Luxury Cars

Alfa Romeo used the 2016 Geneva Motor Show to launch an updated version of its Giulietta. The sporty compact hatch made its debut in 2010 and was meant to bow out of the market in 2015 along with the smaller Mito hatch under Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] original plans for Alfa Romeo. FCA...

The Mercedes-Maybach S600 sails into the 2017 model year with armor plating now added to its long list of features. The Mercedes-Maybach S600 Guard is claimed to be the first car to be certified VR10—the highest level of ballistic protection for civilian vehicles. The requirements for that...

The latest generation of the Audi S4 was revealed in sedan form at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. Adopting all of the attributes of the regular A4 such as lightweight construction, a digital instrument cluster and impeccable build quality, and then combining all of this with a powerful engine makes...

The Acura MDX is a competent, mid-size luxury SUV with plenty of technology, impressive levels of refinement and a reasonable price tag. What generations of the MDX have tended to lack is dynamic styling to let them stand out from the crowd. That should change with the arrival of the 2017 model...

An alleged product roadmap for Audi has surfaced and possibly reveals some of the automaker’s major product launches for calendar years 2017 and 2018. Importantly the roadmap, posted on the website Autobahn.eu, is thought to be for launches in the United States. Most of the vehicles are...

Mercedes-AMG, the performance arm of Mercedes-Benz, today unveiled the 2017 C43 coupe ahead of its public debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. There is a little confusion surrounding this model, so let's clear it up. The C43 Coupe is basically the coupe version of the Mercedes-Benz C450 sedan...

Tired of watching Mercedes-Benz launch hit after hit in the large, luxury coupe and convertible segment, BMW appears to be finally ready to enter the segment with its own offering. That offering is expected to be a large coupe reviving the 8-Series moniker and filling the—very—wide...

Rolls-Royce is hard at work developing an all-new aluminum platform that will eventually underpin its entire portfolio of cars, including a new SUV. The first model to be spawned from the platform will hit the market in early 2018 and will either be the SUV or a replacement for the Phantom...

The United States may have missed out on previous generations of the RS 3 but that won’t be the case with the latest model. Audi’s local chief Scott Keogh confirmed the arrival of the RS 3 on these shores one year ago. Part of the reason we never saw the RS 3 is because it has always...

You may recall that we recently reported on Mercedes-Benz’s decision to group its ‘AMG Sport’ models like the C450 AMG as official Mercedes-AMG products, and together with the reshuffle rechristen the cars with a “43” designation to better reflect their positioning in...

Earlier today,leaked images of the production-ready Maserati Levante surfaced on the Internet prior to the official debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Apparently, that leak has spurred Maserati to get out in front of the story as the Italian luxury brand has taken to Twitter to reveal the Levante...

Mercedes-Benz is currently enjoying its best sales ever and this in turn has led to record profits for parent company Daimler. The German auto giant recorded net profit of 8.9 billion euros (approximately $9.8 billion) in 2015, which was up a staggering 23 percent on results just one year prior...

Alfa Romeo’s first ever SUV will be called the Stelvio. The name is borrowed from a small town located in the Alps of northern Italy, close to the border with Switzerland, though it’s more commonly known because of the nearby Stelvio Pass. This famous stretch of winding road is...

Audi is overhauling the design of its quattro all-wheel-drive system in an effort to improve efficiency of the system. The latest version, which Audi calls quattro ultra, disconnects the rear wheels during normal driving but instantly re-engages them for spirited driving or when slip is detected...

Lexus recently confirmed that the hybrid version of its stunning LC coupe, the LC 500h, would be shown for the first time at next month’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Today the automaker released the first details on the hybrid technology that features in the car, known as the Lexus Multi Stage...

The F-Type was Jaguar's first true sports car in a generation, and the legendary firm hit it out of the park. So much so, we pretty much find the car to be perfect, particularly in R performance guise. For 2017, the package gets even better, as it's a bit cheaper to step up to an F-Type and...

The 2016 BMW M2 is, at long last, the M car that doesn’t try to please everyone—and will, because of that, end up pleasing far more driving enthusiasts in ways that matter. Get a group of longtime BMW enthusiasts together to talk cars—the ins and outs of the uncompromised...

Just as BMW’s sporty cars are designated M Performance models to signify their link with the dedicated performance models built by the M division, the automaker’s electrified cars will be designated iPerformance models to link them with the eco-focused models from the i division...

Despite the interest of late in electrified cars, the major automakers know internal combustion engines, including diesels, will continue to be the powertrain of choice for most customers around the globe for the foreseeable future. That’s why they are continuing to optimize internal...

We’re now just a couple of weeks away from the official reveal of Aston Martin’s new DB11, the long-awaited replacement for the—gracefully—aging DB9. The car will be the first to ride on an all-new platform developed by Aston Martin for its next generation of sports cars...