Luxury Cars
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As it enters its 103rd year, British automaker Aston Martin is embarking on the largest product investment in its history. New CEO Andy Palmer calls it the Second Century plan, and it’s likely to kick off with the introduction of the new DB11 grand tourer at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next March. Aston Martin has confirmed that the DB11 will replace the DB9 and will arrive on the market during 2016. While the company hasn’t announced timing for the debut, Geneva is notorious for its luxury and supercar announcements from European brands, so an unveiling at the Swiss show is a...
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Porsche to build Mission E electric carChristmas has come early for Porsche fans as the German sports car marque has confirmed it will launch an all-electric car based on its Mission E concept unveiled earlier this year. The car will be manufactured at Porsche’s main site in Stuttgart, Germany and is due on the market at the end...
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Palmer Johnson Building The Bugatti Of BoatsLegendary yacht builder Palmer Johnson, whose creations are known for their speed and luxury, with some even ending up in the hands of royalty, plans to build a range of yachts featuring distinctive design elements and advanced materials similar to those used in Bugatti’s supercars. ALSO SEE...
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Slowing China Causes FCA To Rethink Plans For Alfa Romeo, Maserati: ReportAs the Chinese new car market starts to mature and sales slow, competition, especially at the upper echelons, is becoming much tougher. Growth of the overall Chinese economy is also slowing, with forecasts suggesting a rate of growth not seen since 1990, and this no doubt will play on the minds of...
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2016 Audi A6 Allroad Sport: Forbidden FruitAudi’s Allroad models are essentially jacked-up version of the automaker’s wagons that have also been fitted with a quattro all-wheel-drive system, grippy wheels and protective elements for the body. The cars are designed for those individuals seeking soft-road capability but...
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2017 Volvo S90 Revealed Ahead Of Detroit Auto Show: VideoAfter numerous leaks, we finally have our first official look at Volvo’s all-new S90 sedan. The luxurious mid-sizer, which makes its world debut next month at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, is the second model in Volvo’s brand renaissance and, like the XC90 that precedes it, is based on...
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Will Lexus follow Mercedes-Benz with a luxury pickup truck of its own? It’s a possibility, according to a senior executive at the Japanese firm. Speaking with Australia’s Motoring, Lexus product chief Makoto Tanaka said a pickup based on the mid-size Toyota Hilux platform was one of the vehicles currently being studied, though it’s near the bottom of the list in terms of priority. More important to Lexus at the moment are a compact crossover and seven-seat version of the RX. ALSO SEE: Mercedes May Offer Pickup In U.S. As Lifestyle Product Mercedes has already released a...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Spy ShotsMercedes-Benz’s current E-Class has been on sale since the 2010 model year, and for 2014 it was given a major update. In Mercedes tradition, we’ll see the next generation of the luxurious mid-size sedan introduced for the 2017 model year. We now have more spy shots that show some...
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2016 Bugatti Chiron Spy ShotsBack at September’s Frankfurt Auto Show, Bugatti unveiled the Vision Gran Turismo virtual racer concept that previewed the new design language used to shape the replacement for the Veyron supercar, an even faster model to be called a Chiron. The Chiron name comes from pioneering Bugatti...
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2017 Porsche 911 Turbo Packs More Power, New Infotainment System: VideoPorsche has slowly been introducing updated versions of its 911 family, with most of the cars now featuring turbocharged engines—previously a bragging right of the actual ‘Turbo’ models only. However, to ensure that the 911 Turbo models still reign supreme, they’ve been...
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First Bentley Bentayga Rolls Off Assembly LineThe ultra luxury SUV is a vehicle class nobody needs but it's about to become a big success for Bentley. Well, it better anyway, as the British luxury automaker has a lot of eggs in that basket. The first 2017 Bentayga SUV rolled off the assembly at the company's assembly plant in Crewe, England on...
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Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes SUV Into Rolls-Royce: VideoWhat starts out looking like an ordinary day at a luxury hotel in Doha, Qatar soon turns into mayhem as a driver of a Mercedes-Benz M-Class starts terrorizing guests and staff by climbing onto the floor of the lobby and crashing into a parked Rolls-Royce Ghost. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes Into Row...
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Bugatti’s new supercar to succeed the Veyron will be called the Chiron. The new name was confirmed by the French automaker today, along with a 2016 Geneva Motor Show debut. Rumors of the Chiron name first emerged a year ago but Bugatti has remained tight on the name of the car until now. Chiron is the name of a centaur in Greek mythology but also that of Bugatti racing driver Louis Alexandre Chiron, who was influential in building the brand’s legend in the early parts of the last century. This abstracted version of his signature will be found as stitching on the headrest of the...
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Track-Focused Mercedes-AMG GT To Be Called A GT R: ReportMercedes-AMG is working on a hardcore, track-focused version of its GT sports car. The car has already been spied in prototype form and is thought to have benefited from lessons learned in developing the dedicated racing version of the GT, the GT3, which is due to start competition next year...
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace: Design Chief On Why SUV Fits Right In With F-TypeThe 2017 Jaguar F-Pace fits right into the middle of one very important luxury-crossover battleground that now includes just-right mid-sizers like the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, Cadillac XT5. and even the Lexus RX 350. Yet what makes this luxury vehicle quite different is that it neither starts as...
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2015 Lamborghini Huracán video reviewLamborghini. For some of us, it means the Countach, the ultimate Eighties poster car, maybe the craziest supercar of all time. For others, it's the Aventador, the state of the art supercar with Italy written all over it. For us, it means the Huracán--the approachable Lamborghini, if there is...
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2017 Genesis G90 (Equus) Spy ShotsHyundai recently confirmed it was launching a new luxury brand under the Genesis name to be made up of models whose names consist of a capital G and a number, 90, 80 or 70 etc., representing their positioning in the lineup. The first of these models will be a large flagship sedan replacing the...
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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Configurator Goes LiveAlfa Romeo’s new Giulia sports sedan is fast approaching its showroom debut. The car made its North American debut last week at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show where it was confirmed that sales would start in the second quarter of 2016. ALSO SEE: Jay Leno Drives The Lamborghini LM002: Video...
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Anyone who’s away from home during business hours will no doubt know the frustration of having a delivery person turn up at your door with an important package only to find no one at home and thus forced to leave a note requesting that you pick up the package yourself at some busy center. ALSO SEE: 2016 Tesla Model X Priced From $81,200 One solution has been dedicated delivery boxes where your package can be left and later picked up using a one-time code sent to your phone. Of course, this still requires you to go out of your way to receive your package. And then it’s usually only...
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2016 Kia K900 Gets Minor UpdatesKia’s K900 flagship sedan only arrived in local showrooms a year ago but has already seen a price reduction and now a round of updates, too. It’s no surprise considering year-to-date sales for the K900 total just 2,134 cars, but with the changes Kia has implemented it means the...
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2017 Bentley Bentayga first drive reviewSpain is a country of contrasts: exclusive estates tower over luxury resorts at the Mediterranean coast, while just a few miles inland, crumbling villages scrape by in picturesque poverty. So, too, the Bentley Bentayga. Not in its economics, of course, but in its character. As Bentley’s first...
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McLaren Sports Series GT Spy ShotsMcLaren will add a new model to its entry-level Sports Series range next year but we’re not talking about a Spider convertible. Instead, the car will remain a coupe but sport a larger, more practical body than the current Sports Series models. A prototype has just been spotted, and sadly it...
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Cadillac Compact Crossover Coming In 2018At last week’s 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, Cadillac introduced the stylish XT5. The vehicle replaces the SRX and is just the first of four new crossovers Cadillac plans to launch in the coming years. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait more than two years until we see the next one. The...
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Range Rover Rides Up And Over A Bridge Of Paper: VideoLand Rover's Range Rover is 45 years old this year. To celebrate this, the British automaker took a current supercharged example of the long-running model and created a unique way to show off its capability. Land Rover reached out to artist Steve Messam for his ability to work with paper... and in...
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