Luxury Cars
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Alfa Romeo is serious about putting its brand back on the map. This week at the official Alfa Romeo Museum in Milan, Italy, the automaker revealed the Giulia in high-performance Quadrifoglio trim—the first car in an eight-product assault scheduled for the next three years. The Giulia is a small four-door sedan aimed at the BMW 3-Series, though with what looks like slightly bigger dimensions, and the Quadrifoglio version is a BMW M3 fighter. Very few Americans have a good handle on the Alfa Romeo brand and it turns out the same could be said for the automaker itself. Prior to...
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2017 Cadillac XT5: The SRX Successor Spotted On The StreetsCadillac managed to do a pretty good job of keeping its upcoming SRX replacement under wraps, but now the vehicle has been spotted completely undisguised on the streets of New York City. This photo and another showing the rear of the vehicle were posted to the Opposite Lock forum by member Saw930...
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Mamma Mia: The New Alfa Romeo Giulia Finally RevealedThe Alfa Romeo Giulia has been revealed, and we can now confirm some details about the Italian marque's historic new sedan. The example above is the flagship Quadrifoglio model, and sports the four-leaf clover badge which has designated high-performance Alfa Romeos for more than nine decades. Power...
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Aston Martin Ups Power In DB9 With New GT TrimA successor to the Aston Martin DB9 is in the works but before its arrival the DB9 is benefitting from what’s likely to be its last round of updates. The big news is the addition of a new GT trim level which sees the DB9 receive the highest output in the nameplate’s history: 540...
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2017 Jaguar F-Pace Spy ShotsThese are the latest spy shots of Jaguar’s upcoming SUV based on the C-X17 concept first shown at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. Previously thought to be an XQ or Q-Type, Jaguar has since confirmed that it’s first-ever high-riding model will be called an F-Pace. While the name might be a...
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New Video Outlines The Best That BMW Individual Has To OfferVehicle personalization has never been more popular, especially when it comes to the ultra-luxury marques such as Rolls-Royce and Ferrari where almost every product rolling off the line has been individually customized in some way. But you don’t have to be a one-percenter to have your vehicle...
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In all likelihood, the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe is one for which lines will be drawn; it's a baffling beast to some, a sexy one to others. Take the 'coupe' badging and tall-fastback form factor in context, and try not to bring too much of your gaze upon this model's cladding and rugged cues...and then just maybe it makes a little more sense. Let’s face it, the term ‘coupe’ has been diluted to the point of ambiguity. Some purists are surely going to cry foul at luxury automakers’ persistent use of the term to describe a slightly swoopier version of sedans (like the...
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Redesigned 2016 Lincoln MKX Gets Price CutWhile Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has soared in recent years, a lack of distinct product and brand identity has left its Lincoln luxury division struggling. In an effort to combat sagging sales of its MKX crossover—which have seen a nearly 50 percent drop since last year—the brand has...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Set For 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed AppearanceMercedes-Benz’s current A-Class made its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and an updated version of the stylish hatch is due to go on sale in select markets towards the end of this year, the U.S. not being one of them. A formal debut for the updated A-Class range is scheduled for...
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Premium Plug-In Hybrid Pricing: 2016 Mercedes-Benz S550e And 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40eBuyers shopping for a 2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 might get sticker shock upon learning exactly how much upgrading to the S550e plug-in hybrid variant will cost... because it won't cost a dime. Opening bids for either the gasoline or gasoline-electric hybrid version of the uber-lux sedan will begin at...
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2017 Audi A4 Spy Shots And Video (With Interior)Audi’s next-generation A4, the B9 series, won’t be in American showrooms until the 2017 model year (yes, the current model has one year left in it), but we’ll see the car unveiled this September at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. We already have a pretty good idea as to what the...
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Mercedes-Maybach S600 Monthly Sales In China Almost Top Worldwide Annual Figure For Standalone MaybachMercedes-Benz is selling about 500 examples of its new Mercedes-Maybach S600 luxury sedan in China every month, which is remarkable considering sales of the previous standalone Maybach models only reached about 600 units worldwide during the better years. The numbers had dropped to between 200 and...
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We expected big changes when Mercedes-Benz dropped its M-Class designation and rebadged its mid-size SUVs the GLE, and now we have our first information on what the new nomenclature means for consumers cost-wise. The starting price of the 2016 GLE is $52,025, including a $925 destination charge. This is for the base GLE350 and represents a rise of $2,700 on pricing for the base version of the outgoing M-Class. 4Matic variants command $2,500 over that—and the GLE300D 4Matic rises $2,800 from the previous year, to $54,525, including destination. Even in this segment, a hike of nearly $3k...
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Extreme Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4² confirmed for productionMercedes-Benz is expanding its G-Class lineup with a new variant aimed at the serious off-roader. The vehicle is the awesome G500 4x4², first shown as a concept at March’s Geneva Motor Show and now headed for production. Mercedes says the “outstanding” response to this...
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2017 Infiniti Q30 Confirmed For 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show: VideoInfiniti’s first-ever compact car, the Q30 hatchback, has been confirmed for a debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show, which gets underway September 15. It was at the German show two years ago that Infiniti first previewed the Q30 with a thinly-veiled concept version, and at this year’s...
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Range Rover Celebrates 45th Birthday With Family Portrait: VideoThe Range Rover is officially 45—but it's hardly over the hill. Which isn't to say the British icon couldn't climb over said hill if instructed. ALSO SEE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC Revealed: Video Land Rover unveiled its flagship on June 17, 1970, and the luxury off-roader's capabilities and...
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2018 Audi S5 Spy ShotsEarlier this week, we saw our first spy shots of a prototype for the second-generation Audi A5, which we’re expecting to be introduced for the 2018 model year. Now we have shots of the sporty S5 variant, which should arrive roughly the same time as the regular model. Power is expected to come...
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2016 Bentley Flying Spur Gets Sporty Beluga TrimBentley’s Flying Spur received a number of updates for 2016, including new wheel and leather options as well as cylinder-deactivation tech for its W-12 engine. The automaker has now announced that the big sedan also has a sporty new trim that’s available to order now for delivery this...
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Since buying up the remains of bankrupt automaker Fisker Automotive in early 2014, China's Wanxiang has been adamant it will be able to relaunch Fisker’s Karma extended-range electric sedan as well as move production from the previous plant in Finland to a new site located in the U.S. The new Fisker, officially Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), has now announced it will open a new manufacturing facility for the Karma in Moreno Valley, California, close to the company’s Costa Mesa headquarters. Crucially, the new facility will be in the same state where rival firm...
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Mercedes May Take On A4 Allroad With C-Class Wagon-Based Soft-RoaderMercedes-Benz is rapidly expanding its lineup with new SUVs, with models like the subcompact GLA and midsized GLE Coupe being introduced in the past 12 months and additional models like a compact GLC Coupe and an ultra-luxurious Maybach SUV still in the works. But the automaker sees room for even...
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Volvo Bringing A Few More Polestar Sedans & Wagons Stateside For 2016The Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar cars are simply wonderful driving machines. These cars boast a 345-horsepower turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine that sends power out to all four wheels. The 0-60 run happens in under five seconds. Additionally, the Polestar sedans and wagons featured nearly...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC Revealed: VideoMercedes-Benz’s boxy GLK has been replaced by a rounder, much smoother successor badged the GLC, and beyond its handsome exterior the latest small SUV out of Stuttgart represents a big step forward on several fronts. This is made possible by the modular platform that underpins the GLC. The...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz SLK Gets A Few Updates Ahead Of 2017 SLC’s ArrivalMercedes-Benz is working on an updated version of its SLK that when complete will carry the SLC title in line with the automaker’s new naming strategy. It turns out the SLC, prototypes of which can be viewed here, will be introduced as a 2017 model, which means there will be a final, 2016...
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Volvo Combats Wait Times For New XC90 By Subsidizing Rental XC60sVolvo has a problem on its hands. Its new XC90 SUV, which starts at $49,895 (with shipping), is generating plenty of excitement from buyers, but with wait times of up to three months, the Swedish automaker is in danger of losing them to competitors with vehicles ready to roll. To insure these...
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