Luxury Cars
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When it comes to luxury car sales in the United States, BMW was the most popular brand in 2015. This was the fourth-straight year at the top for the blue and white roundel, though Lexus, having fully recovered from the Japanese tsunami disaster several years back, is currently second in the sales chart and close to regaining the title it’s used to holding. BMW finished 2015 with 346,023 sales (up 1.8 percent on 2014), followed by Lexus with 344,601 (up 10.7 percent) and Mercedes-Benz with 343,088 (up 3.8 percent). The figures all represent new records for the brands in a year where the...
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British Jaguar F-Type Gets Decidedly More BritishThe Jaguar F-Type, a British car from Britain, is getting a new special edition version. It's called the British Design Edition, and it plays up the UK heritage of the automaker and the car itself. Ian Callum, the British Director of Design for Jaguar, states that the "F-Type is a sports car that...
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Rolls-Royce starts testing next-generation aluminum spaceframe architectureAbout a year ago, Rolls-Royce announced that it was developing a new aluminum spaceframe architecture that was to eventually underpin its entire range, including a new SUV that’s currently doing the rounds under the Project Cullinan code name. The British automaker has now announced that the...
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Talk To Your Volvo With Microsoft Band 2 SmartwatchWill wearable technology actually become a thing? Perhaps. Volvo, however, isn’t waiting around to find out and instead is already rolling out new features on its cars that leverage some of the capabilities of wearable technology such as the smartwatch. The Swedish automaker recently teamed...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class To Feature Drive Pilot Autonomous Driving SuiteIn a story on mercedes-benz.com, Mercedes-Benz revealed today that the 2017 E-Class will have an autonomous driving feature called Drive Pilot that will make it the most advanced autonomous driving vehicle in the brand's portfolio. The story follows Michael Kelz, chief engineer for the E-Class...
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For A Greater Dive Into Luxury, Bentley Gets StonedHey you there...yes you, you plebeian car owner with your boring aluminum, carbon fiber, cross-stitched leather, and brushed metal trim pieces. You're poor, and I can tell. I can tell because there's something more luxurious out there and it's arriving from Bentley in the form a new trim option...
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If you didn't know that the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class is coming next week to the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, well, then you haven't been paying attention. The German automaker's been dripping out information and photos like a Mr. Coffee machine for months. Now, we are getting our first full look at the new, tenth-generation E-Class courtesy of leaked press images. CHECK OUT: 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class To Feature Drive Pilot Autonomous Driving Suite These images, via Auto-Press, show the 2017 E-Class in all its glory. There's little surprise here. The exterior looks like a large C-Class, while...
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New Lexus To Debut In Detroit; Is It The LC?Lexus has confirmed plans to debut a new vehicle at next week’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. Unfortunately, there’s not much else in the way of official details but a teaser image of some burnt rubber on the Lexus website suggests we’ll see a sporty car unveiled. Lexus has two major...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Teased In New VideoThe all-new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is just a week out from its debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The car will arrive in showrooms later this year, as a 2017 model, and has been in the works for more than four years, with much of the development handled in some of the globe’s most extreme...
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Hyundai Puts Former Lamborghini Exec In Charge Of Genesis Luxury DivisionHaving recently announced the new luxury brand Genesis, Hyundai has now named the person who will lead it. That person is former Lamborghini executive Manfred Fitzgerald. In his previous role, Fitzgerald served as Director of Brand and Design, helping to transform Lamborghini’s image from...
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2017 Infiniti QX30 first drive reviewThe very design of the 2017 Infiniti QX30 makes it clear that Nissan’s luxury marque—created for the United States market 25 years ago—wants to be an international player. It’s a hatchback that also blends elements of an SUV, you see, and Americans have never thought much of...
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Infiniti Changes Name Of Q30 To QX30In what seems to be an effort to confuse customers, Infiniti is changing the name of its Q30 hatchback before it even hits the market. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, because it indicates that the Q30 hatchback and QX30 "crossover" are essentially the same vehicle. ALSO SEE: 2017...
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This past year the auto industry offered up a smorgasbord of new or significantly updated luxury and performance cars. We drove them, we reviewed them, and we really loved several of them. As we considered the finalists for our annual Best Car To Buy award, we had to, reluctantly, leave several excellent cars off the list. However, seven cars did make the list, and over the last two weeks, we've taken a close look at six of them. Today we profile our final nominee, the Mercedes-AMG GT S. The case for the Ford Mercedes-AMG GT S Of all the cars we drove this past year, we were most pleasantly...
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Get A Feel For The 2017 Volvo S90’s Interior In New VideoWith the 2016 Volvo XC90, the first model based on Volvo's modular SPA platform, now in showrooms all across the country, attention turns to the next SPA-based model in the works, a new flagship sedan reviving the S90 nameplate. The car replaces the aging S80 in Volvo’s lineup and will be...
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2016 BMW X1 Long-Wheelbase Model Revealed In Patent DrawingsBMW is working on a long-wheelbase version of its second-generation X1 compact crossover that we’ve already spied in prototype form. The vehicle is expected to offer third-row seats, but given its small stature we’re not expecting it to be made available in the United States. Instead...
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Mercedes Highlights 2017 E-Class Development… Including One Special Feature: VideoAn all-new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is just a few weeks away from its debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The car, which will arrive in showrooms next year, as a 2017 model, has been in gestation for more than four years, with development and testing taking place all over the globe. From the extreme...
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Mercedes Unveils New Models Just In Time For ChristmasIf you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet, Mercedes-Benz may be able to help. The automaker has unveiled three new cars, each of which would make a welcome addition in any home. They’re part of the new Santa Class range, and there’s a bodystyle to suit most. For...
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Behind The Scenes With The Bentley Bentayga: VideoBentley has released a short video that takes viewers behind the scenes at the company's Crewe, England plant to see the development and building process of the world's first "ultra-luxury SUV," the 2017 Bentayga. With a twin-turbocharged W-12 engine under the hood spinning out 600 horsepower and...
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If you want a fast, full-size German sedan, there’s no shortage of models available on the market. Audi has its S8, Mercedes-Benz has its Mercedes-AMG-tuned S-Class and BMW has its Alpina-tuned 7-Series, though the latter isn’t quite in the same league as some of its rivals. That’s where a new M Performance version of the BMW flagship comes into the picture. Playing around with the configurator on BMW’s German website, BimmerToday managed to make a “M760Li” badge show up during some queries. The configurator would even show a standard 7-Series wearing the...
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2016 Cadillac ATS-VIt's been a good year. We've had the privilege of driving numerous new or significantly updated models that set new standards for luxury and performance. Of that group, we had to leave several excellent vehicles off our list of finalists, but seven cars rose to the top like so much delicious cream...
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Hustling A 2016 Audi S7 Across A Dry Lake Bed: VideoThe 2016 Audi S7 certainly packs in plenty of polarizing style. Some love it, and that group includes your author here. I find the shape far more tantalizing than your average four door. Add in the fact that this is a surprise hatchback, and I'm a fan for life. On the other side of the fence...
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BMW bringing M2, X4 M40i to 2016 Detroit Auto ShowBMW will be out to remind fans that it’s still capable of building some fast cars with the presentation of the M2 and X4 M40i models at next month’s 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The M2 was shown briefly at last month’s SEMA show but this will be the first time that the X4 M40i is being...
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2017 Acura NSX Priced From $157,800, Neither Seinfeld Nor Leno Will Get First OneAcura today announced that the 2017 NSX will start at $157,800, including an $1,800 destination charge, and cost as much as $207,500 when fully loaded. Honda's upscale brand also revealed more information about the 573-horsepower hybrid supercar's launch plans, and neither Jerry Seinfeld nor Jay...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLA Gets New Tech, Extra Power For GLA45Mercedes-Benz’s GLA only arrived a year ago but is already coming in for a round of updates. The changes aren’t major so there’s no need to despair if you were one of the early adopters, but they do bring the GLA closer in line with versions of the compact crossover sold overseas...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran