived on the scene earlier this year, bringing with it a fresh new look, a lightweight platform and some of the most advanced technology offered on a production car. So far we’ve only been treated to the new E-Class sedan but there are...

The new 2016 BMW X1 is, for the most part, a very good car. Yet there’s a big asterisk to this: It just doesn’t feel much like a BMW. In this age when executives and product planners wax poetic about preserving the “brand DNA”—seemingly to no end—this feels like...

Infiniti will unveil a striking concept vehicle at the upcoming 2016 Beijing Auto Show, which previews the new design direction the brand will take for its future SUVs. Specifically, the new concept previews the design of the next-generation QX50, the current version of which dates back to the EX35...

Lincoln's entry-level crossover SUV, the MKC, gains a few new technologies for the 2017 model year, highlighted by an auto start-stop system that cuts the engine at traffic lights to reduce emissions and save fuel. The start-stop system is newly available on 2.0-liter, all-wheel-drive versions of...